Next Upgrade?

Nick Clarke

Nick Clarke

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Hi guys. I have an a3 8l aum and I'm after some advice off you 1.8t legends lol. Basically I want to know if there is an obvious relatively low cost performance upgrade (less than £200) that i have misses and would benefit the car...

It's currently around the 220 bhp/ 250 ft lb mark.

Mods as follows:

AmD stage 2 map
3" downpipe and decat
Miltek cat back
Panel filter
Silicon Tip (sfs)
N249 bypass
Sai removed
Upgraded smic

I know most of you will say fmic but that seems quite a bit of work and want to keep the engine bay looking resonably stock in appearance. Would i really see a difference?

To me the next obvious stage to gain any real horsepower would be a hybrid ko3s but that with all supporting mods is just too much to spend on a car only worth £1500 imo....

Thanks guys.

Nick.

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FMIC... then you may get to keep some of the 220hp a bit longer.... and yes, they make a massive difference over the std sidemount... especially if it really has got 220hp... as it will be lucky to do that more than once after its first cold run on a dyno...

<tuffty/>
 
Thanks Tuffty... the routing of the charge pipe is the only concern though as I don't like the look of the ones that go diagonally over the rocker cover into the nearside corner. I have seen some fmics that have inlet ports and outlet ports both on the throttle body side buy they don't seem to be as readily available. Is there a downside to these types of fmics?

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A decent enough one is ok at the level you are at... you could argue that flow is compromised a little but in the grand scheme of things I very much doubt it would have any noticeable effect with a K03s and you would gain much more with a FMIC than you would ever lose flow wise from it

There is a relatively cheap kit that I believe works well but can't remember the name... maybe one of the A3 boys will chime in

<tuffty/>
 
Thanks bud. I'll have another look around.

Loving the recent shots btw

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superkarl said:
Considering he has upgraded the SMIC already,
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tbh I didn't spot that... still a FMIC would arguably be better than the uprated SMIC and could be partially financed from selling the SMIC...

WMI is an option though...

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Is the updated smic the aluminium forge things or there holes cut into the wheel arches?

Also is water methanol injection only £200 ? That a couple of tanks of petrol.
 
The smic is aluminium and I have also cut slats in the inner wheel arch yes..... Cool I'll look into WMI then if it's that cheap?

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Wmi is around £350-400 plus fitting. I doubt you will get it for £200
 
Hmmmm...... that's over my budget and tbh I couldn't justify spending that amount on the old girl really...

Aside from a FMIC which I may well end up doing, is there anything else anyone can suggest which would see me any noticeable gains/improvements?

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