Been getting some work done to the car recently and today had the Stage 1+ undertaken by BTG Performance North East. For those looking for a Performance tuner in the North East, based on my experience, I'd very much recommend. Jordan and his team were great, passionate, knowledgeable, welcoming, and good craic
Last week I received the Forge Intake (thanks to mdmay again for very kindly giving me the part!) and the K&N Filter:
Stripped the OEM intake/filter out:
Modded the airbox:
Fit the filter and the intake:
Had the before runs conducted this morning on the rolling road - the power of the car was lower than one would expect (317.8BHP / 441NM):
BTG applied the pulley upgrade and stage 1+ revo map:
Had after rolling road power runs conducted:
And the result, which I'm happy with was 455.4BHP & 575.7NM:
Overall, happy with the outcome so far (early days) - the guys at BTG said it was the most they'd seen an S5 pull in terms of HP at their place using the revo map and it had obtained the biggest gains (which is good to know!)... potentially due to the revo map really working well with the filter/intake in their view.
Due to the weather being crap tonight in the North East and a car crash near the tyne tunnel which backed up traffic I haven't had a chance to give it a real go but first impressions are good - loads more torque, extremely responsive in terms of throttle response and pickup - the car feels fast now whereas before and compared to the S3 the difference didnt feel big. On the flip side - still really nice to drive when sat in traffic or cruising/taking it easy!
Will play with it a bit more tomorrow and make a more informed judgement
Last week I received the Forge Intake (thanks to mdmay again for very kindly giving me the part!) and the K&N Filter:
Stripped the OEM intake/filter out:
Modded the airbox:
Fit the filter and the intake:
Had the before runs conducted this morning on the rolling road - the power of the car was lower than one would expect (317.8BHP / 441NM):
BTG applied the pulley upgrade and stage 1+ revo map:
Had after rolling road power runs conducted:
And the result, which I'm happy with was 455.4BHP & 575.7NM:
Overall, happy with the outcome so far (early days) - the guys at BTG said it was the most they'd seen an S5 pull in terms of HP at their place using the revo map and it had obtained the biggest gains (which is good to know!)... potentially due to the revo map really working well with the filter/intake in their view.
Due to the weather being crap tonight in the North East and a car crash near the tyne tunnel which backed up traffic I haven't had a chance to give it a real go but first impressions are good - loads more torque, extremely responsive in terms of throttle response and pickup - the car feels fast now whereas before and compared to the S3 the difference didnt feel big. On the flip side - still really nice to drive when sat in traffic or cruising/taking it easy!
Will play with it a bit more tomorrow and make a more informed judgement
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