intercooler upgrade time

[duncinascoob]

My 2010 LCR is running 360/359 on APR Stage 1+ (On ecotune RR in glasgow, well known for sensible numbers, no crazy figures. A few others on here have also used it)
It killed the clutch as soon as the map was done but sill on oe intercooler which is the same as the S3 only it has plastic end tanks rather than the alloy end tanks. I may be looking to change it but plan to see how it goes when I fit the BCS exhaust system with sports cat and the RS4 fuel rail relieve valve.
Probably get that done and get the map on to stage 2+ in January.

 

[sambryant]

My 2010 LCR is running 360/359 on APR Stage 1+ (On ecotune RR in glasgow, well known for sensible numbers, no crazy figures. A few others on here have also used it)
It killed the clutch as soon as the map was done but sill on oe intercooler which is the same as the S3 only it has plastic end tanks rather than the alloy end tanks. I may be looking to change it but plan to see how it goes when I fit the BCS exhaust system with sports cat and the RS4 fuel rail relieve valve.
Probably get that done and get the map on to stage 2+ in January.

Without sounding rude, those figures sound very optimistic. That's already stage 2 figures, however you don't have a uprated intercooler and no uprated exhaust system. Stock cooler chokes out at 340. Intake temps become sky high at this level.

 

[duncinascoob]

You dont sound rude and I agree they are optimistic but yet thems the figures.
Same RR that WeeG and many others have used.
There were 4 others there that day that got in on the same APR group buy and they made expected / book figures.

Mods are:-
Evoms intake
APR HPFP
And then after mapping I fitted a satch uprated clutch and new DMF.

Confirmed a month later on a local dyno dynamics RR known to read low. I got 354bhp so 6bhp less and the torque was down to about 350ft/lbs IIRC.

Personally I'm not getting hung up on the figures but if I can excract more power for very little cost (compared to my previous 6 years of Subaru's) then why not.

I dont know the how / why of it all. Just that it did what it did. Will need to get some logs etc so I can give some more info on it but I'm new to the VAG scene so need some time to play about and figure it all out.
Only problem I've had so far is traction In the wet its all pointless.

Will try and do this before going stage 2+

 

[Kyle.j1]

I've an S3 alloy end intercooler I've just pulled out my stage 2+ S3 if you wanted to buy it?