SamiG
On Boost, ish.
Right, so a couple of long stories short, i've been having a fair few problems with my S3 in the time i've owned it, it's never been running particularly well and never been hitting requested boost figures.
So the car went in at Regal Autosport 3 weeks ago to try to diagnose the boosting fault, 2 days later and a £350 hole in my pocket i had the car pack, was making 195bhp and 183lb/ft before, then they changed a split IC pipe, FPR and fitted an N75J along with adjusting the slack actuator and subsequently it made a healthy 215bhp and 198lb/ft after.
So the car seemed to perform a fair bit better and having had the problems "fixed" i finally booked in the car for a stage 1 map also at Regal Autosport.
Again a couple of long stories short again the car went in on Monday and came out only producing 240bhp & 226lb/ft. Now i'm not one to really take dyno figures as gospel and i honestly didn't care but when i drove it, it just felt naff. I had forked out another big sum for the map and a 4Bar FPR and the car was now under boosting by up to half what it was requesting.
You stick your foot down in first and second and it pins you in your seat when it hits boost, but this quickly dies off . the rest of the gears feel pretty poor too.
So anyway after checking out the dyno graphs and chatting to the technicians at Regal they have come to the conclusion my Turbo is nackered. Apparently it's not actually showing any tell tale signs but as every other component that contributes to the car making healthy boost has either been changed or proven to be working fully, apparently this is the last thing on the list.
So if anyone has any of thier own opinions on this judgement then feel free to input.
Also if anyone can also advise on the best options of going about changing the turbo as Regal have quoted me £1,066.00 including a refurbed turbo and labour to do the job.
I won't attempt the job myself but any advice as to who to speak to and wheather this is a likely ball park price i'll be looking at paying would be appreciated muchly :icon_thumright:
So the car went in at Regal Autosport 3 weeks ago to try to diagnose the boosting fault, 2 days later and a £350 hole in my pocket i had the car pack, was making 195bhp and 183lb/ft before, then they changed a split IC pipe, FPR and fitted an N75J along with adjusting the slack actuator and subsequently it made a healthy 215bhp and 198lb/ft after.
So the car seemed to perform a fair bit better and having had the problems "fixed" i finally booked in the car for a stage 1 map also at Regal Autosport.
Again a couple of long stories short again the car went in on Monday and came out only producing 240bhp & 226lb/ft. Now i'm not one to really take dyno figures as gospel and i honestly didn't care but when i drove it, it just felt naff. I had forked out another big sum for the map and a 4Bar FPR and the car was now under boosting by up to half what it was requesting.
You stick your foot down in first and second and it pins you in your seat when it hits boost, but this quickly dies off . the rest of the gears feel pretty poor too.
So anyway after checking out the dyno graphs and chatting to the technicians at Regal they have come to the conclusion my Turbo is nackered. Apparently it's not actually showing any tell tale signs but as every other component that contributes to the car making healthy boost has either been changed or proven to be working fully, apparently this is the last thing on the list.
So if anyone has any of thier own opinions on this judgement then feel free to input.
Also if anyone can also advise on the best options of going about changing the turbo as Regal have quoted me £1,066.00 including a refurbed turbo and labour to do the job.
I won't attempt the job myself but any advice as to who to speak to and wheather this is a likely ball park price i'll be looking at paying would be appreciated muchly :icon_thumright:
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