New intercooler fitted..............

[richw911]

Dam 

[Rhyso]

i'm heading home 

[Steve_PD]

With stage 2 or with old intercooler 

[Rhyso]

With stage 2 or with old intercooler 

With the new intercooler 

Didn't hammer it on the way home for a few reasons
1) absolutely hammering down and it spins up easily enough in the dery
2) you never 100% sure you've replaced the clips properly
3) following on from 2 - don't really want to have to re-attach something in the dark

And what a potchy job  As I mentioned the screws for the MAP sensor rounded off and the drills we had in work are useless cos a) they're crap and b) it appears the screws used are HARDENED    So out came the angle grinder 

Then re-attaching the Forge pancake pipe was fun as although its a great idea to put a bracket next to the connection they didn't exactly leave enough space to get a spanner onto the nut..............

So first impressions - urm none really    I guess it 'feels' as if its sustaining the boost harder and longer 

I'll give it a good go on the way to work tomorrow - not bothered about being late for work    Might also plug in my boost gauge for the return trip home too 

[mikemk4gti]

hope its ok, did you get the stage 2 map?

[Rhyso]

hope its ok, did you get the stage 2 map?

no because of the intercooler.........

Gave it some stick this morning 

Does feel better - pulls that little bit harder and seems to sustain it too.  Also produces less smoke which I think is due to a sparkly clean intercooler - the amount of oil in my old one was 

[DarkGti]

the the beast is back then?

[Rhyso]

the the beast is back then?

fingers crossed

Pipes have stayed on but will give them a quick once over at lunch time 

[jonnyturbo]

glad you got it sorted mate

[northeast_gti-t]

result glad your sorted rhys been painful for you but in the end its come good so new year at some point the derv will be stage 2