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I have a similar or same issue and had done some research and my best guess is the valve stem seals are going. Only get a puff of blue smoke on start up after its been sitting either overnight or an extended period. The seals let a little oil in into the chamber due to their being cold and...

On my second set of MSAS4's... wouldn't do anything else. Honestly, for your weather, you could look at summer rubber but about the only thing that would be a plus for the AS's is wear rating is higher and when (if?) it rains, you'll be better off.

Thanks, yeah I don't know about the magic Lucas stuff... probably won't use it. Appreciate hearing another confirmation of what the issue is though, as good as the internet can be you read a lot of crazy stuff and its hard to decipher sometimes.

I'm having the same issue. Small cloud of blue smoke on cold start only. After a second its gone. From what I have learnt while scanning the internet is this could be from valve stem seals. They are getting worn out and so lit a little of oil through that burns on startup. Once the car gets...

Here ya go... the rsb is the rear sway bar, 24mm.

I have the OE sport springs paired with Koni Sport dampers, I put the TT spring pad ON TOP of the existing pad to remove the reverse rake, and ride on RSE 10's 18x8 with 235 PSAS's. Also have a 24mm H&R rsb and spacers to square off the look. Love the setup, its OE+ but even with the dampers...

So, the age-old symptom but wanted to know what likely areas I should be looking to resolve this. I get that chasing oil leaks can be a frustrating adventure so looking for some recommendations to perhaps shortcut the exercise and/or get good advice. Appreciate the responses,

Yep, this all makes sense. I generally run track days at Road America and Autobahn CC which both have long straights so I don't think but once I had heat-soak type issues (embarrassing to be losing ground to a Hyundai on the back straight).

Umm, dunno. When I went to get the alignment the ClubSport option popped up on the screen so just did it. I have the print out at work so could post a pic of it on Monday if you're interested. Gonna assume it can be Googled too...

Well crap... alright then.

Interested in your FMIC... question, did you see a real change in engine performance with this? I have read so much I think I'm confused. Appreciate your response.

Any particular reason you can't ship the CSS muffler? Interested...

Interested... how do we do a transaction?

Club Sport...

This may or may not be a good suggestion depending BUT, you could get an alignment done and use the CS settings. It certainly isn't for everyone and really not sure how it would be on a stock GTI suspension but I recently did it on a fully revamped suspension and really like it. On-center...

Tigeo is correct. At the end of the day, you will only stop as quickly as your tires grip will allow. Bigger brakes are not the answer if you are only interested in shorter stopping distances. Fade is another subject.

I found the turbo inlet elbow to be a good upgrade... no real power but the turbo spools quicker. Also, if you do this then you need to at least pull the snow mesh plastic out of your intake and install a hi-flow filter. Combined those made a noticeable difference in engine response and the...

Dunno, I mean, the actual hybrid puck physically wouldn't fit into the APR without butchering it. I didn't want to do that so I pulled the APR arm off and went back to OE. Really, I think the puck makes a bigger difference than the APR arm did having driven them back to back one day while...

Right now I have been running the Powerflex Hybrid insert in the OE dogbone (doesn't work with the APR dogbone) and CTS engine/tranny mounts. Its just OK. Still feel a lot of slop IMO. I have been thinking of upgrading to the BFI street durometer mounts in hopes that most of the slop is due...

Thanks for the reply here, yeah, I have been trying different combo's with the dogbone and the mounts are CTS crap so wondered if an upgrade would be noticeable.