Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline

[tigger73]

I am joking , but yes the half the way as you already take of the headlight , but installing and replacing is lots of pain and skills, rewiring additional wires connectors work and extra hardware module BCM, Rear levelling sensors change, programing ...

At this stage I'm concentrating on performance mods only. I will do some cosmetic upgrades later on to keep myself amused but for now my time/$ are going into the foundation. Add the icing later

[tigger73]

Initial feedback is that the intercooler hasn’t effected the low end performance at all and bum dyno says it’s quicker at the top end.

I’ll get it on the road on the weekend (hopefully get a coolish morning) and run some 0-100’s. I suspect it may be in the 5’s now... and only with hardware mods.


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[Melbourne_Tiggy]

Initial feedback is that the intercooler hasn’t effected the low end performance at all and bum dyno says it’s quicker at the top end.

I’ll get it on the road on the weekend (hopefully get a coolish morning) and run some 0-100’s. I suspect it may be in the 5’s now... and only with hardware mods.


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Nice one. Good to hear low end performance isn’t afffected. Interested in whether there are any 0-100 improvements, probably more noticeable with a tune/turbo swap. How much was the IC landed including taxes?

[tigger73]

Nice one. Good to hear low end performance isn’t afffected. Interested in whether there are any 0-100 improvements, probably more noticeable with a tune/turbo swap. How much was the IC landed including taxes?

Yes I was concerned that the larger volume would cause a delay in boost coming on but seems no real difference. Certainly not noticeable when driving.

The top end is definitely freer and feels like it wants to go now / run a lot more freely at higher rpms.

I sourced this from the local distributor (Performance Brands Group) but it was shipped direct from Germany.


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[cameleon72]

I agree engine and drivetrain is most fun, the rest is only convince and cosmetic .
I will be watching your project, will be interesting how much power you will be able to get once whole tune project is finished
I wish I could try some tune on my CZPA but this is latest EA888 engine with budac cycle and not really much tune for this ECU locally available ,except to go external tune boxes . I am happy for now with some coding and get used to get bit more .

[tigger73]

I agree engine and drivetrain is most fun, the rest is only convince and cosmetic .
I will be watching your project, will be interesting how much power you will be able to get once whole tune project is finished
I wish I could try some tune on my CZPA but this is latest EA888 engine with budac cycle and not really much tune for this ECU locally available ,except to go external tune boxes . I am happy for now with some coding and get used to get bit more .

You may find some improvement/benefit in drive ability from a DSG tune.


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[tigger73]

Well as I originally suspected putting a significantly larger intercooler on actually has had a negative impact on performance. Not a lot but a little bit.

Ran a 0-100 this morning and was 6.14s or 0.1s worse than before.



This was actually what I thought was going to happen with a larger volume intercooler to fill.

It doesn’t concern me that much as I know the stock intercooler is going to be too restrictive at higher flows once the new turbo is fitted and the car is tuned.


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[Melbourne_Tiggy]

Well as I originally suspected putting a significantly larger intercooler on actually has had a negative impact on performance. Not a lot but a little bit.

Ran a 0-100 this morning and was 6.14s or 0.1s worse than before.



This was actually what I thought was going to happen with a larger volume intercooler to fill.

It doesn’t concern me that much as I know the stock intercooler is going to be too restrictive at higher flows once the new turbo is fitted and the car is tuned.


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It was pretty hot in Melb @ 37 degrees, what was the temp in SA....do you think that might have contributed to the slower 0-100?

[tigger73]

It was pretty hot in Melb @ 37 degrees, what was the temp in SA....do you think that might have contributed to the slower 0-100?

I went out earlier in the morning and it was 23-24degC so I don't think it was ambient temps related. Temps were similar to the previous runs within a few degrees so I don't think that was a major factor.

It's funny the top end feels better but is actually a little slower. I'm not surprised as this was actually the result that I was expecting. I'm actually happy that it's not a significant effect given that I'll likely be driving around for another month or 2 like this.

Probably helped the other day when it was 41degC but I don't ever push it if i don't need to when it's that hot.

[INASNT]

You will only see an advantage with the bigger cooler and stock turbo if you got a remap.

With stock everything you will have less heat soak now especially if you were driving around in Melbourne over the weekend.