Roll on Saturday....

[ChrisUK]

Looking forward to Saturday now

Driving down to York again to let Pete @ Bell Auto's re-jig my map for more power to take into account my latest mods (Sachs racing clutch kit, green panel air filter, JBS shortshifter & dog bone mounts).

He reckons I can free up a nice amount of ponies with the new additions & make it more aggressive

Should also be getting my front strut fitted then too, and that WILL be the end of my mods for now (apart from getting this flippy key cut !).

I'll post back on how things go - and I want to RR it soon as well, so any RR days in the North anyone knows about ?

Thanks

 

[jonjay]

How you finding the vibration from the dogbone mounts...?

 

[ChrisUK]

It doesn't bother me too much mate, it's only when setting off in 1st gear that it's noticeable.

I'd rather put up with that than have a broken one & squashed pipes !!! I had a load of stuff done at the same time, so I can't comment on whether or not it increases acceleration......

 

[jonnie5]

I would have thought that the air filter would be the only power gain

 

[ChrisUK]

As I had a standard clutch before, the map that was put on my car was limited due to clutch slippage. Now the new clutch can handle more power & torque, I can unleash that extra power with a new map onto my clutch.......

 

[jonnie5]

Gotcha

 

[RikH]

i expect to see plooooooooms of black smoke along the m62 then

 

[jonnie5]

i expect to see plooooooooms of black smoke along the m62 then

Thats only good to see when you've just overtook someone and they not please they just been beaten by a derv

 

[m0rk]

not sure how he'll take into account the intake or short shifter

equally - if he/you goes nuts on the torque, you'll just end up needing a new expensive clutch (they have limits too)

 

[ChrisUK]

I was just listing my latest set of mods.......

I'm sure he knows what he is doing


Mike from JBS stated the following:

According to Sachs max torque handling on the organic is 340lb/ft

We have tuned cars with Sachs kits for more than 340lb/ft and never had a problem!

Mike

I'm sure that will be plenty enough !!

 

[RobM]

Nice one, shame you can't do a before and after RR run to see what extra power has been found.

 

[ChrisUK]

Aye - but I'd like to RR once it's all done to see the overall power gains.

So if anyone has any RR day news, send me a PM

 

[jonnie5]

Aye - but I'd like to RR once it's all done to see the overall power gains.

So if anyone has any RR day news, send me a PM

What are you running and what are you expecting?

 

[ChrisUK]

05 Leon FR TDI - various mods - not quite sure what to expect to be honest.

Should get more of an idea once it's done.......

 

[jonjay]

i'd hold out Chris...assuming your going to do more mods like smooth airbox, maybe add a CAI kit which arn't that expensive...

Thats what I am doing, getting everything done to the car first then mapping it when clutch is installed. Remember to a certain degree the ECU will adapt anyway so your going to spend your money for possibly a 5-10 bhp upgrade.

 

[ChrisUK]

He's doing it FOC mate

Haven't seen much point in smoothing out airbox, and I dont like the CAI feeds people are currently doing

 

[jonjay]

He's doing it FOC mate

Haven't seen much point in smoothing out airbox, and I dont like the CAI feeds people are currently doing

Well smoothing airbox is allowing the car to breath better which will make a nicer sound if anything...

 

[RobM]

Minor mods like a smoothed airbox or CAI wont make much difference to the map, so I wouldn't worry about holding out and getting it done later. I do agree, even though there has been debate about the value of this, that getting the map done after all other mods is a good idea. But it's not essential as the map will adjust slightly to accommodate any changes anyway.

 

[ChrisUK]

All thanks to learning curvature of that wonderful ECU we all love playing about with

Still not too sure on the airbox smoothing, does it really give you any extra power ? If so, why are they there in the 1st place ?

Anyone done this that can comment ?

 

[RobM]

Smoothing alone doesn't make a great deal of difference. But smoothing and adding a cold air feed does. Has been proven to help flow rate and doesn't get bogged down due to heat soak.

Cheap and effective mod