SteveAA Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 Now I've got my MAF sorted I am quite keen to carry on spending some money on the Passat so I'm looking for suggestions on worthwhile upgrades for the old girl. 1.8t 20v sport estate '98 model. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 Well if you want a bit more performance you could have a rempa, not much money in the scheme of things, and all of the local tuners have offerings for you. I have experience of AMD in Bicester and RSD in Banbury, both do tuning for the 1.8T engine, AMD offer all there own stuff, RSD are UK agents for Oettinger, I believe they have 3 options of 195, 210 and 235 bhp with the latter getting quite pricey as it involves a new turbo. Alternatively you could spend more money with upgraded intercoolers, suspension, dump valve (the oem ones can be prone to failure so a forge item is no noisier but more reliable long term)....there is a lot of stuff you can do with the 1.8T engine. With a rebuild and lower compression ratio (as the 1.8t in the 225 TT and S3 has) then some tuners can offer you upto 330 or more bhp. If it were wheels and body styling then RSD are also agents for ProjektZwo and Caractere in the UK you can see offerings at www.rsdcars-uk.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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