Looking at 2002 X50
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Burning Brakes
Once a buyer is "amenable to mods" the X50 option is pretty low value- given what is available today.
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Adam - on that topic, if an X50 can get a $3k - $5k premium (all else being equal), what kind of power mods can you do to a non-X50 for similar money? Forgive me if this is an obvious question - I'm looking at 996 TTs and still learning.
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Talk to Kevin at UMW or Tony at EPL....they tune non-X50 cars all the time and get some pretty damn good dyno printouts from them....but of course you have to invest in some upgrades...especially to a more free flowing exhaust system. The TT platform lends itself well to performance tuning at a relatively low entry investment. The real problem is stopping once you've started down that road. You start reading about this or that new doo-dad that adds another 40 HP and it becomes addictive. Some of the claims are BS...so do your homework before you let yourself get talked into some product that promises better performance.
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Burning Brakes
tips are usually 8 - 10% cheaper if u compare 2 identical cars one being a Tip and the other being a 6sp
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Race Director
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Talk to Kevin at UMW or Tony at EPL....they tune non-X50 cars all the time and get some pretty damn good dyno printouts from them....but of course you have to invest in some upgrades...especially to a more free flowing exhaust system. The TT platform lends itself well to performance tuning at a relatively low entry investment. The real problem is stopping once you've started down that road. You start reading about this or that new doo-dad that adds another 40 HP and it becomes addictive. Some of the claims are BS...so do your homework before you let yourself get talked into some product that promises better performance.
i think Tony at EPl is running a special right now, i have his flash, its awesome
(and you are correct, its a slippy sloap, i'm going back to EPl in march for more upgrades to the turbos and some other stuff)
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Love my Tip - especially in NJ where there is a lot of traffic. Drive it 3-4 times to work during the week and also on weekends - even in the winter.
A $10,000 premium is a lot to pay for a 6speed transmission IMHO. $65k is ridiculous - $55k is still high.
A $10,000 premium is a lot to pay for a 6speed transmission IMHO. $65k is ridiculous - $55k is still high.