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To stage 2 or 2+ or not at all? Persuade me

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Jgavin1:
Hi all. Had my edition 30 for a few months ago and I’m either considering selling it or going the full 2+. Originally bought the car cheap with intention of selling but I actually really like it :( even coming from an e92 m3 I prefer it in many ways.

Anyway it already has intake, full exhaust and rev G diverter valve. I understand ideally I’d need a clutch to take a stage 2 from there so can anyone recommend somewhere in Scotland to have that done and how much roughly ? And if I’m going to the extreme of doing clutches might I be as well getting the hpfp to go full 2+?

Really stuck here guys so could anyone persuade me and/or  give me an idea of costs to do all this ? Oh and car is on 88k so would it safely take it ?

Thanks

neilw:
You'll need a HPFP, Intercooler (s3), RS4 fuel valve and Mapping.. For that, you'd be looking at between £1000 and £2500 depending if you get second-hand parts, fit them yourself ect

After that, you'll probably need a clutch - £500-£1000

Then you'll probably need bigger brakes and handling mods. £500 to unlimited

colesey:
Another option would be to sell your exhaust / inlet and go back to stock items with a stage 1 map. That would be cashflow neutral and give a responsive @300bhp / tq. Put @£1k into suspension & brakes upgrades to have a well balanced package. Ecotune seem to be the go-to tuners in Scotland though I suspect there are other decent options.

neilw:
That's I good idea. You could just get it mapped as it is, without any extra hardware. Going from 300 to 340+ is a big jump in costs.

I don't plan to put a HPFP on mine, just a map eventually.

Shoduchi:
I can say that I had my car with stage 2+ bits fitted and stock map making 270 CV on the dyno. I ran the car with that power a lot of time. Later I had a remap done but it was very conservative (low boost) so the car only made 355 CV with an octane booster. Without it the engine made ~342 CV. I wasn't happy with the way it handled so got a different remap that increased the boost to stage 2+ levels and it made 367 CV. Only then I really enjoyed pushing the engine. Very different behaviour with much vigorous accelerations. So in conclusion, a stage 2+ is really something else that isn't easy to access on stock cars. It transforms the car completely, although the power increase seems small in comparison.  :smiley:

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