My car has had a continuous evolution of modifications, upgrades and maintenance. The history these is documented in the costs section.

Currently the car's state of modification is as follows:

• Schrick 268° cams.
• high compression metal head gasket.
• Schrick VGI (Variable Geometry Intake) dual-tract inlet manifold.
• Gas-flowed enlarged throttle body.
• Fidanza lightened flywheel.
• Custom engine remap to Super Unleaded and a raised rev limit.
• Mocal oil cooler
• Vibratechnics front engine mount.
• Custom Gaz Gold 2-way adjustable coil-over suspension.
• New front wishbones and track end rods.
• Vibratechnics front wishbone bushes.
• a 3.68 final drive to lower the gearing and improve acceleration.
• 288mm front brake upgrade with Golf Mk3 callipers, Brembo discs, Mintex pads and Goodrich braided hoses.
• Milltek sports exhaust
• 2 sets of original alloys, one refurbished in gun metal with road tyres and the other in matte black with Toyo R888 track tyres
• Interior: Momo Millennium steering wheel and some stainless steel sill plates. Sony MP3 & CD head unit.

The last time I had the car rolling-roaded it was just after the last round of modifications producing 226 bhp at the flywheel and 205 lb ft, and that was on month-old 95RON Unleaded with the car mapped for Super Unleaded. I would imagine it would be well into the 230's, if not 240, now it has had plenty of time to loosen up and settle in. It would be nice to get it back onto a rolling road to see how much, but it isn't a high priority right now.

I also plan to source some 16" alloys but have so far been unable to find anything that I consider OEM+ as I want the car to retain the original look as much as possible. Speedline 2110 in 5x100 would be ideal but these are now out of production.

Engine bay showing VGI	Minor interior changes

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