Haha just a bit, I got lucky last time, next dry day ill Fit these and should be fine
BIL11 85 (mkII) 2022 RS3 8Y Build
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Had this on my RS5 in January just before it reached 3yrs old and the Audi connect expired.
What they mean is Audi no longer license Google maps so once the subs expire (if not before) it gets disabled.
There is an alternative 3D map supplied by someone else to Audi. This needs a software update and is only available as free while still under warranty.
I got the update for a few weeks before my Audi connect expired - I didn't renew they wanted £141/year, £14.50/mth. I did renew the separate 'Remote Services', this is £37/year, £4/mth.
Surely we get 3 years of both included in a new car? You would have thought the latest software was loaded though? Unless its a UK thing?
Tbf I think Audi Newcastle quoted me £160 for badges all round at the time I bought my 8v (could be wrong) but £270 is a bit steep!
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Treated the car to its first real wash today. Decided to try the new meguairs Si02 ceramic wash and wax stuff and I must say it’s amazing, when I first started using it I didn’t think it would be up to much as it wasn’t soapy at all, only once you start to wash it off you see the big difference.
instant water beading and the car of course had nothing else on it prior to this wash. Paintwork looked so glossy after it also, highly recommended!
Here is a treated/untreated video I just uploaded to my Instagram and I’ll drop some photos below!
instant water beading and the car of course had nothing else on it prior to this wash. Paintwork looked so glossy after it also, highly recommended!
Here is a treated/untreated video I just uploaded to my Instagram and I’ll drop some photos below!
Good results from an out of the bottle product. Hopefully you fully decontaminated it prior to sealing it all in?
Now that is one lovely looking animal that, the car ain’t so bad either
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I love it, not a bad thing to say about it. Love hearing that 5 pot again. It sounds much louder in person when driving. Look forward to getting the OPFs gone and it decatted. Inside is a much better place to be, technology is far more superior and the seats are much better. Just ticked over 1000 miles there. Not done much backroad driving but for what I have done it seems to handle like on rails, the new torque splitter is amazing. Night and day over the 8V, hopefully use guys will all start to get your own coming through soon.
Fitted the black badges, grille one is a perfect fit
Hopefully be plenty carbon on it soon!Fake carbon edition nowI jest mate. Looks awesome.
Got some driving videos today with a go pro stuck to the rear bumper. Not the best quality as it’s a 6 year old go pro here 3+ which I haven’t used in about 4 years but use get the gist of it. 
Will upload these in a bit.
Will upload these in a bit.
Shows the colour of the roads 15 minutes of driving
15 minutes of driving
Not the best quality unfortunately but you get the gist of it. My GoPro is around 6 years old and not used it in about 4 years Made the mistake of mounting it to near the corner of the car so hearing a bit of wind noise, I’ll learn from my mistakes…
Made the mistake of mounting it to near the corner of the car so hearing a bit of wind noise, I’ll learn from my mistakes…
Have they? Why’s that as they’re the closest people to me who have a history tuning RS3’s so would be good to know details before I think of going to them or not.
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ooooft, best watch what I say or I’ll have another angry message again from someone on the forum lol. Look and you shall find ample evidence on Facebook of irate owners of cars they’ve ruined, a few being RS3s. Wouldn’t let them anywhere near my car. Ecotune all day every day or MRC through in Falkirk. They actually know what they are doing
Start as you mean to go on! 70 miles after collection…
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I’ve messaged the chap but not had a reply…
Does he cut and weld from on top so when mounted, you wouldn’t see it’s any different from stock when it’s up in the air? Ie unless you remove it you wouldn’t notice?
How much was it? How long did it take - While you wait kinda times or couple days?
How you enjoying it? Wanting more volume still?
Ta.
Not the best quality unfortunately but you get the gist of it. My GoPro is around 6 years old and not used it in about 4 years
That sounds great
Loads of controversial stuff online, two sides to every story I’m sure. I’ve had some people swear by them and said they travel miles and others write bad reviews.
TR Hamza got his RS3 tuned by them and then weeks later got it ‘re-remapped’ at MRC. There was a ‘boycott infinit performance’ page on insta and TR Hamza was following it but in the vids claimed there was no issue just that MRC were closer.
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Fair enough. Just want to make sure I do my homework before I decide to splash out any cash.
To be fair though, I just want an OPF delete and sensor fooling without remapping so I can’t imagine there’s a lot of damage that they could do with that.
MRC are closer though, so I’ll have a chat with them too.
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Out of interest why not just get it mapped? You’ll already be voiding the warranty and making it none road legal haha, might as well go all the way. Once the ecu is cracked that is.
As much as I’d love to I’ll be keeping the cats and opf and leaving it at stage 1/stage1+
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It’s a fair point, but in my head if I have an issue and I can pull the delete pipe out and replace with the stock pipe then there should be less is a warranty issue.
If there’s a TD1 code on the ECU then I won’t be getting any warranty help I can’t imagine.
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It’s a fair point, but in my head if I have an issue and I can pull the delete pipe out and replace with the stock pipe then there should be less is a warranty issue.
If there’s a TD1 code on the ECU then I won’t be getting any warranty help I can’t imagine.
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Yeah I hear you just thinking I guess you’ll have to chop the exhaust to take the opfs out so will be obvious as you’ll have to weld the opfs back in… assuming it’s similar to the 8v opf.
On this vid infinit say you’ve got to map the 8v if you take out the opfs anyway
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That’s thing I don’t know yet, whether the section with the OPF could be removed without cutting and welding. That might kill the plan if so, like you say.
I spoke to them and they said that it’s something the offered on the 8v and would be developing the same for the 8Y, so I’ll just have to check nearer the time I think.
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Yes he gets hundreds of messages a day lol, just don’t hound him as he works up the list, so if you resend another one you’ll go to the top and the reply will be later.
As you say the welds are all on top of exhaust so once fitted and even if car is on a ramp you won’t see the work that’s done.
He is £300 and it takes 2 hours to do. Highly recommend Paul, very good at what he does, he done my last FL RS3 exhaust also.
Correct, it is my car at infinit performance. There is bad stuff online about them but there is also very good stuff, people will take the time to report bad problems out of anger over good reviews aswell. I’m not sticking up for them but there is leading companies out there that hve had engine troubles too, and that’s down to the Audis engines rather than remaps. @Aoon_M was more than kind enough this time round and he helped me out more than he needed a couple years back, I honestly can’t fault his customer service and with what I’ve experienced I’d give him 5 stars.
As use all know, the ECU is locked and can’t be mapped. I’m getting a infinit downpipe fitted and OPFs removed. He’s also got a way to bypass the error lights coming on. This is ideally good for people that want the sound of a decat but don’t want to remap there car and potentially lose their warranty.
He’s also offered to dyno it for me and also the benefit of everyone else, we were hoping to be the first ones to dyno it but Evolve/eventuri snuck in a couple days before us. Although we have all seen there graph is not a true one after it going Pete tong, but what I can say is, we are going to be the first ones in the world to fit a decat to the 8Y RS3.
I’ll keep use all updated over it over the next few days!
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Yeah I’ve just sent him the one and I’m waiting. I’ve not got my car yet so no point me chasing the guy!!
You see the welds? Presume nice and neat? Had a previous exhaust done elsewhere by a company o trusted and they were immaculate in making a “stealth cat” by half gutting a DP so main dealer wouldn’t know it had been modified.
You’ve answered most of my queries on his behalf now anyhow so thanks for that.
Sounds good to me so that’ll be on my list to get done - will be easy to get that past the mrs
In order to maximise the sound he connected all the pipes, so basically I don’t have comfort, it’s kind of sounds like it’s always in dynamic, I’d not recommend that, I like the use of comfort for the long drives and the girlfriend. Getting infinite performance to reverse that part as a full decat system and not having comfort would end my relationship I thinkYeah I’ve just sent him the one and I’m waiting. I’ve not got my car yet so no point me chasing the guy!!
You see the welds? Presume nice and neat? Had a previous exhaust done elsewhere by a company o trusted and they were immaculate in making a “stealth cat” by half gutting a DP so main dealer wouldn’t know it had been modified.
You’ve answered most of my queries on his behalf now anyhow so thanks for that.
Sounds good to me so that’ll be on my list to get done - will be easy to get that past the mrs
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@billymc92 will be interesting to hear what it sounds like decat and no OPF(s)!
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In order to maximise the sound he connected all the pipes, so basically I don’t have comfort, it’s kind of sounds like it’s always in dynamic, I’d not recommend that, I like the use of comfort for the long drives and the girlfriend. Getting infinite performance to reverse that part as a full decat system and not having comfort would end my relationship I think
Once he had it open did he run through your options?
Kinda like the e9x m3 has various “1/1.5/2/2.5 pipe” mods where it just signifies how much has been closed off/sleeved within the back box and hence volume levels… I am envisaging he has a similar approach - not that I’ve seen inside the rs3 back box.
Doesn’t look how I expected. Will be interested to hear how he modifies yours and what changes…
