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Stage 2+ K03 best mods/ expected figures
howie1987:
--- Quote from: dansmith180 on December 01, 2014, 08:00:14 am ---
--- Quote from: Dan_FR on November 30, 2014, 11:49:38 pm ---Yes, get a downpipe. I have a 3" downpipe de-cat on mine and it has plenty of low down torque. I'd also buy a china cooler for half the cost of the THS, and put the difference toward a WMI kit
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I've already got the THS since I got a really good price, also allthough the China coolers look the same I doubt they're the same quality and probably wouldn't give the same temp drops of a branded one.
--- Quote from: howie1987 on December 01, 2014, 01:18:13 am ---i have a nice stage 3 clutch in the forsale thread lol.
Not needed but still good to have.
Sounds like a nice spec your puting together mate.
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I've heard a couple of negative things about the Sachs stuff actually so I'll stick with the Helix organic clutch, thanks for the offer :happy2:. Yeh I'm hoping it'll be able to suprise a few things when its done.
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Really. Like what? They are a bit pricey right enough brandnew.
I stuck with standard clutch. Pretty much running same spec or will be when you get everything made 300bhp. Ths intercooler makes a nice difference.
Dan_FR:
--- Quote from: dansmith180 on December 01, 2014, 08:00:14 am ---
--- Quote from: Dan_FR on November 30, 2014, 11:49:38 pm ---Yes, get a downpipe. I have a 3" downpipe de-cat on mine and it has plenty of low down torque. I'd also buy a china cooler for half the cost of the THS, and put the difference toward a WMI kit
--- End quote ---
I've already got the THS since I got a really good price, also allthough the China coolers look the same I doubt they're the same quality and probably wouldn't give the same temp drops of a branded one.
--- End quote ---
They're the same cooler and have been proven to flow at much higher power levels than a K03 can manage, some people just prefer to have the cooler without the branding being removed :wink: Mine was a big improvement over the standard cooler, and keeps temps within a couple of degrees of ambient when on the move. I did a lot of logging, and even after repeated WOT pulls through 3rd and 4th gears, IAT stayed within 5 degrees of ambient :happy2:
Irrelevant if you've already bought the cooler though. Downpipe would be a good idea, as would WMI along with the HPFP
dansmith180:
--- Quote from: Dan_FR on December 01, 2014, 08:09:00 am ---
--- Quote from: dansmith180 on December 01, 2014, 08:00:14 am ---
--- Quote from: Dan_FR on November 30, 2014, 11:49:38 pm ---Yes, get a downpipe. I have a 3" downpipe de-cat on mine and it has plenty of low down torque. I'd also buy a china cooler for half the cost of the THS, and put the difference toward a WMI kit
--- End quote ---
I've already got the THS since I got a really good price, also allthough the China coolers look the same I doubt they're the same quality and probably wouldn't give the same temp drops of a branded one.
--- End quote ---
They're the same cooler and have been proven to flow at much higher power levels than a K03 can manage, some people just prefer to have the cooler without the branding being removed :wink: Mine was a big improvement over the standard cooler, and keeps temps within a couple of degrees of ambient when on the move. I did a lot of logging, and even after repeated WOT pulls through 3rd and 4th gears, IAT stayed within 5 degrees of ambient :happy2:
Irrelevant if you've already bought the cooler though. Downpipe would be a good idea, as would WMI along with the HPFP
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Oh wow I'm suprised they're that good, yeh THS is a lot for K03 but I'm leaving enough room for a K04 at some point maybe. I like the idea of WMI but might be a pain since I do 12000+ miles a year, might look into that if I go bigger power at some point though. Cheers for the info :happy2:
dansmith180:
--- Quote from: howie1987 on December 01, 2014, 08:04:37 am ---
--- Quote from: dansmith180 on December 01, 2014, 08:00:14 am ---
--- Quote from: Dan_FR on November 30, 2014, 11:49:38 pm ---Yes, get a downpipe. I have a 3" downpipe de-cat on mine and it has plenty of low down torque. I'd also buy a china cooler for half the cost of the THS, and put the difference toward a WMI kit
--- End quote ---
I've already got the THS since I got a really good price, also allthough the China coolers look the same I doubt they're the same quality and probably wouldn't give the same temp drops of a branded one.
--- Quote from: howie1987 on December 01, 2014, 01:18:13 am ---i have a nice stage 3 clutch in the forsale thread lol.
Not needed but still good to have.
Sounds like a nice spec your puting together mate.
--- End quote ---
I've heard a couple of negative things about the Sachs stuff actually so I'll stick with the Helix organic clutch, thanks for the offer :happy2:. Yeh I'm hoping it'll be able to suprise a few things when its done.
--- End quote ---
Really. Like what? They are a bit pricey right enough brandnew.
I stuck with standard clutch. Pretty much running same spec or will be when you get everything made 300bhp. Ths intercooler makes a nice difference.
--- End quote ---
Someone I know had one on a Seat K1 cupra and it was quite firm and jerky, then about 4 months in he had an issue and Sachs found a way out of the warranty, some excuse about fitting etc. Anyways he might have just been unlucky or unreasonable but it put me off a bit.
Also from my research people seem to recommend the Helix organic over the Sachs stuff so that's what I'm going with. The Helix organic and new DMF is what Alex at AKS said to use and I might be wrong but I think he doesn't supply Sachs products anymore because of problems. I might be wrong and if so I'll delete that but I'm pretty sure I read a while back he doesn't stock them anymore.
howie1987:
--- Quote from: dansmith180 on December 01, 2014, 09:38:50 am ---
--- Quote from: howie1987 on December 01, 2014, 08:04:37 am ---
--- Quote from: dansmith180 on December 01, 2014, 08:00:14 am ---
--- Quote from: Dan_FR on November 30, 2014, 11:49:38 pm ---Yes, get a downpipe. I have a 3" downpipe de-cat on mine and it has plenty of low down torque. I'd also buy a china cooler for half the cost of the THS, and put the difference toward a WMI kit
--- End quote ---
I've already got the THS since I got a really good price, also allthough the China coolers look the same I doubt they're the same quality and probably wouldn't give the same temp drops of a branded one.
--- Quote from: howie1987 on December 01, 2014, 01:18:13 am ---i have a nice stage 3 clutch in the forsale thread lol.
Not needed but still good to have.
Sounds like a nice spec your puting together mate.
--- End quote ---
I've heard a couple of negative things about the Sachs stuff actually so I'll stick with the Helix organic clutch, thanks for the offer :happy2:. Yeh I'm hoping it'll be able to suprise a few things when its done.
--- End quote ---
Really. Like what? They are a bit pricey right enough brandnew.
I stuck with standard clutch. Pretty much running same spec or will be when you get everything made 300bhp. Ths intercooler makes a nice difference.
--- End quote ---
Someone I know had one on a Seat K1 cupra and it was quite firm and jerky, then about 4 months in he had an issue and Sachs found a way out of the warranty, some excuse about fitting etc. Anyways he might have just been unlucky or unreasonable but it put me off a bit.
Also from my research people seem to recommend the Helix organic over the Sachs stuff so that's what I'm going with. The Helix organic and new DMF is what Alex at AKS said to use and I might be wrong but I think he doesn't supply Sachs products anymore because of problems. I might be wrong and if so I'll delete that but I'm pretty sure I read a while back he doesn't stock them anymore.
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I never got to try mine so god knows lol. Like most things always someone had a problem.
In saying that though not seen a bad thing about the helix.
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