De cat and front mount questions

[leoncupra2012]

I was told my Leon had a decat on it,and it doesnt, so its going in for some work which requires the downpipe to be removed (subframe dropped to change rollbar) so ive got a de cat pipe to go on, but ive bought the angled lambda extension to fool the car and therefore stop the engine management light coming on.

But where so i put this adapter/fooler thing? does it go in the first hole on the turbo end, or does it go in the hole on the other end?

Ive got a scorpian cat back system on it, its been remapped already but unsure on power, its very flat under 2500 all the power is higher up, going to stick a front mount on it, but are those £200 ebay jobs any good, u get the cooler, pipes and all the bits to fit it? or they not worth it?

was going to get it remapped again as im only down the road from R Tech so wanted to do bits i can to it, it only needs decat and forge valve really but il stick one of those £200 front mounts on it if theyre any good to get a bit more power out of her. Just had a brand new clutch in it so minds aswell

 

[Hb69]

The o2 spacer goes on the sensor furthest away from the engine, I have one and the eml still comes on, but I think that's because I've deleted the sai

 

[ben450]

If your going RTech Nick will be able to map out the EML light

 

[leoncupra2012]

I had a car done there before and they told me they could turn it off but itl only come on again about 50 miles later? Will give them a call

What sort of power will i get out of it with a decat, scorpian stainless mid/rear sections (oval tailpipe) forge 007 valve, panel filter in standard box? around 210bhp ? its a AUQ 180 but its already been mapped but dont know who by, would i gain much more power from it with a front mount on it?

Its quick as it is but the powers all higher up, its a sweet engine only done 100k with full history had recent belt and pump, clutch and flywheel, no faults on it other than lambda sensor causing EML light to come on so hoping i can get something decent out of it

 

[scott180]

My cupra has a ebay job cooler on it. Thought I would give it a go and turns out it's a direnza cooler and is larger than the ones I've seen elsewhere. £185 or there abouts. It's a universal 1.8t kit. Mine is also revo stage 2 at 225bhp and 285lb/ft ish.

 

[leoncupra2012]

I had a 241 bhp AUQ before with toyosports from mount, toyosports decat, cobra cat back stainless, forge 007p and pipercross panel filter and the one previous I had was 210bhp with just a forge 007 and panel filter.

I think mine still has the N249 on it, so id need to remove that, get the decat fitted, the front mount kit (is it hard to do?) fit the panel filter, is there anything else I can do to get the most from it?

This one ive got at the minute awful on fuel no matter how good u drive it, never seen more than 28mpg on a run ?!

 

[Hb69]

Mines AMD stage 2 with 226bhp still on the standard smic, should be an extra few bhp with a decent fmic

 

[scott180]

My map was generic revo 2 map so may have looked at more on a live map. My fmic was relatively easy and pretty easy fit. I also have the n249 bypassed and runs fine. Don't think I've ever been higher than 30mpg but if I wanted something good on fuel I wouldn't have got a petrol cupra

 

[leoncupra2012]

how much do i need to cut out of the front bumper for the intercooler? i guess the foglights will need to go

 

[scott180]

The only cutting I needed to do was the lugs for the outer lower grills but that's only because I mounted my cooler quite far forward.. my fogs had to go.

 

[leoncupra2012]

okay thanks, so this lambda fooler thingy, it goes on the end nearest the turbo? or the other end furthest from the turbo near where it joins the midpipe? cant seem to get a definate answer? thanks

 

[scott180]

Spacer or fooler as you call it goes in the second hole furthest away from turbo.

 

[nd-photo.nl]

Like dissss

Heatwrapped and Lambda O2 spacer by ND-Photo.nl, on Flickr

Downpipe heatwrapped by ND-Photo.nl, on Flickr

LOL @ lambda fooler thingy

 

[Hb69]

okay thanks, so this lambda fooler thingy, it goes on the end nearest the turbo? or the other end furthest from the turbo near where it joins the midpipe? cant seem to get a definate answer? thanks

Literally the second post on here was a definite answer!?

 

[leoncupra2012]

I know but then i saw a pic on fleabay where theyd put it next to the turbo end? yeh lamdba fooler, i thought it were cool lol, cheers peoples, get that put on tuesday, then front mount goes on friday, then its custom live map time