I am fan of the open cone too, but I can't argue with real world results with increased g/s and less effort required by the turbo to produce the same boost.
Don R
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Rob, would something like this work for you?
http://www.ctsturbo.com/products/1_8T_Turbo_Hardware_Kit-150-1.html
We made 270whp @ only 12.5 psi with Unitronic and a SP 80mm SEM Intake. Motor is completely stock
http://www.ctsturbo.com/products/1_8T_Turbo_Hardware_Kit-150-1.html
We made 270whp @ only 12.5 psi with Unitronic and a SP 80mm SEM Intake. Motor is completely stock
Looks a great kit, impressive at only 12.5psi too! I take it the DP bolts onto the existing DP? Doubt the manifold would work on a RHD car though?
$2095 is £1345!
I'd love to go MAFless too so I could run a BOV but that's not possible over here.
$2095 is £1345!
I'd love to go MAFless too so I could run a BOV but that's not possible over here.
Don R
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Yes DP Bolts to the stock exhaust and the turbo is placed in the center. The compressor side is located on your passenger side with exhaust on your driver side.
Why isn't it possible to go mafless?
If the turbo sits in the centre, I doubt there would be enough room between the turbo and brake servo to fit the DP.
Nobody writes MAFless files over here.
Nobody writes MAFless files over here.
Don R
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Well my car has passed the MOT no problem, didn't think there would be anything needed with only 38k miles on it! The woman on the phone said all the guys have been crowding round my engine bay taking pics of it - lol!
Off to collect it at 2.
That's one thing that's always puzzled me - no Unitronic representation in the UK?? They seem to do lots of "off the shelf" files for different turbos and injector sizes.
I notice some of the guys in Europe - Greece/Turkey etc use Unitronic.
Don R
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Yes we pretty much have many BT files for the european models. Help from our European dealers allowed us this luxury
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Got my car back, quite funny how excited the staff were over my car (a VW dealership).
Yes a shame no Unitronic in the UK, I'd love to run MAFless BOV style - only a handful of REVO, APR and maybe one or two GIAC dealers, that's about it. Jim @ Star does write custom maps, but he's less inclined to these days.
Passed the MOT with no work needing done at all, emissions were well below the limit so chuffed with that - not bad for a 100-cell race CAT (thanks to Tesco 99 and Forte!)
Yes a shame no Unitronic in the UK, I'd love to run MAFless BOV style - only a handful of REVO, APR and maybe one or two GIAC dealers, that's about it. Jim @ Star does write custom maps, but he's less inclined to these days.
Passed the MOT with no work needing done at all, emissions were well below the limit so chuffed with that - not bad for a 100-cell race CAT (thanks to Tesco 99 and Forte!)
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Yes we pretty much have many BT files for the european models. Help from our European dealers allowed us this luxury
maybe bill needs to become the uk dealer
Well I think I have finally come up with an induction setup I'm happy with. While the K&N Apollo is good, it's boring as it's near silent - when I drive a turbocharged car I want to hear induction noise, turbo spool and dump noise!
So I got a new filter and alloy trumpet from Roger Clark Motorsport, mainly because they have K&N cone filters which have open cotton gauze ends and not just rubber or chrome caps.
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/rcm1.jpg
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/rcm2.jpg
Just so happens that the Apollo cold air feed fits perfectly on the end of the filter:
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/rcm3.jpg
Here it is installed:
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/rcm4.jpg
Direct cold air feed from the fog light aperture:
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/rcm5.jpg
So I'll have a good supply of force-fed cold air along with the other benefits of an open cone!
Something else my car will be sporting next year ...
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/cf1.jpg
Backdraft Motorsport baffled sump will be coming soon too.
So I got a new filter and alloy trumpet from Roger Clark Motorsport, mainly because they have K&N cone filters which have open cotton gauze ends and not just rubber or chrome caps.
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/rcm1.jpg
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/rcm2.jpg
Just so happens that the Apollo cold air feed fits perfectly on the end of the filter:
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/rcm3.jpg
Here it is installed:
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/rcm4.jpg
Direct cold air feed from the fog light aperture:
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/rcm5.jpg
So I'll have a good supply of force-fed cold air along with the other benefits of an open cone!
Something else my car will be sporting next year ...
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll330/SonicBlueLeon/cf1.jpg
Backdraft Motorsport baffled sump will be coming soon too.
brad1
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eBay, seems very good quality, weave and clearcoat are spot on and it is half the weight of the OE bonnet, will be fitting bonnet pins as well to make sure it doesn't fly up!
I'll be getting carbon door mirrors to match the bonnet this winter too.
I'll be getting carbon door mirrors to match the bonnet this winter too.
eBay, seems very good quality, weave and clearcoat are spot on and it is half the weight of the OE bonnet, will be fitting bonnet pins as well to make sure it doesn't fly up!
I'll be getting carbon door mirrors to match the bonnet this winter too.
I nearly got some carbon wing mirrors a few months ago, Rob
eBay, seems very good quality, weave and clearcoat are spot on and it is half the weight of the OE bonnet, will be fitting bonnet pins as well to make sure it doesn't fly up!
I'll be getting carbon door mirrors to match the bonnet this winter too.
That is fantastic! I have a carbon fibre bonnet, front of the bonnet is slightly grazed
by the courier company when It was being delivered.... Rob, if you manage to get hold of some carbon fibre covers for the wing mirrors please drop me a PM.
By the way the nice RCM induction kit!
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