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  • Originally posted by noone View Post
    Plautos,

    I thought I remembered reading something about you modifying your shock absorbers, but cant seem to locate it.

    Are you still on the stock shocks? Did you modify them?
    The stock shocks from the Polo GTI still intact.
    I had modified a Polo 2.0 front shock, I remove the internals and inserted a Koni's shock.
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    • Originally posted by Plautos View Post
      Reading here in the forum, I learned that the Waste Gate actuator is very soft, so I thought in block the air flow to it. Is when I installed an industrial Festo’s air flow controller. The results were impressive. The boost stay fixed, I could completely block the air to the N75 valve and the turbo still loose boost at hi rpm’s, keeping it safe, proving it is a soft WG actuator.
      Can anyone comment on if the wastegate actuator problem / limitation would be fixed by replacing the diverter valve with an aftermarket unit (Forge / APR)?

      Not sure of the relationship here here.

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      • Originally posted by noone View Post
        Can anyone comment on if the wastegate actuator problem / limitation would be fixed by replacing the diverter valve with an aftermarket unit (Forge / APR)?

        Not sure of the relationship here here.
        Waste gate and diverter valve are two different things. The diverter operates off throttle the N75 is what controls the waste gate for on boost aplications.
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        • Originally posted by Joe Chu View Post
          Waste gate and diverter valve are two different things. The diverter operates off throttle the N75 is what controls the waste gate for on boost applications.
          Thanks Joe, I'm thinking the N75J valve is probably a good investment.

          Is the Festo pressure regulator or something similar worth while for stock Turbo? Can anyone tell me what I'm looking for exactly? I've been poking around the Festo website, lots of products, not sure exactly what specs would suit. They do have a branch in Vic, but I really don't know if its worth my time with my basic mods...

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          • Finally the bars arrived.
            I installed the rear one today, next week I’m going to the front one.
            I need to fabricate spacers because the U-bolts are over sized, the threads were not long enough to do a good tight.







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            • Yeah Whiteline have done this a few times before and sent the wrong bolts with the sway bar. Send them an email mate and the should send you the correct ones!

              BTW how is the new Garrett turbo coming along

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              • haha love it Plautos you have this monster of a track polo thats only just now getting swaybars.

                Make me want to ship mine to Brazil so I can get you to make mine a carbon copy in black.
                Originally posted by Preen59
                It doesn't matter what car you drive.. If you're a complete wanker.. People still won't want to talk to you..

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                • Originally posted by VWindahouse View Post
                  Yeah Whiteline have done this a few times before and sent the wrong bolts with the sway bar. Send them an email mate and the should send you the correct ones!

                  BTW how is the new Garrett turbo coming along
                  I'm developing a new actuator for the WG, something softer. I'm not going to use the N75 to control the turbo.

                  In the next week I will start the manufacture of the exhaust manifold.
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                    • Plautos, I'd be interested to get your feedback on how you find having done just the rear and than adding the front. Was the front an obvious improvement, having done the rear, or to keep it balanced, etc.

                      I do understand how and why they work, just curious for your reasoning for doing both.
                      Track Car: 06 Polo GTI Red Devil mkII
                      Daily: 2010 VW Jetta Highline
                      Gone but not forgotten: 08 Polo GTI
                      ** All information I provide is probably incorrect until validated by someone else **

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                      • Originally posted by seangti View Post
                        Plautos, I'd be interested to get your feedback on how you find having done just the rear and than adding the front. Was the front an obvious improvement, having done the rear, or to keep it balanced, etc.

                        I do understand how and why they work, just curious for your reasoning for doing both.
                        Just with the rear bar I felt difference in the handling. The rear becomes sloppier when doing slaloms.
                        With the front in place I felt the car smother, however more in the ground. In the rain the car in not sliding how it uses to slide.
                        I’m feeling the car more precise.
                        Both setups are on the hardest mode.
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                        • Here we go!

                          New LSD and 3th (1,5), 4th (1,2) and 5th (0,9)gears!

                          And new valves too!










                          Last edited by Plautos; 26-08-2009, 10:25 AM.
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                            • Haha new valves

                              Do you thik you can make them fit
                              MODS- TOO MANY

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                              • my god plautos this is turning into something else
                                Originally posted by seangti
                                The price of the car rarely indicates driver ability/lap time.

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