Best £500 upgrade 156 GTA.

HI Guys,

Had £500 to spend on my GTA and was hoping, knowing what a great gathering of Alfisti are always present.....

What would be the best upgrade for the money?..and by the way I have a bling air freshener ok!.

regards,

RossoRed!

.....perhaps 5 tanks of petrol

Have you had the car remapped yet? I think that only costs a few hundred quid at Red.Dot,

Supersprint backbox - no gains in power but the noise .....You think a standard GTA sounds nice?

Get a Q2 diff fitted. Will now be 550 quid (price just went up 50 quid) but the best and most important upgrade for any GTA. It transforms the car. Then suspension, then exhaust and a remap if you feel you need it.

Cheers,

Nigel

Forgot to say welcome by the way. Do a search on "Q2" and check out the stream of rave reviews.

Cheers,

Nigel

welcome to the GTA.....

Q2 all the way - do a search - lots of info

Originally Posted by Ferryman_1957

Forgot to say welcome by the way. Do a search on "Q2" and check out the stream of rave reviews.

Cheers,

Nigel

Unfortunately you can't do a search for Q2 as it doesn't have enough letters..

Best use Google, search for Q2 and tell it to only return results from Alfaowner.com

Welcome to AO RossoRed!

What ferryman, 156gtasw and pud have said.
Youre daft not to go for the Q2.

Q2.

Oh Christ yeah! Forgot all about the Q2.

Give Autolusso a call and see if they can give you a good price,

Best upgrade you can give your car ...

Driver training.

Go book a session with someone like ridedrive (all police instructors) and you will learn how to get the best out of with you have... I'm about to to go on this years bit of driver training - I do something each year to ensure I'm not picking up bad habits...

Best thing about it - you take it with you when you change car

If you can get the Q2 done as well for that price - all the better.

SImes.

Q2, we do sill have a couple left at the old price so it is still possible to get done for £500 but you will have to be quick

I also think the Performance friction pads make a huge difference

Ned

Originally Posted by Autolusso

I also think the Performance friction pads make a huge difference

I know the performance friction pads (like most other track/fast road pads) give you more consistent braking, and work a lot better than standard pads do when they are hot, but do they also give you more braking power? As in they 'bite' better on the disc? Would this lead to faster disc wear? I note from TB's review of your PF pads that he didn't note any disc wear from the PF pads over a lot of miles, but something like DS3000s eat standard discs like they're made of chocolate..

I was shocked when you told me your 156 Q2 had the 305mm set-up on, it seemed to have a lot more braking power than the GTA I drove with the 330mm set-up, which was on standard pads.

Originally Posted by Pud237

I was shocked when you told me your 156 Q2 had the 305mm set-up on, it seemed to have a lot more braking power than the GTA I drove with the 330mm set-up, which was on standard pads.

That is because the standard pads are made of wood coated with dog poo

Ned

Originally Posted by Autolusso

That is because the standard pads are made of wood coated with dog poo

Ned

Best upgrade for £500... it'll be a Q2 by all reports!

Originally Posted by Pud237

I was shocked when you told me your 156 Q2 had the 305mm set-up on, it seemed to have a lot more braking power than the GTA I drove with the 330mm set-up, which was on standard pads.

I took that beast out for a spin.. The brakes are awesome on it!

Originally Posted by OperationAlfa

I took that beast out for a spin.. The brakes are awesome on it!

They aren't half! Felt like God himself put his finger on the bonnet and gave quite a press..

Did you notice the buttons for the leccy windows? The passenger button one winds down the drivers window and vice versa..

If your car is around 4 years old or older, and it hasn't been done yet, I would get the cambelt changed.

The Q2 isn't much use if your car is stuck in a garage having its engine rebuilt

Originally Posted by Pud237

I know the performance friction pads (like most other track/fast road pads) give you more consistent braking, and work a lot better than standard pads do when they are hot, but do they also give you more braking power? As in they 'bite' better on the disc? Would this lead to faster disc wear? I note from TB's review of your PF pads that he didn't note any disc wear from the PF pads over a lot of miles, but something like DS3000s eat standard discs like they're made of chocolate..

I was shocked when you told me your 156 Q2 had the 305mm set-up on, it seemed to have a lot more braking power than the GTA I drove with the 330mm set-up, which was on standard pads.

The PF pads have been (and still are) phenomenal on my car (305mm). Ned fitted braided brake hoses and replaced the bake fluid with higher spec at the same time. Don't know about disc wear yet, I'll let you know.

Cheers,

Nigel

Originally Posted by Autolusso

That is because the standard pads are made of wood coated with dog poo

Ned

I wondered what the smell was when I was bedding them in....

Originally Posted by Pud237

They aren't half! Felt like God himself put his finger on the bonnet and gave quite a press.

Ah, that explains the dents in mine ever since I had the PF pads fitted!

Cheers,

Nigel

From what I hear, the Q2 is pretty good

Rich