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| most reliable, well-designed and hi-performing cars on | | | | and more custom chipping. |
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| improve your GTI with parts and accessories designed | | | | internals, ported and polished heads. After this you'll |
| by the top brands and manufacturers of performance | | | | need to tune the engine further with a dyno or a |
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| own sleeper street performance Volkswagen Golf | | | | 7- Add nitrous, run race gas/ethanol, bigger turbos or |
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| can do the modifications as you can afford them, or if | | | | As you add more horsepower you'll need a beefier |
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| and race it on the track. | | | | Beef up your suspension or reinforce with strut bars, |
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| Filter, Synthetic Oil Change, Computer Chip | | | | flywheel, and look into a high performance differential. |
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| GReddy. | | | | street, start a good relationship with a shop or tuner |
| 4- Add a water/methanol injection. Snow | | | | you trust, believe us you'll need it. |
| Performance and Cooling Mist are good brands. | | | | |