Miltek TBE on ED 30 question

[SO8]

Still thinking about this on my Edition 30 ....

Spoke to Miltek today and the guy confused me a bit.  He confirmed a full TBE (which is what I would do) is only suitable or a remapped Ed 30 due to the exhaust gas temperatures which would be too low on a standard car and bring up the emissions / engine management light.  Not a problem I thought as I have a Superchips remap ...

Question - does the remap need actually telling the Miltek is in place.  He lost me a bit saying the lamda sensor reading would confuse even a remapped Ed 30 unless it knew the TBE was installed ?  Have I got him wrong ?

I have an old DSG stage 1 file on my Superchips Ed 30 .... Do I have to go to Stage 2 with it's increased torque and slightly more power ?  I know they will email me the file ... just I'd quite like to still have the option of what I am running at the moment ....

Any ideas - can I leave it at Stage one without getting the light appear on the dash ?

[Greeners]

You shouldn't 'have' to go ST2 if you don't want to, but SC will update your map FOC once you tell them you have gone TBE!

Don't even give it a second thought, behind the re-map itself it's the best mod I have done on my ED! 

[SteveP]

I had the stage 1 SC map (the one your on now) with the TBE Milltek for a few days without issues, I am now on the newer Stg 2 map and while it's got way more torque I find it just as smooth and progressive as before  

[Hedge]

I have a full Milltek TBE and am currently running the Xmas update for stage 1.

No problems seen so far.
The choice should be yours.

[SO8]

Thanks for the replies ... it's either a full Miltek TBE or a set of Akrapovic cans for my bike    or both   

[JPC]

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oh sh1t! what a hard choice!!

[robern2]

S08,
just another option, but you could always consider the Jetex turbo back system. Even Milltek acknowledge it's a quality piece of kit.

[SO8]

S08,
just another option, but you could always consider the Jetex turbo back system. Even Milltek acknowledge it's a quality piece of kit.

Thanks .... I know Jetex have been around ages and are top quality - but I have heard a resonated TB miltek and to begin with forgot it was on the car ! 

I want something that is effectively as quiet as standard.  I don't like loud - or even moderately loud - exhausts on 'normal' cars any more.  I've had a TVR Griffith with a straight through exhaust so do love a good sound .... I've had cars with Janspeed, Devil, Ansa and HKS .... I just don't want anything other than a std sound on this car so it's important that I've heard it .... and the Miltek fits the bill 

If anyone has a Jetex system in Surrey or SW London I would be pleased to listen though 

[robern2]

I guess the sound/noise is a subjective thing.
I had a resonated system on my mk4 turbo and that became very drony at motorway speeds which is why I'm moving away from Milltek for my Edition 30.

I also stressed the noise level issue to Jetex when I spoke to them recently as I cant stand anything louder than standard. They assured me their system was near identical to standard, and  signficantly quiter than the resonated milltek.

[Hedge]

Actually having the Milltek TBE exhaust on my car for just over a week I can say it is the nuts.

I went from stock(reasonaby quiet) to non-res cat back (very loud, boomy), to res cat back (very quiet, quieter than stock) to the full TBE which overall is a little deeper than stock with a nice rasp at the top end.

[SteveP]

^^^ What the man said 

I started with the Non-res and for all the motorway miles I do it was too boomy 

The Res version with the downpipe and sport cat is perfect for me now