Audi S3 8P3 CustomCode Stage 2 PSS

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I also ordered some new Coilovers which arrived last week. I ordered them a while ago but due to the world time attack series MCA couldn't get them shipped straight out but that wasn't a problem as i'm not on track for a while...

MCA Suspension - Product

MCA recommended to go back to stock swaybars so I got on the hunt, not as easy as you might think. luckily Gav came to the rescue as usual and shipped me up a pair from Melbourne for the cost of shipping only. what a legend and he even included the oem brackets. ignore the whiteline packaging as that was from the replacement sway bars...



I decided to upgrade the rubber sway bushings to polyurethane and bought some adjustable rear drop links at the same time as I already have them on the front...

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finally got the afr chip upgrade in the p3 cars gauge, it was a pretty straight forward replacement...



once the chip was in the afr option was added which i think is pretty cool and saves me getting an extra gauge...



14.6 at tickover which is pretty standard as far as i know; i'm interested to see what it is a full throttle...

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Will be keen to see these changes you've made on Sunday mate, nice work.

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Will be keen to see these changes you've made on Sunday mate, nice work.

sounds good mate, looking forward to a catch up. no better way to start a Sunday...

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a few photos from the last happy laps, thanks to the photographer...

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as much as I'm not a fan of dashboard phone holders I thought the clear mount might be a less obvious option...



it was easy to install...



and fairly easy on the eye...



does a good job with the Waze app that has saved me some demerit points on a few occasions...



and works well with the track lap timer too...

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ha, I bought the same one - shipped from Canada. A brilliant idea for Audi vehicles.

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purchased some new 9.5 wide wheels had them fitted with 265/35/18 nexens...



surprisingly went straight on and I was able to get full lock, just...



something really looks out of whack with them though...



going to take a lot of tinkering to get them to work on the track, especially at the back...



surprising nearly fit inside the front guards...



not quite though so more rolling and adjustments required. there is obviously good reason I've never heard of an0ther 8p running 265...

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Big width, be sure to update how you find the tyre’s performance

Agree on the “look out of whack” comment though.
Perhaps too much front guard to tyre gap vs the rear?


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hopefully this will stop me schwitzen on the next track day...

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not normally what you'd see on an Audi but the wheels are on and off that often these days it a pretty sensible choice...

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i finally got it fitted at the weekend, it was quite a mission but its on now and hopefully holds together on the next track day...



looks pretty flashy and well built but I'm a bit nervous of the installers ability so I'll take it out for a shake down before hand to make sure it doesn't spew oil everywhere...



i'm not that impressed for a supposed wonderfully designed piece of kit that the 8AN fittings hit the cooler housing so i had to add an extra washer...

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Maybe the hose is supposed to be cocked off to the side?

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Maybe the hose is supposed to be cocked off to the side?

thats what I thought at first mate and I had the hose pointing slightly upwards which provided clearance but when I tried fitting it to the car the hose was clashing with the oil filter housing...

I had to remove it again then give this a go. it looks like its holding oil on tick over so far but need to get up to temp and under load to see how good a job I did...

I also had to back off the fitting with the 8 on it by about a 10th of a turn so it didn't clash the first time around then forgot to nip it up once I added the extra washer, fingers crossed its all good...

the kit contains 2 extra washers so I'm not sure if its for this purpose or just coincidence, also I wonder if the bolts have 'L' for long and are longer for the extra washer...

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i gave the carpet a clean at the weekend, i'm not sure if everyone removes the seats to do this...



while the seats were out i decided to replace them...



they're a bit snug, i will have to watch the pie intake now these are in...