New sports cat from 2bular?
Just been on my first track day (Donington) since replacing the pistons in the front calipers, and changing to CL-RC6 pads all roundā¦ and can I sayā¦ Mother Of God! This thing stops like nothing else Iāve ever experienced! 
I was always of the opinion that my car had great brakes, but these are wicked! Very easy and predictable to use, can crush me against my harnesses when I stand on the pedal hard, and I havenāt managed to boil my fluid yetā¦ I donāt care if these pads eat through my (cheap) discs quickly, they offer some sensational stopping power! Wowwee!
Yes, yes, Iām aware the pad material may fall to pieces in due course, but Iāll keep an eye on them. Thoroughly recommend trying them if anyoneās in the market for padsā¦
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And no, I donāt have any GoPro footage again todayā¦ I didnāt put it in the car because Iām having a bit of a confidence crisis at the momentā¦ I did keep an eye on speeds through Craners - I saw 100mph on my AIM dash as I was following it round to the right, but then I cannot make my self turn into the left without a confidence dab on the brakes - taking the left at 90mph, then the old hairpin at about 73mphā¦ Iāve got a fair way to go, I think - the car didnāt seem remotely phased, but I just darenāt try it any faster right now 
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Just checking if I missed the I HAVE STUCK ON THE LARGER THROTTLEBODY AND MADE 123HP MORE post.
However, I am quite sated by your Donington post.
I was waiting until this track day was done, before messing with my carā¦ Iāve now got all the bits, the BWR throttle body, the r9ktuned plenum, ported runnersā¦ need to put them on and go to get it tuned, see what happensā¦ Iāll keep you posted mate - but I doubt itās adding more than 7 or 8bhp in reality - but Iād be happy with that to be honest 
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Mine did a grand total of 3% ish increase.
As you are changing just about every item on the car baring adding a supercharger I think it might be harder to work out 
When TrackGroup built my engine, they said it was inlet-limited at present - thatās my only motivation for exploring changing the intakeā¦ If I take it to be tuned and it seems ābetterā then I shall be happy at the end of the day!
I just wanted to make one of the best NA 2ZZs out there - I canāt really think what else to do after this to improve it further, soā¦ 
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Understand your rationale and will be following with interest.
Anyone want to buy a hugely loved car? Iāve done something very silly!..
Whoah. I did not see that coming.
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Iāll have your gearbox 
I didnāt see that coming! But tell us more about the new project carš
Already a queue!
Iāll post pictures when I get the car, but Iām buying a low mileage v6 Cup - and Iām going to try not to do too many mods (how long is that honestly going to a last though, lol!?!)
It was when I was writing my last response to Andy above, that I said I donāt know what to do after I fit the intake and throttle body - and then it hit me that I suddenly felt like Iād ādoneā - it was the weirdest feeling but I knew I actually suddenly wanted to do something different - and lifeās too shortā¦ soā¦ yeah, here we are! New car thread coming within the next week when I get it!
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Ill be interested to hear your s2 to s3 comparisons.
What a great buy for someone.
Good luck with the sale and looking forward to the next car
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It will be very interesting to get your views on the 2 carsā¦S2 vs S3ā¦ Iāve had three S2 including two S2 NA and one Cup 260, and my brother has had three S3 including one V6S, one 380 and one 410. All to say that I was able to compare all carsā¦and to be honest, whilst I love all of them and have to say that the V6 is very impressive, I always end up going back to the S2 NA which to me is the most engaging of all carsā¦and hence the reason why I love it and would not swap it - for now 
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What a great build, great price too! Hope you love the S3 
Really excited to have agreed a sale to an absolutely fab buyer - called Ben. Heās extremely enthusiastic and seemed to love the car, so hopefully might even be able to get him to hang around on Exiges.com too! Time will tell I guessā¦ new car wonāt arrive with me until the 14th unfortunatelyā¦
Glad itās going to a good home.