Non bacon car

[Danaldson]

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Had an awesome weekend up in radium for into the rockies. Have the new camo setup on, It makes the wheels work better than the black on black and theres too many people doing the white/grey/black camo :P had to change it up.

Im having some worrisome issues with oil consumption right now. Blue smoke comes out of the exhaust during deceleration after high boost. Colin and a few others are saying Pcv/Breather Tube, Others saying turbo. Im going to replace the PCV and breather and hopefully that will fix up the issues. Ill also be replacing the valve cover gasket as it is lightly sweating.

If it is the turbo........... I may look at doing a small upgrade. Im not looking for crazy power, I'm would be looking at a k04, or a Frankenturbo. something that still allows the car to be very reliable. Advice here would be greatly appreciated.


Onto a few pics of the new setup.

[Danaldson]

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try http://www.airboytuning.com

Thanks bob, ill give that a shot.

[bobkatkat]

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try http://www.airboytuning.com

[Danaldson]

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installed the APR test pipe with kyle, don and eric last night. Removing the downpipes was pretty difficult because we only had jack stands. The jacks wouldn't go high enough to pull the downpipes though the bottom. After trying to separate the downpipe and the cat while it was halfway out, We ended up just pulling it through the top which took about 2 seconds... Going through the bottom makes it much more difficult. I stripped one of the bolts trying to remove the collar that connects the catback and the downpipe. Luckily we were able to just remove the one bolt, then slide it back enough to pull it out. Ill replace the bolt next time I'm under the car, or when if i get an exhaust leak. But so far so good.... No leaks.

Car seems to pull a bit harder now, boost comes in a few 100 rpm's earlier, and it makes a decent sound. At first i thought it sounded like crap because after an exhaust install I'm used to hearing a vr6 yell at me. But the guys told me it sounded pretty good. Again, big thanks to kyle eric and don for the help with the install. My weak ass shoulder doesn't work well with 02 sensors and such.

Overall I'm quite happy with how much quicker the car is now. It would be awesome if the car was around 245whp and 275wtq like the tune states. But who knows. Don told me to head over to vex performance for a dyno, any other suggestions in the city?

[Danaldson]

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Ha!! Your car blows wind

serious.... it sounds like wind blowing.

[Ur0Drivr]

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Ha!! Your car blows wind

[Danaldson]

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Test pipes/downpipes are very very helpful on turbocharged cars. It helps both with the spool of the turbo and actually increases lower end torque significantly. I think it will help you enjoy your tune even more!

I never realized until i saw evan's car pull so much harder after he installed his downpipes (still on stock tune). Will also be nice to have a little bit of sound coming from the rear end instead of just a little bit of wind.

[MechEngg]

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Test pipes/downpipes are very very helpful on turbocharged cars. It helps both with the spool of the turbo and actually increases lower end torque significantly. I think it will help you enjoy your tune even more!

[Danaldson]

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I changed my cam follower every 40k km and they looked exactly like yours. I though apr tune stage 1 was 265hp for the gti which would be the same as yours? The car is looking good.

thanks! Im not exactly sure how the Gti engines differ from mine. But i am definitely loving the extra power from the tune. The car feels great.


I took a weekend trip out to Invermere this weekend, and got great mileage with the tune. Over 700Km with this tank while having some fun on the highway. I thought i would have gotten pretty bad mileage because i was having some fun.

Roads look pretty good for into the rockies this upcoming weekend. Theres a strip before kananaskis where some repaving is happening. Almost done although there are a few big bumps that we will have to slow down for.

I hope to have a test pipe installed by the cruise, reviews have said it really opens up some more power in the curve.

[danno]

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I changed my cam follower every 40k km and they looked exactly like yours. I though apr tune stage 1 was 265hp for the gti which would be the same as yours? The car is looking good.

[Danaldson]

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Danny let me know when and where for your dyno, I'd like to see what our A4 is putting down with the Revo Technik TUNE!

I'll most likely just be going to Calgary auto works for it. I'll do it sometime before summer ends.


Edit: scratch that. thought it was fixed.

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[Geobmx4life]

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Danny let me know when and where for your dyno, I'd like to see what our A4 is putting down with the Revo Technik TUNE!

[Danaldson]

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Thanks guys!


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[Canadian Turbo]

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Car looks great!!!

[Fizzo20]

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Awesome picture!!