WMI for cupra

[Al]

Nope - Apparantely its not worth it on our small turbo cars.

 

[vRSy]

on what grounds?????that to me sounds like someones opinion.

Of course you will get gains, inlet temps drop, meaning timing can be advanced, resulting ion more power simple as that. but gains will dependant on mapping

running it as a stand alone mod with no map tweakages will not give much at all.

the yanks on the forums over there, are prone to over exagerating but all say the difference was quite big, the guys on the evos and suburus swear by WMI as well, and they us it on their std turbos as well as uprated BT's.

so far in the research i have done which is quite thorough, i have found an incredible amount of positive info, with very little to say that gaons are not to be had, and the only issues that seem to get highlighted seem to e the result of poor mapping

 

[cupra-k1]

Yanks rely on it so much because they cant get 99 ron fuel like we can, some cars have to run on 91ron which is a shame, me and pov looking into our kits at the mo but im half thinking of just using the screen wash reservoir... But what if i accidently do the screen wash

 

[owen lcr]

i agree with vrsy, any way to decrease temperatures can only be a good thing.

 

[Al]

on what grounds?????that to me sounds like someones opinion.

Of course you will get gains, inlet temps drop, meaning timing can be advanced, resulting ion more power simple as that. but gains will dependant on mapping

running it as a stand alone mod with no map tweakages will not give much at all.

the yanks on the forums over there, are prone to over exagerating but all say the difference was quite big, the guys on the evos and suburus swear by WMI as well, and they us it on their std turbos as well as uprated BT's.

so far in the research i have done which is quite thorough, i have found an incredible amount of positive info, with very little to say that gaons are not to be had, and the only issues that seem to get highlighted seem to e the result of poor mapping

Not doubting it. However my source builds time attack cars with big turbos on our 2.0T engine here in the UK. Owen - remember to make that call. I think you may find it to be worthwhile.

 

[vRSy]

Not doubting it. However my source builds time attack cars with big turbos on our 2.0T engine here in the UK. Owen - remember to make that call. I think you may find it to be worthwhile.

but has he done seen WMI on many k04 or k03 cars, i doubt it because he arnt many in he country, well certainly not on he forums

i had a chat with revo about his a while back and they predicted good results, as did JKM who i was going to get to fit it

id be interested to know why he thinks it wont work

 

[DanGB]

Yanks rely on it so much because they cant get 99 ron fuel like we can, some cars have to run on 91ron which is a shame, me and pov looking into our kits at the mo but im half thinking of just using the screen wash reservoir... But what if i accidently do the screen wash

You can still use the screenwash function, after all, screenwash is normally methanol based anyway.

 

[owen lcr]

i will give him a call allen but i will need to wait until next friday as i am still away. i will defo call though mate.

 

[DanGB]

Maybe I should call and see what he says about my turbo.

He probably doesnt realise the new k04 is nothing like the old k04 and much larger?

 

[owen lcr]

im pretty sure he will know, he is probebly the most clued up person i have spoken to about car upgrades.

 

[DPJ]

after all, screenwash is normally methanol based anyway.

No, unfortunately. Stopped some years ago. All commercial screenwash is Ethanol based now.

From my experience, you end up going easy with the methanol as screenwash because of the fumes.......

 

[owen lcr]

so if you got methenol and mixed it 20/50% would it be ok to use as screenwash? appart from the fumes. i mean will it damage paint or anything?

 

[DPJ]

so if you got methenol and mixed it 20/50% would it be ok to use as screenwash? appart from the fumes. i mean will it damage paint or anything?

I never had any paint damage with a 50/50 mix, but as said, I never used it heavily. I put RainX on the screen instead - and it didn't strip the RainX. I have since moved to a separate wmi tank.

 

[owen lcr]

I never had any paint damage with a 50/50 mix, but as said, I never used it heavily. I put RainX on the screen instead - and it didn't strip the RainX. I have since moved to a separate wmi tank.

any reason why you have changed to a seperate tank rather than washer tank

 

[DanGB]

Ive never had any problems with Using 50/50 mix in the washer fluid tank, and use the windscreen washer regularly.

 

[owen lcr]

sounds like thats what i need then Dan... If i were to run out of fluid whilst driving what will happen? i am just worried that if i get the kit and forget to fill it while on a long journey i will damage the engine!

i know they come with an on/off switch but surely if you turn it off the timing will still be set to high if no methanol is present

 

[DPJ]

any reason why you have changed to a seperate tank rather than washer tank

Larger volume of water/methanol for trackdays etc. 12l tank. I also have a flow metered safety system that cuts boost if flow is not within certain parameters.

 

[Willie]

Yanks rely on it so much because they cant get 99 ron fuel like we can, some cars have to run on 91ron which is a shame, me and pov looking into our kits at the mo but im half thinking of just using the screen wash reservoir... But what if i accidently do the screen wash

There petrol has a different rating to ours but the numbers are still eqivilent.
So basically they still have a 95 and 99 equivilent fuel

 

[phil_monk31]

does it relay make much BHP increase? my mate has it on his derv and it doesn't seem to do much?

 

[vRSy]

dervs dont reallydo it for power, guy on brisky does it with is mainly to stop the plumes of black smoke coming out the back when hammering it