I can personal say this is a very easy job. Take the intake hose off to give you some space, unclip the breather hose that connects to the OEM plastic part first, then from memory there is an Alan Head Bolt holding the OEM part in place, remove this (don't drop it as it will fall into the cutouts on the subframe!) and then rotate the assembly out of the grove it sits in, you can then pull it away!I've just downloaded the fitting instructions from the CTS site - looks very straight forward ;o)
I can personal say this is a very easy job. Take the intake hose off to give you some space, unclip the breather hose that connects to the OEM plastic part first, then from memory there is an Alan Head Bolt holding the OEM part in place, remove this (don't drop it as it will fall into the cutouts on the subframe!) and then rotate the assembly out of the grove it sits in, you can then pull it away!
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If anyone needs details of where to get these let me know.
Talking to people in the know the turbo inlet pipe is the part that is made deliberately restrictive in order not to go over the power limit on rally cars - the CTS pipe should be good for a few extra horses.
U.K. CTS dealers are shown on their website, two in England and one in Scotland.
I got the turbo technics pipe from AwesomeGTI which completely removes the restrictive inlet pipe, gave an extra 10bhp!
How did it feel after it was done @Wondering Soul ? I heard it was good gains....I can personal say this is a very easy job. Take the intake hose off to give you some space, unclip the breather hose that connects to the OEM plastic part first, then from memory there is an Alan Head Bolt holding the OEM part in place, remove this (don't drop it as it will fall into the cutouts on the subframe!) and then rotate the assembly out of the grove it sits in, you can then pull it away!
Sorry, should have been clearer! I have removed this part before but not to fit an aftermarket replacement, mine is still OEM at the moment!How did it feel after it was done @Wondering Soul ? I heard it was good gains....
I couldn't find anything from Turbo Technics...so am placing my order for this too over here....should be interesting to see what we all think
The Turbo Technics pipe I got was supplied and fitted by AwesomeGTI whilst I was getting the APR stage 1 remap. Don't know why they are not advertising them yet but I think they are quoting £190.
R600 all day long!Oh and to stay on topic get the forge intake
There was one guy with a black S3 saloon, another guy who's a biker too, and sure someone with a Sepang 3dr!I'm not to sure to be honest, @batch I was talking to the wife about how the tread went missing and I tried searching for it as there was a few interested.
I am what's known as a Super Recogniser! Pity I can't remember ****** usernames!You have a far better memory than me mate @batch.
Well I think I managed to get hold of what must be the last CTS turbo inlet pipe in the country .....
Side by side ....
On the inside the stock OEM part is moulded plastic so completely smooth transition between diameters .....
The CTS inlet pipe has a small 45 degree angled step nothing too crazy and extremely well finished ....
And fitted ....
First impressions are that the pipe is a very well made precision engineered component made to OEM fit and tolerances - everything just went sweetly into place. It's aluminium too so weight neutral with the plastic OEM part. Well then advertise about 10 minutes to fit and that's about right. Much more than that and you really should sell the spanners and take up golf or fishing instead. Only vaguely tricky bit was wrestling the silicon intake hose back on - think the turbo inlet pipe is slightly longer so the pipe from the airbox took some gentle persuasion - this however may be an issue if you have the OEM plastic pipe.
Not driven it yet so can't report back on the important stuff so watch this space .....
So..... how was the drive to work?
Were you after one of these too Oli?So..... how was the drive to work?
I am very temptedWere you after one of these too Oli?
nice work Rob...yes the two in conjunction are I'm sure improving things no end...happy days indeed!
can't wait to see what you think of the TCU remap....my car felt like Stage 1.5 after that