Spl170s

Okay, i am looking to do some more mods to my car. Bolt on items and such. no large $$ items though. I don't really want to do headers. And for now i am not buying Drag radials.

My thoughts are new gears. I don't know if it is necessary to upgrade to a 3 series carrier or not. If i do gears, i was thinking 3:42's. I can buy them for a 2 series carrier...is this a bad idea?

Next idea is Throttle body port/polish, new intake bellow, and possibly a Pace MAF.

Currently i have lowering springs for my car and have new shocks and struts on the way this week. Looking at buying new panhard currently...and waiting on a reply for relocating brackets and LCA's.

I feel my exhaust is pretty free flowing.....and finishing out the intake would just about do all i can with bolt-ons.

What are some of the thoughts about what i should do next.

Opinons please?

JoshuaH82

Don't bother changing your MAF or bellows. I would suggest a Shaner's S2 throttle body. As for changing gears, there's no good reason to go with a 3 series from a 2 series. As a matter of fact, you may lose ABS doing that. Do the S2 TB.

jd13

Gears sound like a good idea. ^^ do what he said.

I didn't notice if you had sub frame connectors or not. If you don't, get some. They're cheap, and something you can actually feel.

99blackz99

Where do you get that throttle body you guys are talking about?

Capn Pete

Subframe connectors might not be a bad idea (as was mentioned), and regarding gears, you simply buy a 3.42 gear set that's intended for a 2 series carrier --- the ring gear is just made a little thicker, that's all --- I'm planning on getting 3.73's for my car sometime this year, and I've already confirmed that 3.73's can be ordered for the 2 series rear end. Also, just FYI, 3.42's are a very good "all-round" gear for A4's IMO. You will get a lot better "snap" off the line, and yet they're not too low, so you can still maintain good highway driveability. If I were more concerned about that, I'd probably stick to 3.42's as well, but I want the low end power increase, so that's why I'm going with the 3.73's (although 4.10's might be even better, but I do rack up a lot of miles, so I want SOME mileage left?! ).

HTH