Volkswagen performance

2010-07-30T03:55:29Z

Volkswagen Sport Tuning for Street and Competition: Getting the Best Performance from Your Water-Cooled Volkswagen (Engineering and Performance)

Reviewed by T. Stephenson on 2009-08-03  •  Reviews (17)  •  Read Full Review

This book carries a wealth of information in regards to suspension setup and other details that can be utilized by almost any VW owner, however the majority of info in this book is based around the older 4 cyl engines such as the mk3 2.0 and the mk2 8v and 16v. It is a great reference when thinking about making performance modifications to your VW and much of the info although generally focused around the older 4 cyl models, can definatley be utlized with more current engine designs as well. The author provides a lot of basic and very useful knowledge which is great regardless of how new or old your VW is. For the price these are going for these days it is definatley worth adding to your library of VW info.

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Hawk Performance HB544F.628 HPS Brake Pad

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Editorial Review :: HPS - High Performance Street disc brake pads are world renowned for increasing stopping power on your street legal vehicle. Increasing the performance of your vehicles braking system is easy when you choose Hawk Performance’s HPS braking compound. This unique Ferro-Carbon formula was developed for street performance using the safety and quality of Aerospace and Motorsports severe-duty friction technology. The High Performance Street compound offers a higher coefficient of friction over stock brake pads and can provide you 20-40 percent more stopping power and higher resistance to brake fade than most standard replacement pads. Less fade means you’ll have a highly durable brake pad with less brake dust.

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98-04 Volkswagen Beetle WHITE REVERS GLOW GAUGES

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Editorial Review :: Item Condition: Brand New The Colored Gauge Faces are one of the key ingredients to gaining the most functional and attractive point to any cockpit. The faces will replace the dull black layout with a bright and easy to read cluster. This is a must for all car buffs. White Face by Day. Glowing Blue at Night! The newest and most complete line of reverse gauge faces replacement products in the industry today. Quality madeto original O.E.M. specifications, these gauge kits work with all existing dash light functions. This is one of the hottest product categories in the business today. A General Installation Instruction will be included Sometimes the picture may vary from your gauges on your car (like rpm gauge and mph gauge is on the wrong side, it's because we put it on the wrong side when we were taking the picture. It will fit the car that we specified)

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Water-Cooled Volkswagen Performance Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop)

Reviewed by Osorio Batres Silvia Rebeca on 2006-11-02  •  Reviews (8)  •  Read Full Review

This has been the worst purchase I have made. I did not find anything new at all in this book. The back cover promises the world but inside there is nothing at all. Carburetors are covered in one 5 line paragraph in the whole book without mention of who, how, what size, what brand NOTHING zero zip NADA
At one point he say that he wont recomend anything because some companies from his last book went under two years after its release Well thats great no recomendations SO why do I have a book with no suggestions. He says some heads are poor quality and are to be avoided uhhh which heads? what number or code, he DOESNT SAY. I really regret buying this book and if I must say something nice then I suggest you give it to a clueless person who will read it only for entertainment.

Editorial Review :: Introduced in 1974, Volkswagen's water-cooled four- and six-cylinder engines have seen duty in the Rabbit, Golf, Scirroco, Jetta, Passat and Corrado. The huge aftermarket that has arisen from the wake of this quarter-century of production, proves that it's possible to wring a surprising amount of performance from these robust engines.

Published in 1987, the first edition of this book guided owners through the sea of performance modifications and aftermarket parts available for VW's various water-cooled power plants. This updated edition includes information on the parts that have been introduced in the interim ten years, as well as the new engines, body styles and modifications now at hand. A sprawling gallery of 500 black-and-white photographs provides views of the engines, parts and modifications described.

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GORDON LIGHTFOOT-EAST OF MIDNIGHT

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Pads - Brake Components & Pads related product.( 1.8L
(Front Pair))

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G-Box Performance Module for 1990-2009 Volkswagen GTI

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Editorial Review :: The G-Box functions by intercepting sensor outputs, modifying them, and outputting them to the vehicle's onboard computer. The G-Box is compatible with most popular performance upgrades such as aftermarket intake and exhaust systems, low boost forced induction systems, lightened and/or underdrive pulley kits, grounding kits, and many others. The G-Box enhances performance in multiple ways. First, it modifies signals being read by the ECU, causing an adjustment to the fuel curve, which is what creates the increase in horsepower and torque, as well as improves throttle response and shift speed. When the ECU sees these modified signals it provides a different set of fuel and ignition maps than it would under factory operating conditions. A second feature of the G-Box is it's "High-Heat Signal Correction." In short, when the engine compartment heats up, some sensors that relay pertinent fuel curve contingent information to the ECU begin to lose accuracy due to heat absorption into the sensor. The ECU then reads these incorrect signals, and leans out, or otherwise incorrectly alters the fuel curve, which hampers performance. These errors cannot be corrected from within the ECU, there must be an independent unit to correct these errors. The G-Box is designed to compensate for these signal errors. Additionally, our easy to follow instructions will allow you to get your module installed in about 15 minutes. For more information please visit us at www.nextlevelracing.com, or call us toll free @ 1-888-293-1695, Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST.

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