I have an 03 Jetta sitting around left over from my son so i thought of putting some coilovers on and running the snot out of it. Anybody ever set one of these up and give it a try at Hpde? Yeah fwd i am not feeling so comfortable about but what you think? its paid for so if i wad it up big deal. Maybe give some tt a try with it. Or just sell it off for a few grand and buy a cheap miata?
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Nov. 9, 2010 11:18 p.m. cvedral New Reader
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Nov. 10, 2010 6:56 a.m. Raze Dork
cvedral wrote:
Or just sell it off for a few grand and buy a cheap miata?
This.
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Nov. 10, 2010 7:37 a.m. DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
its a decent car. With the proper setup, a reflash (Revo
) and do a factory big brake kit from a TT225, i think it would be a pretty cool setup. I am planning on doing the same. Have the coilovers, Stage 2 flash, 3 in turbo back exhaust... Just need a set of slicks and see what catagory it falls under
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Nov. 10, 2010 8:06 a.m. robertcope New Reader
I ran a 2003 Jetta GLI (VR6 24v) for a few years; recently moved to a Miata. It is/was an awesome track car. I hav basic stuff done to it, of course: Shine springs, Koni FSD struts, Neuspeed RSB, Ground Control camber plates, Upper and Lowe front tie bars, Unitronic Stage1+ flash, Neuspeed CAI, Techtonics exhaust, RacingBrake BBK up front, RacingBrake rotors in back, Hawk HP+ pads, Raxles axles, and... a few other small things.
It was a really fun car to track. Definitely a sleeper. It's pretty fun to run down M3s and whatnot in a Jetta.
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Nov. 10, 2010 9:57 a.m. CaptainSpaulding Reader
Get ahold of Ian Cole. He runs NASA GTS and races a mk4 GTI in NASA GTS2 and is pretty competitive.
www.nasarockymountain.com is where he usually hangs out and you can also find him at www.nasaproracing.com using the same user name.
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Nov. 10, 2010 11:18 a.m. dsycks New Reader
The rear suspension is crap. Sell it and buy the Miata.
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Nov. 10, 2010 5:50 p.m. CaptainSpaulding Reader
dsycks wrote:
The rear suspension is crap. Sell it and buy the Miata.
Tell that to the BMW and Porsche guys that get beat by that "crap".
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Nov. 10, 2010 11:44 p.m. HiTempguy HalfDork
400whp is only a set of rods+arp bolts away (plus supporting BOOOST mods). My buddy drops the pan to swap the rods, at first I thought he was crazy but it was quite simple!
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Nov. 12, 2010 9:23 p.m. mistanfo SuperDork
We had a MkIV TDI Golf at the latest HPDE. It was pretty cool to see it out there. No, it wasn't fast, but it's more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow.
