Guinness
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 10:13 PM |
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VAG Tdi Tuning Options
My Seat Leon has the 140 bhp 2 litre TDi engine. It's factory spec at the minute, which means 140 horses and (I think) 320Nm torque.
It's done 45,000 miles now and is still as quick as it was when new. Thing is, it'll be out of waranty in a few months and I'm
tempted to try and give it a bit more oomph.
I know I can get a generic remap pretty cheap. But I was wondering what other options where available out there.
I'm thinking a new air filter / front mounted intercooler / ?? then I run out of ideas.
Mike
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omega0684
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 10:39 PM |
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stainless sports exhaust and sports cat
high flow injectors? uprated turbo?
new cams? staged remap?
[Edited on 15/6/09 by omega0684]
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austin man
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 10:44 PM |
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Revo Tech have been pretty big in this area I believe 190 bhp is more than achievable with no other mods. Check the bay of e out just type in VW
remapping
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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bigbravedave
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| posted on 16/6/09 at 06:49 AM |
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Have a look for the next VAG related show, alot of the remappers do half price remaps, JBS (custom code) did a couple of friends cars at a run what
you brung day at santa pod, I think it was arround £100 including two runs on the strip.
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 16/6/09 at 07:17 AM |
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without getting into silly money diesel remaps are the way to go.
Water/methanol injection pre-map will allow the fuel/turbo to be dialed up much higher than standard and you'll get a more complete burn when
you step on it (less black smoke). A larger intercooler will have the same effect but is more £/BHP. The advantage being you dont have to keep buying
copious amounts of screen wash.
Getting the advantages out of either of these requires a custom remap and I can recommend RS Tuning (join TDOC.com for a range of discounts).
Theres loads to be had out of diesels if you dont mind losing "some" mpg.
Moving on from this into fairy tales you'd want an uprated turbo (not necessarily larger), injectors and plugs.
Oh and dont get a dump valve 
Craig
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bassett
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| posted on 16/6/09 at 07:56 AM |
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I know a guy who has has his mk1 leon tuned by amd tecnik to about 220ish bhp all be it with an aftermarket turbo. Im sure allard motorsport or
something had a special program on vag tdi units making intercoolers etc. Its worth checking out seatcupra.net for better info and tried and tested
products. If it was me though i would probably stick to uprated panel filter, stage 1 map(AMD) and a full miltek exhaust to keep it simple and avoid
future problems.
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stuart_g
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| posted on 16/6/09 at 08:17 AM |
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Have a look at this web site there should be all the info you need in the forums section.
Seat forums
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disco_biscuit
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| posted on 16/6/09 at 11:39 AM |
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I have an Ibiza Cupra TDi 160 pd which has had a Revo stage 1 map, now runs 200bhp and 300 lbft.
be warned anything over 300lbft you will need a new clutch and flywheel circa £1k upwards.
Just go stage 1 as anything else costs $$$ then there is the reliabilty to think about.
Miltek exhaust or any aftermarket exhaust does nothing to a stage 1, i know i bought a full Miltek with de-cat.
You only need a different exhaust if you run a hybrid turbo due to the VAG downpipe being the main restriction.
[Edited on 16/6/09 by disco_biscuit]
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