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  1. Reducing lag

    As some of you might know I sold my red k03s ibiza and have got matts old yellow ibiza gt2871r, loving when it comes on boost but it is rather laggy, apart from going 1.9 what other ways are there of reducing the lag? Spec is: One piece supertech inconel exhaust valves and black nitride...
  2. a11y

    Reducing road noise in my Cupra TDI

    If there's one thing I've noticed since getting my Cupra TDI 2 weeks ago, it's the damn road noise! Seriously, I can barely hear the engine over the amount of tyre/road noise and it's doing my head in. Engine noise doesn't seem to be an issue like it was in my previous cars. From making good use...
  3. speedsix

    Why does reducing resistence in the intake give an increase in power?

    I'm talking about aftermarket TIPs and freer flowing air filters. If your car is requesting X amount of boost and meeting that, why would decreasing intake resistence give more power? I'm assuming the turbo has to work less hard (spin slower?) to meet the requested boost? Will this...
  4. warren_cox

    Reducing under engine temperatures

    I've been getting some deformation of my intercooler pipe (front nearside), and wondered whether it was caused by heat under the engine bay or temp within the pipe itself + increased boost from remap. Having looked at some of the threads on Samco hoses: a) theyre not that cheap for 0.1%...
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