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Hi all, Just wondering on a quick filter related question? A Mate just had his TT remapped and was running a K&N 57i kit, they were a VAG specialst and said that the cone filter was useless at high revs due to the tiny engine bay and the filter sucking in the cold air. He put his standard...

Hi All, I have seen many threads where people mention 'Heatsoak' which is causing them to lose power, particularly it seems on cars running Stg2 or higher remaps / higher performance Cupras etc. To my limited knowledge 'Heatsoak' is caused when 'warmer' air is drawn in and causes a...

Evening all, I had my car on the rolling road day today, and it saw 223.5 BHP with 209 lbf-ft as standard. I then had my car remapped (Revo Stage 1). After, we then put it back on the rollers and taken it for a spin with vag-com making sure the boost and timing etc was all correct, which...

ill be driving a round give it a hammering for a bit and then u put your foot down and its not the same power as earlier. baring in mind its a standard intercooler and does feel warm if you touch it...... how can i prevent this??? i have a fmic waiting to go on but for the mean time could i...

I was doing a bit of research on the standard fitted SMIC on the LC this arvo, and was reading various things, about the stock set up suffering from heatsoak and loosing power on warm days. Which got me to thinking (dangerous i know :whistle:) and wondered if a small 12v electric fan fitted...

As the temps are beginning to rise I was just wondering if the cupra suffers from heat soak. My leon fr tdi did quite badly. I am hoping that the fmic on the cupra will deal with any heat soak. Thanks