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Old 11 October 2013, 01:45 PM
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just recently bought my first scooby its a 99 uk turbo and im loving it. im looking at tuning her up but ive read various things, so i was going to ask wheres the best place to start?
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http://www.andyforrestperformance.co.uk/index2.html

Good information and the best rep tuner north of the border
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What are you plans? What are you looking for at the end? What's your budget?
Simple pannel filter mod, decat, and remap will certainly make a difference without spending too much, but if your looking for 280bhp+ then your stock turbo would need to be changed along with supporting modifications. You will (should ) currently have a td04 turbo wHich is one of the smaller turbos but many like the quick spool, you could fit vf34/35 or a tdo5 for a little more 'kick' but you should really look at brakes and handling upgrades before looking to look for power
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Originally Posted by blackvenom
you should really look at brakes and handling upgrades before looking to look for power
Sound advice. Handling is just as important - a well set up car will be able to use more of its available power.

At the thin end of the wedge, you're looking at drop links, anti roll bars and possibly an anti lift kit. Next will be some decent coilovers and after that, a geo set-up.

Not only will the car be able to use its power more effectively, you give yourself a good baseline for additional power later on.
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Thanks for the am replies guys. Looking to slowly increase the power of the car to about 300-350. I recently looked at coilovers and drop links for the front end of the car. I also looked into fmic as well as decat exhaust system with the decat up pipe. Was told that a boost gauge is an essential mod aswell as getting a mappable ecu but not to sure where to start with the ecu like.
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