will post pictures when i have a bit more time but here goes.
I bought my s3 in nov last year standard its a bam with leather and blue alcantara middle heated too (love having heated seats). It had a couple of split pipes one of them bein the hockey puck take off on the tip so thought oh well annoyed but was gonna fit a silicone one anyway just gotta do it sooner than expected.
So bought a cm one and fitted it then a couple of weeks later my turbo started to make a really odd noise took it back to garage for them to look at left it with them had a phone call later saying they wasnt going to even look at it as i have changed the tip.I wasnt happy told him the one sold with the car was split and it was still in the boot if he wanted to look at it.They still refused so i went to pick it up later fuming still.
I spoke with bill @badger5 he said the turbo could be surging so i checked with an obd reader to see what boost i had and sure enough @4.5k went from 8 psi up to 20 oops.I was told when i bought the car it had a brand new turbo it did but it was a chinese one and not an oem one bill said surge would of been caused by the wastegate hole being too small.
So i managed to get hold of a known 2nd hand oem unit.So i booked in with bill so he could fit the turbo for me and then i saw an exhaust come up for sale on facebook from gops full 3"turbo back with 200cell cat and milltek rear too good a price to turn down.As luck would have the exhaust was at bills already waiting to come off gops car so i asked bill if he could fit exhaust whilst doing my turbo.
I dropped it off to him last sunday and said if the turbo and exhaust go on no problems then could he map it at the same time.Well as its me something had to wrong egt prob had snapped and rocker gasket needed doing and also did oil pick up too.So no map but i picked up car today and it all works turbo doesnt make a god awful noise anymore and it boosts properly and with the exhaust fitted it sounds awesome too .
next on my list is going to be the front mount then just go to stage 2 straight away
pics to follow
I bought my s3 in nov last year standard its a bam with leather and blue alcantara middle heated too (love having heated seats). It had a couple of split pipes one of them bein the hockey puck take off on the tip so thought oh well annoyed but was gonna fit a silicone one anyway just gotta do it sooner than expected.
So bought a cm one and fitted it then a couple of weeks later my turbo started to make a really odd noise took it back to garage for them to look at left it with them had a phone call later saying they wasnt going to even look at it as i have changed the tip.I wasnt happy told him the one sold with the car was split and it was still in the boot if he wanted to look at it.They still refused so i went to pick it up later fuming still.
I spoke with bill @badger5 he said the turbo could be surging so i checked with an obd reader to see what boost i had and sure enough @4.5k went from 8 psi up to 20 oops.I was told when i bought the car it had a brand new turbo it did but it was a chinese one and not an oem one bill said surge would of been caused by the wastegate hole being too small.
So i managed to get hold of a known 2nd hand oem unit.So i booked in with bill so he could fit the turbo for me and then i saw an exhaust come up for sale on facebook from gops full 3"turbo back with 200cell cat and milltek rear too good a price to turn down.As luck would have the exhaust was at bills already waiting to come off gops car so i asked bill if he could fit exhaust whilst doing my turbo.
I dropped it off to him last sunday and said if the turbo and exhaust go on no problems then could he map it at the same time.Well as its me something had to wrong egt prob had snapped and rocker gasket needed doing and also did oil pick up too.So no map but i picked up car today and it all works turbo doesnt make a god awful noise anymore and it boosts properly and with the exhaust fitted it sounds awesome too .
next on my list is going to be the front mount then just go to stage 2 straight away
pics to follow
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