We are looking at keeping my wife's 05 MKIV BEW around for a long time.
So far what ive done to it (using all OEM parts) is
all bushings in the front end- except ball joints
4 wheel bearings
rotors and pads at all corners
New OEM 5 speed with the lower 5th gear
New clutch
Uber filter
panzer skip plate
a whole bunch of sensors
New starter
212k on it so far.
What i'm looking to do in the next year is clean the intake, put the VNT17 turbo upgrade on it, colt cam and do the timing belt, delete the egr and do a tune for that.
I'm wondering how reliable this will be, we want a little more performance, nothing huge but at the same time not wear on the engine faster.
So far what ive done to it (using all OEM parts) is
all bushings in the front end- except ball joints
4 wheel bearings
rotors and pads at all corners
New OEM 5 speed with the lower 5th gear
New clutch
Uber filter
panzer skip plate
a whole bunch of sensors
New starter
212k on it so far.
What i'm looking to do in the next year is clean the intake, put the VNT17 turbo upgrade on it, colt cam and do the timing belt, delete the egr and do a tune for that.
I'm wondering how reliable this will be, we want a little more performance, nothing huge but at the same time not wear on the engine faster.