1.8 T Owners Look here please!

[Finchy172]

I am conducting a Market Research questionaire for part of a University Project based upon the design of a car part.
For this we are looking into the VAG 1.8 Turbo engine and in particular the recirculating (dump) valve. Which costs £60 + VAT and Fitting.

I would appreciate if you could spare me 3 minutes of your time to copy and paste this questionaire and answer the questions as honest as possible.

Regards
Brad Fincham
Bsc Motorsport Engineering

1 - What car do you Drive?

2 - Do you currently have the OEM recirculating valve fitted?

3 - Would you benefit from this product being serviceable?

4 - Would you agree to have this product serviced at the regular intervals?

5 - What would you expect the product life to be in Years or Mileage?

6 - Please put this in order of importance
A - Cost
B - Styling / Aesthetics
C - Performance
D - Serviceability / Maintenance
E - Reliability

7 - Do you Have and Aftermarket Valve fitted?

8 - Why did you purchase this?

9 - Which Manufacturer / Model did you purchase?

10 - How do you rate this product overall on a 1-10 scale. (10 being the best)

11 - What do you see as the benefits of an aftermarket valve?

12 - Would you change back to OEM valve if it was serviceable and didnt void your warranty?

13 - What price would you expect to pay for a OEM serviceable valve?

14 - Any other Comments?


I wish to thank you for your time and if anybody would like to see the results from this survey then please email me at [email protected]. Or if anybody has any questions, comments they wouldnt like to post on here then feel free to email me.

 

[Ninja]

1 - What car do you Drive?
Ibiza Cupra 1.8t

2 - Do you currently have the OEM recirculating valve fitted?
nope

3 - Would you benefit from this product being serviceable?
nope as i replaced it

4 - Would you agree to have this product serviced at the regular intervals?
id say to replace it

5 - What would you expect the product life to be in Years or Mileage?
5 years unless remapped ? not really sure

6 - Please put this in order of importance
A - Cost
B - Styling / Aesthetics
C - Performance
D - Serviceability / Maintenance
E - Reliability
CEBAD

7 - Do you Have and Aftermarket Valve fitted?
Yep

8 - Why did you purchase this?
Was on the car when purchased - Recommended when tuning

9 - Which Manufacturer / Model did you purchase?
Forge 007p

10 - How do you rate this product overall on a 1-10 scale. (10 being the best)
10

11 - What do you see as the benefits of an aftermarket valve?
Knowing its working how it should and wont fail and make my turbo poorly

12 - Would you change back to OEM valve if it was serviceable and didnt void your warranty?
Nope

13 - What price would you expect to pay for a OEM serviceable valve?
£60 for a serviceable

14 - Any other Comments?

 

[STEVEO@CYMRU]

1 - What car do you Drive?
SEAT LEON CUPRA
2 - Do you currently have the OEM recirculating valve fitted?
NO
3 - Would you benefit from this product being serviceable?
NOPE ITS RUBBISH
4 - Would you agree to have this product serviced at the regular intervals?
NO
5 - What would you expect the product life to be in Years or Mileage?
NOT LONG 9 MONTHS
6 - Please put this in order of importance
A - Cost=2
B - Styling / Aesthetics=5
C - Performance=1
D - Serviceability / Maintenance=4
E - Reliability=3

7 - Do you Have and Aftermarket Valve fitted?
YES
8 - Why did you purchase this?
THE OE ONE IS LAME
9 - Which Manufacturer / Model did you purchase?
FORGE
10 - How do you rate this product overall on a 1-10 scale. (10 being the best)
9
11 - What do you see as the benefits of an aftermarket valve?
SERVICABLE,LAST LONGER, DOSENT BREAK EVERY FEW MONTHS
12 - Would you change back to OEM valve if it was serviceable and didnt void your warranty?
NO
13 - What price would you expect to pay for a OEM serviceable valve?
WOULDNT BUY ONE
14 - Any other Comments?

 

[darrenh]

1 - What car do you Drive? - 2002 SEAT Ibiza Cupra

2 - Do you currently have the OEM recirculating valve fitted? No

3 - Would you benefit from this product being serviceable? not sure

4 - Would you agree to have this product serviced at the regular intervals? free?

5 - What would you expect the product life to be in Years or Mileage? no less than 5 years

6 - Please put this in order of importance
A - Cost - 4
B - Styling / Aesthetics -5
C - Performance - 1
D - Serviceability / Maintenance - 2
E - Reliability - 2

7 - Do you Have and Aftermarket Valve fitted? Yes

8 - Why did you purchase this? It's a 'best practice' to upgrade it when remapping the ECU

9 - Which Manufacturer / Model did you purchase? - Forge 007p

10 - How do you rate this product overall on a 1-10 scale. (10 being the best) 10 I suppose, never had a problem with it.

11 - What do you see as the benefits of an aftermarket valve? More power means more stress on engine parts, its something else that won't break prematurely!

12 - Would you change back to OEM valve if it was serviceable and didnt void your warranty? NO

13 - What price would you expect to pay for a OEM serviceable valve? A lot less than the Forge option

14 - Any other Comments?
Good luck for your project ;o)

 

[davebnly]

1 - What car do you Drive?
Leon Cupra

2 - Do you currently have the OEM recirculating valve fitted?
No
3 - Would you benefit from this product being serviceable?
I doubt it.

4 - Would you agree to have this product serviced at the regular intervals?
yes
5 - What would you expect the product life to be in Years or Mileage?
10yrs - 100,000miles
6 - Please put this in order of importance
C - Performance
E - Reliability
A - Cost
B - Styling / Aesthetics
D - Serviceability / Maintenance


7 - Do you Have and Aftermarket Valve fitted?
Yes
8 - Why did you purchase this?
I was advised that having the car remapped would damage the OEM Dv's diaphragm.

9 - Which Manufacturer / Model did you purchase?
Forge 007p

10 - How do you rate this product overall on a 1-10 scale. (10 being the best)
9
11 - What do you see as the benefits of an aftermarket valve?
Hardwaring, Longer life, Serviceable, Better 'Dump' Sound.

12 - Would you change back to OEM valve if it was serviceable and didnt void your warranty?
No, the Forge one feels much stronger.

13 - What price would you expect to pay for a OEM serviceable valve?
£20

14 - Any other Comments?

 

[wilksy]

1 - What car do you Drive?
leon cupra
2 - Do you currently have the OEM recirculating valve fitted?
no
3 - Would you benefit from this product being serviceable?
no oem valve not very good
4 - Would you agree to have this product serviced at the regular intervals?
no
5 - What would you expect the product life to be in Years or Mileage?
mileage
6 - Please put this in order of importance
A - Cost 5
B - Styling / Aesthetics 2
C - Performance 4
D - Serviceability / Maintenance 1
E - Reliability 3

7 - Do you Have and Aftermarket Valve fitted?
yes
8 - Why did you purchase this?
performance and extra ability
9 - Which Manufacturer / Model did you purchase?
forge split r valve
10 - How do you rate this product overall on a 1-10 scale. (10 being the best)
9 only valve tried so far
11 - What do you see as the benefits of an aftermarket valve?
performance style
12 - Would you change back to OEM valve if it was serviceable and didnt void your warranty? no

13 - What price would you expect to pay for a OEM serviceable valve?
£65
14 - Any other Comments?
no

 

[longman]

1 - What car do you Drive? MK1 Leon Cupra

2 - Do you currently have the OEM recirculating valve fitted? No

3 - Would you benefit from this product being serviceable? Only if it was goon enough to last and give a good result in the first place

4 - Would you agree to have this product serviced at the regular intervals? Yes, I guess it would be part of the annual service plan

5 - What would you expect the product life to be in Years or Mileage? The life of the car if serviced properly

6 - Please put this in order of importance
A - Cost 5
B - Styling / Aesthetics 4
C - Performance 1
D - Serviceability / Maintenance 2
E - Reliability 3

7 - Do you Have and Aftermarket Valve fitted? Yes

8 - Why did you purchase this? OEM one not reliable and a positive difference resulted in changing.

9 - Which Manufacturer / Model did you purchase? Forge 007P

10 - How do you rate this product overall on a 1-10 scale. (10 being the best) 10

11 - What do you see as the benefits of an aftermarket valve? Reliability, better response after letting off, no leaks, no (Check DV blah blah fault code!)

12 - Would you change back to OEM valve if it was serviceable and didnt void your warranty? Only if the performance was as above. It wasn't a servicing issue that made me change. So, No really, if it just servicability that changes.

13 - What price would you expect to pay for a OEM serviceable valve? £40

 

[Deleted member 14928]

1 - What car do you Drive? Leon Cupra Mk1

2 - Do you currently have the OEM recirculating valve fitted? No (forge 007p)

3 - Would you benefit from this product being serviceable? yes

4 - Would you agree to have this product serviced at the regular intervals? yes, probably on a yearly basis

5 - What would you expect the product life to be in Years or Mileage? if serviced correctly i would expect it to last for the life of the car.

6 - Please put this in order of importance
C - Performance
E - Reliability
A - Cost
D - Serviceability / Maintenance
B - Styling / Aesthetics



7 - Do you Have and Aftermarket Valve fitted? yes forge 007p

8 - Why did you purchase this? was planning to get the car remapped so upgraded this to stop any chance of the standard one leaking due to the increase in pressure

9 - Which Manufacturer / Model did you purchase? forge 007p

10 - How do you rate this product overall on a 1-10 scale. (10 being the best) 8.5

11 - What do you see as the benefits of an aftermarket valve? improved performance and reliability

12 - Would you change back to OEM valve if it was serviceable and didnt void your warranty? no, as they are manufactured to be cheap and therefore buit to withstand normal engine stresses. i would always fear that by running double the boost pressure that the OEM one would leak.

13 - What price would you expect to pay for a OEM serviceable valve? £100 - £150

14 - Any other Comments?

Brad - stop being lazy and get out on the street asking people some questions. you dont see me doing my research on here do you!! lol.

If you need anything else or would just like to go for a spin, come over and say hello!

 

[Forbez]

1 - What car do you Drive? Ibiza Cupra

2 - Do you currently have the OEM recirculating valve fitted? No

3 - Would you benefit from this product being serviceable? No, as i dont have it.

4 - Would you agree to have this product serviced at the regular intervals? Price dependant, due to the simplicity of servicing it.

5 - What would you expect the product life to be in Years or Mileage? For the life of the car

6 - Please put this in order of importance
A - Cost:5
B - Styling / Aesthetics:4
C - Performance: 1
D - Serviceability / Maintenance:3
E - Reliability:2

7 - Do you Have and Aftermarket Valve fitted? Yes

8 - Why did you purchase this? Due to the common failing's of the standard units.

9 - Which Manufacturer / Model did you purchase? Forge 007

10 - How do you rate this product overall on a 1-10 scale. (10 being the best) 10

11 - What do you see as the benefits of an aftermarket valve? The ability to service it, and with Forge, the best customer service ever.

12 - Would you change back to OEM valve if it was serviceable and didnt void your warranty? Nope!

13 - What price would you expect to pay for a OEM serviceable valve? I would probably expect to ay 60-70, from the dealers, based on previous experience of their prices.

14 - Any other Comments?
Build parts that last, and people may not have to purchase quality replacements.

 

[truCido]

1 - What car do you Drive?
Seat Ibiza Cupra 1.8T 2002

2 - Do you currently have the OEM recirculating valve fitted?
No

3 - Would you benefit from this product being serviceable?
No

4 - Would you agree to have this product serviced at the regular intervals?
No

5 - What would you expect the product life to be in Years or Mileage?
Years

6 - Please put this in order of importance
A - Cost
E - Reliability
C - Performance
D - Serviceability / Maintenance
B - Styling / Aesthetics

7 - Do you Have and Aftermarket Valve fitted?
Yes

8 - Why did you purchase this?
Because I remapped my car and the standard valve isnt strong enough...oh and its shiny

9 - Which Manufacturer / Model did you purchase?
Forge 007P

10 - How do you rate this product overall on a 1-10 scale. (10 being the best)
10

11 - What do you see as the benefits of an aftermarket valve?
It wont fail on me, free service, and great customer support from manufacturer

12 - Would you change back to OEM valve if it was serviceable and didnt void your warranty?
No

13 - What price would you expect to pay for a OEM serviceable valve? £50

14 - Any other Comments? ummm naaa

 

[BCM]

1 - What car do you Drive?
Seat Leon Cupra R

2 - Do you currently have the OEM recirculating valve fitted?
No

3 - Would you benefit from this product being serviceable?
No

4 - Would you agree to have this product serviced at the regular intervals?
No

5 - What would you expect the product life to be in Years or Mileage?
Mileage
6 - Please put this in order of importance
A - Cost
B - Styling / Aesthetics
C - Performance
D - Serviceability / Maintenance
E - Reliability
CEADEB

7 - Do you Have and Aftermarket Valve fitted?
Yes

8 - Why did you purchase this?
Standard Valve Failed

9 - Which Manufacturer / Model did you purchase?
Forge 007P

10 - How do you rate this product overall on a 1-10 scale. (10 being the best)
10

11 - What do you see as the benefits of an aftermarket valve?
Reliabilty and performance as well as only a single one of cost.

12 - Would you change back to OEM valve if it was serviceable and didnt void your warranty?
No

13 - What price would you expect to pay for a OEM serviceable valve?
£80

14 - Any other Comments?
I wouldn't move back to OEM now as the Forge one was available and reliable

 

[BHP Addict]

1 - What car do you Drive?
Leon Cupra R 1.8T 210BHP

2 - Do you currently have the OEM recirculating valve fitted?
No

3 - Would you benefit from this product being serviceable?
Possibly if part was better initially

4 - Would you agree to have this product serviced at the regular intervals?
Put a 'kit' on the market for owners to purchase if required and service themselves (I know Forge do this already)

5 - What would you expect the product life to be in Years or Mileage?
60K or 5 years

6 - Please put this in order of importance
A - Cost
B - Styling / Aesthetics
C - Performance
D - Serviceability / Maintenance
E - Reliability
CEBAD

7 - Do you Have and Aftermarket Valve fitted?
Yes

8 - Why did you purchase this?
On Car when purchased - OEM prone to failure

9 - Which Manufacturer / Model did you purchase?
Forge 007P

10 - How do you rate this product overall on a 1-10 scale. (10 being the best)
10

11 - What do you see as the benefits of an aftermarket valve?
Reliability and confidence that it will last and do what it says on the tin

12 - Would you change back to OEM valve if it was serviceable and didnt void your warranty?
No

13 - What price would you expect to pay for a OEM serviceable valve?
Dependant on quality/testing/performance etc.... if as good as aftermarket quality then the same price as the rest available £100-£150

14 - Any other Comments?
Quality of build and reliability does really need to be looked into, especially on a high performance car with potential to be even better and more demanding of components in the future