Next mod: TIP?

[Stuwey]

Why are they so hard to fit?

I was all prepped and ready for a huge job but then I did mine in 1.5 hrs, it's not that hard!

[VWindahouse]

Yeah just lube up the turbo end and Bob's your uncle

[noone]

I struggled, did it from above. If you can get the car up, probably easier to do from below.

IMO, the Tip is good.

In terms of order, in summer I'd go for FMIC before anything else. the side mount struggles above 25 deg and you don't need one under 15 deg (in continuous traffic).

In winter or other times, its a bit different. I definitely noticed the additional power of the dump pipe. By the time that went on I already had the TIP, Forge splitter (now Forge 00, Forge FMIC (now Seat Sport).

If you don't know how much boost you're making, get a better diverter or log it. Dump next (IMO), FMIC is gold when its hot, TIP is a good alround mod.

Great to see the Lemmiwinks! Don't push it too far or your timing pull will mean less top end than before, ECU wants to stay well within its limits with APR tune.

[bakersdelight]

I struggled, did it from above. If you can get the car up, probably easier to do from below.

IMO, the Tip is good.

In terms of order, in summer I'd go for FMIC before anything else. the side mount struggles above 25 deg and you don't need one under 15 deg (in continuous traffic).

In winter or other times, its a bit different. I definitely noticed the additional power of the dump pipe. By the time that went on I already had the TIP, Forge splitter (now Forge 00, Forge FMIC (now Seat Sport).

If you don't know how much boost you're making, get a better diverter or log it. Dump next (IMO), FMIC is gold when its hot, TIP is a good alround mod.

Great to see the Lemmiwinks! Don't push it too far or your timing pull will mean less top end than before, ECU wants to stay well within its limits with APR tune.

Thanks guys for the advice... will definite give the TIP a go...

so too much timing advance will decrease top end power?? didn't know that before, maybe I should drop it back a little to maintain top end?

[noone]

Adding too much timing can encourage the knock sensors to pull timing which they may do aggressively. A little seems to be fine, a lot tends to make the car slow in its stride a little (to be technical). Think I'm running 3 now (pre summer).

Did you notice much of a difference?

From the way tuners talk about their tunes, they all react a little differently and what I've experienced may be more relevant to my setup or some intricacy of my car than true across the board.

Gav?

[h100vw]

Missed this 2 years ago. More than 5 degrees being pulled is too much. You can play with that in spring and Autumn to get the best of both worlds. You need to do repeatable logs. On the same stretch of road if possible.