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Polestar 2 dual motor with performance software update (replaced my Volvo XC90 T8) and Aston Martin V8 vantage. Polestar for the acceleration and lack of emissions through town and the Aston for summer days and the noise under full acceleration. (200 cell sports cats - it is LOUD!)
 

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With all that Civic hype, I want to show mine.
1994 Honda Civic EG4 with K20A Spoon Engine swap, DC5R tranny and a bunch of mods. Also with SiR interior convertion.
Not a race or drag car, just street and show off Civic.
For where i live it's a pretty good shape and rare spec.
Project still ongoing...
 

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My old BMW E36. Started out its life as a 316i automatic and it’s now a 2.8 manual with an LSD and some track aimed bits.

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I’d never been on track before I went on TF and it showed via both my car and my driving! Came home, spent a load of money and learnt heel toe. Went back a year later and gave it the thrashing it deserved!

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My old BMW E36. Started out its life as a 316i automatic and it’s now a 2.8 manual with an LSD and some track aimed bits.

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I’d never been on track before I went on TF and it showed via both my car and my driving! Came home, spent a load of money and learnt heel toe. Went back a year later and gave it the thrashing it deserved!

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Nice build!! E36's are just made for track work IMO, always sound the nuts too! Thanks for sharing
 
Over the past 6-8 months I run into this issue in 4th gear that ends up limiting my boost from the usual 22Lbs to about 15lbs. It happens only in one specific instance, ever, and I'm absolutely baffled because it doesn't throw any codes or anything. It happens when I'm at WOT in 4th gear, and as it peaks into 4500RPM, a slight hiccup happens and then immediately loses the boost. It'll stay like that for about a day, and then like nothing, the power is back. This is only instance it ever happens, like clockwork almost, and never happens outside of those specific parameters.

Could it be knock? Limited power due to overboost(maybe piggyback related?) or Faulty sensors(MAP or Knock Sensors?) Hard to say because you'd think it would be more sporadic rather than at one exact instance that I can recreate. Either way, that's the next thing I'm trying to tackle right now.
Turns out to be the piggyback. Removed it this weekend and issue no longer crops up under those circumstances, or at all for that matter. Happy, but sad, as I'm noticeably down a significant amount of power. A dedicated tune will be in the plans early next year.

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Also, I got rear ended last month. Been a hassle trying to find a local shop, most are backed up due to Holiday schedules and the ones that aren't are trying to tell me they cant work on the bumper because it needs special tools. What's so special about a screwdriver? All I've needed to remove the panels and trimming. Was more or less BS, I'm sure.
 
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Picked up another dream car off my list. 2015 Audi A8L 4.0T in Argus Brown Metallic with Nougat Brown interior, aptly named "The Chocolate Bar" by the previous owner. It has all the options sans the rear media screens, which I prefer because as the car ages those screens will date it quite a bit. Also it only had 40k km when I bought it this past weekend :D



















This was the day after I got home, I got new plates later on, hence the blacked out edits to protect the previous owner.

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First mod on the agenda, installing a dip stick to replace the sensor/virtual oil level in the MMI system. This one comes from the 4.2L FSI motor found in the Audi S4. The oil level indicator will still work as designed, however, now I will actually see the quality of the oil on top of the oil level. It blows my mind that Audi did not put any dip sticks in any of their 4.0T engines across all Audi models that offered said engine. Imagine buying an RS7 or S8 and not having this "feature" on a performance vehicle. They're constantly making solutions to problems that never existed before :lol:
 
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Picked up another dream car off my list. 2015 Audi A8L 4.0T in Argus Brown Metallic with Nougat Brown interior, aptly named "The Chocolate Bar" by the previous owner. It has all the options sans the rear media screens, which I prefer because as the car ages those screens will date it quite a bit. Also it only had 40k km when I bought it this past weekend :D
Love the colour combo. Brown is such an underrated colour for cars.
 
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