Do I buy Full Exhaust or pioneer avic f900bt

[Breezapom]

just torn between the pioneer double din unit or a full milltek exhaust system

just wanted to know what you guys/Girls would go for??

 

[Ultra_Joel88]

Cheaper headunit and exhaust system.

 

[T. Spark]

Joel has got it,

Go get a exhaust done, local which doesnt cost half as much and then the rest goes towards a H.U

Winner

 

[james.l]

personally, full exhaust, then all you need for stage 2 is a valve air filter & remap. 230bhp (ish)

much more pleasure out of that than a headunit???

 

[james.l]

thought you might find this of use

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=203204

£650 for exhaust, remap, filter, and dv

or nearly £750 for headunit? hmmmm

 

[T. Spark]

Im sure the SMIC will love it.... Not. You wont get decent power until you do alot more than just a remap, exhaust and a filter, you will a intercooler, better air intake and after all that how usable will the power be without decent suspension, brakes, clutch perhaps even on the petrol?

 

[james.l]

but full stage 1 for £650 including exhaust is a fantastic compromise. There is no issue with running a SMIC with a stage 2 depending on how you drive. Planting and leaving it planted at 100mph 5th gear might give you some issues. But stage 1 shouldn't have any problems what so ever, so many people run stage 1.

Everyone will always have differant views on what is useable power, as everyone has a differant way of driving.

 

[james.l]

And how much fun can you really have out of a headunit anyway? Not half as much as a better than standard car.

 

[T. Spark]

Oh yeah mate, I agree with you, I dont even have a H.U in mine

However its alot like when people map diesels, some say you need a better clutch others dont!

 

[james.l]

neither do i i personally think that standard in the FR is reaonablly good unless you want bloody ears

i looked at an IHI conversion yesterday, and only then do you need a new clutch to handle the power for the petrol, i think the reason people talk about new clutch in diesels is because of the massive torque increase, i guess it is all down to preferance in the end, personally for £650 i would go for the full stage 1, including the cat-back, cheap if you ask me, over £750 for a headunit.

 

[kriso]

Do you already have a remap? If not then full Milltek is a waste of £700+. Stage 1 will be fine with standard exhaust and Forge recirc valve. Get a cat-back to get better sound. Then when you want to go Stage 2, get turbo to cat-back exhaust, Forge TIP and FMIC. Almost all remap companies will say to get a FMIC as the SMIC just won't get the intake temps down enough to take advantage of it and you prob won't get above 220bhp

 

[BigWill]

Audio first all the way, well worth the money in my opinion. Just so many little features that you didn't think you needed that makes it a more pleasurable journey

e.g. Remember in parents car, tomtom on the windscreen and radio playing, tomtom says a direction and no one hears it because of the radio. Pioneer = automute

 

[Breezapom]

thanks for the replies the idea has been put on hold at the moment thinking about uprgrading to the cupra even tho i only owned the fr a few months :O

 

[cupra.al]

do it if you can find one.

 

[stezo2k]

I could never resist pioneer gear
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Ass ebony

 

[ballenapene]

Audio first all the way, well worth the money in my opinion. Just so many little features that you didn't think you needed that makes it a more pleasurable journey

e.g. Remember in parents car, tomtom on the windscreen and radio playing, tomtom says a direction and no one hears it because of the radio. Pioneer = automute

People with slow cars will always say Audio. lol

 

[LoDa]

Always sort out the mechanical befor the asthetics!! I have done the Longlife full exhaust on previous car (Vectra - Don't hate me) and never looked back. If your H.U. still works then put up with it until you can afford to do both.

 

[BigWill]

People with slow cars will always say Audio. lol

Only because we can't really make a significant difference with performance bits
but even with a quick car, still would say audio

 

[ballenapene]

Only because we can't really make a significant difference with performance bits
but even with a quick car, still would say audio

Could use the subs to blow air out of the back, and inturn push the car down the road?

 

[BigWill]

Would probably turn out to be quicker that way!