I’ve been deliberating whether to get this installed or not over the last month or so, but decided to clear my mind, and to get it done. Not sure how long I will keep the s3 for, and I’ve already done the revo stage 1 to the car, so thought I may as well do this, get it over and done with, so I can at least say I’ve experienced a CAI system having never had one on any of my cars before.
Got it setup today, and to be fair, I’ve done less than 100 miles with it, but so far I’m not too impressed at all. Before having it fitted, the s3 would make a sort of hissing noise as you eased off the accelerator. This has now been replaced by the sucking noise the induction kit now makes as the turbo spools, and a slight flutter every now and then as I take my foot of the accelerator, quite cool, if a bit “Boy Racer” ish. The car also used to pull away swiftly prior to having it installed, especially after going to stage 1.
Im having issues in terms of performance though. To me, it feels like the car is actually pulling slower after having this fitted, and it definitely running worse. The first thing I noticed after hopping into the car after having the induction kit installed, is when I approached a speed bump, and the engine then cut out. This road had about 10 speed humps, and the car’s engine must have cut out on at least 3 of them, requiring me to start the car again each time. As you drive and then approach a speed hump, the revs obviously drop as you slow down, but what I was noticing after having this installed is that rather than the cars revs dropping to just under 1k revs (which is what mine always used to do before, and also used to idle at), it would go all the way down to roughly 250 revs (so just below 0) and then cut out, or go down to 250 revs, nearly stall, but then bounce back up again to 1k revs. Almost like it was struggling to breath, and taking a gasp of air to rescue the situation. This is a pretty dangerous situation, as it also happened multiple whilst driving normally. I’d approach a junction or roundabout, and obviously have to slow down, but as I done so, the car would then die. So if I needed to pull away quickly due to an oncoming vehicle, I’d be stuffed, as I’d basically have to start the car back up again before moving off.
I’ve also noticed the car doesn’t run as smoothly, as mentioned before. This is more noticeable in 1st gear, with lower revs/. When stuck in traffic before having it fitted, and pottering along, the car would be smooth. However, after having the kit installed, it sometimes jerks forward a bit whilst moving, again, as if it’s struggling to breathe.
Do these problems settle down after me clocking up more miles, or does this sound like an issue with the kit or its installation? It was installed professionally by a revo dealer, who also put it up to stage 1 a couple of months prior to today. I’ll clock up some more miles over the course of the weekend, but if it’s still like this come Monday, when they re-open again, I’m thinking of having them putting the air system back to standard.
Got it setup today, and to be fair, I’ve done less than 100 miles with it, but so far I’m not too impressed at all. Before having it fitted, the s3 would make a sort of hissing noise as you eased off the accelerator. This has now been replaced by the sucking noise the induction kit now makes as the turbo spools, and a slight flutter every now and then as I take my foot of the accelerator, quite cool, if a bit “Boy Racer” ish. The car also used to pull away swiftly prior to having it installed, especially after going to stage 1.
Im having issues in terms of performance though. To me, it feels like the car is actually pulling slower after having this fitted, and it definitely running worse. The first thing I noticed after hopping into the car after having the induction kit installed, is when I approached a speed bump, and the engine then cut out. This road had about 10 speed humps, and the car’s engine must have cut out on at least 3 of them, requiring me to start the car again each time. As you drive and then approach a speed hump, the revs obviously drop as you slow down, but what I was noticing after having this installed is that rather than the cars revs dropping to just under 1k revs (which is what mine always used to do before, and also used to idle at), it would go all the way down to roughly 250 revs (so just below 0) and then cut out, or go down to 250 revs, nearly stall, but then bounce back up again to 1k revs. Almost like it was struggling to breath, and taking a gasp of air to rescue the situation. This is a pretty dangerous situation, as it also happened multiple whilst driving normally. I’d approach a junction or roundabout, and obviously have to slow down, but as I done so, the car would then die. So if I needed to pull away quickly due to an oncoming vehicle, I’d be stuffed, as I’d basically have to start the car back up again before moving off.
I’ve also noticed the car doesn’t run as smoothly, as mentioned before. This is more noticeable in 1st gear, with lower revs/. When stuck in traffic before having it fitted, and pottering along, the car would be smooth. However, after having the kit installed, it sometimes jerks forward a bit whilst moving, again, as if it’s struggling to breathe.
Do these problems settle down after me clocking up more miles, or does this sound like an issue with the kit or its installation? It was installed professionally by a revo dealer, who also put it up to stage 1 a couple of months prior to today. I’ll clock up some more miles over the course of the weekend, but if it’s still like this come Monday, when they re-open again, I’m thinking of having them putting the air system back to standard.
