New Cupra owner, recommend mods

[richybigman]

I think the Intake pipe i had to buy the clamp kit from them but with the cold side relocator it came with them. Give them a ring and ask, they are very helpful. The cone filter makes the valve louder as it dumps the air back into the tip not just for induction roar.

 

[Cupra Duper]

will that give induction noise tho? like a corsa with some sutpid piper x on it?

Also Richybigman, what other pipes do you have on your car? the engine bay looks sweet.

 

[richybigman]

It will give a induction noise but if you want any type of dump valve noise you will have to go for one. Pipe wise i have the TIP, Cold side relocator hose, Left upper intercooler hose and bought some lengths of silicon hose off ebay and replaced what i could.

 

[Ruddmeister]

will that give induction noise tho? like a corsa with some sutpid piper x on it?
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These Sounds tend to be more subtle than that......with the extra induction roar noise you also hear the turbo spooling which is a lovely sound.

When you lift off you get a subtle dump valve sound unless you buy something like the Forge Split-R which dumps some air to atmosphere and gives a louder dump valve - whooosh sound

To make full advatage of the sounds above you need a remap, when your running more boost etc it sounds a whole lot better

 

[Cupra Duper]

Thanks guys, been very helpful.

I will let you know how i get on with the test drive on Sat, but ive found a 05 Cupra with 18k on the clock for just over 13k. So found the car just need to make sure it drives well.

Cant do a remap yet untill its out of warranty so just the new pipes, DV and cone.

once again thanks for your help. Steve

 

[Ruddmeister]

Cant do a remap yet untill its out of warranty so just the new pipes, DV and cone.

Why? they won't know......

Besides the only thing a remap invalidates on the warranty is the warranty on the ECU

Had mine done at about 3,000miles through till I sold it

 

[richybigman]

Me too, mine's still under warrenty and i'm at stage 2

 

[Cupra Duper]

so a remap is just a chip? and stage 2 is?

new to the chiping stuff as I normally run carbs etc

Steve

 

[Ruddmeister]

so a remap is just a chip? and stage 2 is?

new to the chiping stuff as I normally run carbs etc

Steve

Rather than physically replace the chip and break open the ECU, these clever guys flash new code to a spare area on the existing chip and don;t need to ever touch the ECU. All done via diagnostics port in the car.

Stage 1 - usually just a basic remap but the biggest gains say 30-40bhp
Stage 2 - may squeeze and extra 10bhp if your lucky but needs £1,500 of mods (exhaust, FMIC, Induction kit etc) to get there

IMO having driven stage 2 cars is that the extra performance (real world ) over stage 1 is negligable

 

[richybigman]

Remap is just an updated ecu programme. Stage 2 is a remap with exhaust, filter, fpr, fmic, dv, hoses etc

 

[Ruddmeister]

stage 3 - replace the turbo etc etc

(these are rough rules of thumb)

 

[Cupra Duper]

is it worth the money for the upgrade? whats it do to the mpg etc etc? Does it go wrong more?

 

[richybigman]

Well i went straight to stage 2 so i don't know the difference between stage 1 and stage 2 but i understand stage 2 is just a lot smoother map. MPG i get about 24 mpg.

 

[Cupra Duper]

24mpg, not good then. think i will keep it normal for a bit apart from pipes,dv and cone. untill it becomes my play car. Misses wont let me spend more cash on getting another car staight away.

 

[Ruddmeister]

is it worth the money for the upgrade? whats it do to the mpg etc etc? Does it go wrong more?

Stage 1 is circa £550 for 30-40bhp extra - you do the maths hell yes it's worth it

MPG is roughly the same you'll get 27mpg is mixed driving stage 1 (you'll get 27mpg without a remap too )

Does it go wrong - depends who you use, I'd recommend someone who has good customer support etc......99.5% reliable but you want back up incase IMO. If you choose a £199 remap special from the back of Autotrader then expect to get what you paid for.

Also, ignore all the b0llocks about custom and generic remaps for stage 1 and stage 2 there is bugger all difference

 

[richybigman]

I very rarely use the motorway which is why i get 24 mpg

 

[Cupra Duper]

stage one sounds like a good upgrade and £500 is cheap. if the car stated to play up seat would blame the remap. i have a few mates that work there so should be a huge problem.

This will be my first car that i wont be servicing my self so kind of scared if that makes sense. Want to triple check that im going for the right car.

 

[Ruddmeister]

stage one sounds like a good upgrade and £500 is cheap. if the car stated to play up seat would blame the remap. i have a few mates that work there so should be a huge problem.

This will be my first car that i wont be servicing my self so kind of scared if that makes sense. Want to triple check that im going for the right car.

Where in the country are you roughly

 

[Cupra Duper]

i use to do loads of motorway miles but now working in london i get the train so the car will be used at weekends for about 100 miles a weekend if its lucky. misses car does 42mpg on small runs from home to the station.

 

[Cupra Duper]

im from maidstone in KENT