DPF and cooler delete

[BAZ911]

My car is a 2007 A3 Quattro 170, DPF is coming on more than I would like. So plan is to remove it, EGR valve has been removed. On Darksides website they recommend removing the cooler as well. has anyone done this and what is the best route to get to it? I gutted the DPF on my A4 170 basically the same engine and then remapped, difference was chalk and cheese so much better to drive but more smoke when pushing hard.

Cheers Baz

 

[desertstorm]

If the car is mapped properly there should be very little smoke , maybe a puff as the turbo spools and a light grey haze when flat out. With a DPF you will never see any smoke at all, I know some cars have issues with the EGR cooler where you can get coolant leaks. So I presume this is why they recommend removing it. I would be tempted to leave it.