K03 Stage 3 question

[56OctyVRS]

Is an intake required to go stage 3?  I have one fitted but would like to go back to the OE engine cover purely for the quietness. I have fitted the Autotech HPFP internals and will be having a BCS exhaust fitted next month so have all the bits for stage 3.  I know that VWR Racing dont use an intake on stage 3 in order to improve the mid range power rather than peak power. I also know the K04 Gtis run 300bhp with a simple remap and that with the same engine cover.

[RENNTAG]

Isnt stage 3 an upgrade to the KO4 turbo. Or do you mean stage 2+

[bacillus]

Whose stage 3 are you talking about??

[56OctyVRS]

Sorry. Shark Performance call stage 2+ stage 3.

[bacillus]

fwiw I used to run revo stage 2+ with an itg drop in air filter and made very healthy numbers on the dyno.

[vRSAlex]

The main improvement with dumping the oem airbox is a slight gain in boost throughout the rev range and the turbo doesn't have to work as hard.

[martziniuk]

I just run with an OE panel filter at stage 2+, there isn't much difference in performance as I rarely go high rpm.

[bacillus]

I just run with an OE panel filter at stage 2+, there isn't much difference in performance as I rarely go high rpm.

You'll see how good the k03 actually is in the low rpm range once you go k04... 

[james]

I just run with an OE panel filter at stage 2+, there isn't much difference in performance as I rarely go high rpm.

You'll see how good the k03 actually is in the low rpm range once you go k04... 

na my k04 is far better at low rpm to the k03.

[martziniuk]

I just run with an OE panel filter at stage 2+, there isn't much difference in performance as I rarely go high rpm.

You'll see how good the k03 actually is in the low rpm range once you go k04... 

I would expect to see spool up time take a little longer with the k04 as its a larger turbo but hopefully no too long