Not everyone has the knowledge you do about modifying cars. So I think it's a reasonable thing that people ask questions about what effect a certain mod could have on their car, rather than blindly thinking "woohoo, 20 more ponnies, I'll stick it on". It may seem naive from your point of view - but that's because you already know all this stuff
. It comes across as you think we shouldn't be asking about this?
The two concerns I had about this mod were:
1) Does hitting stage-2 bhp on a stage-1 map pose risks?
I remember reading about a guy who got a CC stage-1 map from JBS on his S3. Then a while later made some modifications that increased airflow, and ended up in a mess. I can't remember the exact details, but the map wasn't changed after he made the mods. I think he may have added a downpipe and ended up with dangerously higher temperatures because the turbo was flowing more.
So I was wondering if this increased airflow could have any negative effect on a stage-1 S3 without any other mods, either because were we are still on a stage-1 map, or because we hadn't got some modification usually done as part of a stage-2 map.
I'm still not clear about this.
2) The other question I had was about simply about looking at the BHP increase on face value, and asking whether it increased the risk of bending rods.
On Dane's car he basically went from BHP you would see on a stage-1 map, to BHP you would see on a stage-2 map. So I was wondering since you mentioned rods going are something to be worried about on stage-1, is it an even bigger worry if we go with the 3'TIP & Cone and are hitting BHP like Danes. But I think you've answered this for us - no, as we wouldn't be seeing more boost or more torque.
So adding this 3'TIP & Cone does not increase this risk of bending rods over and above the risk you already have with a stage-1. Am I correct here?