Is there anyone has gone Stg2/2+ and wished they had not?

[MAT ED30]

Not so much engines going bang heavyd, more so turbo's blowing , breaking of blades in the turbo, and being blasted into the engine causing failure.

Have you heard of many Tfsi turbo blades breaking off with standard turbos?
I know there is a good chance of turbo seals blowing.  

yeah i have seen a few that the blades have broken apart and gone into the engine and fooked it  the car have all been 2+ i think

[Saint Steve]

none standard publicised on the forum, only stage 2+ cars have had major mechanical failure from time to time.

[heavyd]

How about getting a bluefin stage 3.
That way you are getting more power than revo stage 2, but the figures arent as high, so engine wont be getting stressed as much? just a thought?
Alternatively theres always a custom stage 3 PDT remap, but get him to lower the parameters, or alternatively a shark performance remap, which hits around the 330bhp mark?

[berg]

How about getting a bluefin stage 3.
That way you are getting more power than revo stage 2, but the figures arent as high, so engine wont be getting stressed as much? just a thought?
Alternatively theres always a custom stage 3 PDT remap, but get him to lower the parameters, or alternatively a shark performance remap, which hits around the 330bhp mark?

 

all worth considering, i think i should be able to hit 330bhp from revo stg 2 as that would be 10% increase over stg 1.

[Saint Steve]

Your quoting 370 bhp will always be open to interpretation, on some dyno's, 330bhp is shown on a healthy stage 2+ car,and in my view is more realistic.
 
Stage 1 280 approx
Stage 2 300 approx
Stage + 320> on..

Torque is what tends to break things, and stress's components.

[vRS Carl]

I went from Stage 2+ back to Stage 2.

I got more power on Stage 2 than i did Stage 2+ as well

[MAT ED30]

stop thinking about POWER its more about how the car drives and handles   if you want power then your in the wrong car   get something fast out of the box and then fiddle with it  

[RedRobin]

stop thinking about POWER its more about how the car drives and handles  if you want power then your in the wrong car  get something fast out of the box and then fiddle with it 

.... x 2 

Driveability, handling, and reliability  Things can still go wrong or break but the risk is less.

[martziniuk]

Hmm I've done a search but could only find TDs turbos blowing. If anyone knows a thread where the turbo on a tfsi has actually blown the engine too post em up.

[MAT ED30]

you wont find em mate the ones that went pop wanted to try get them done for free under warranty and to be honest you cant blame em for trying

[berg]

i agree hence why am getting arb's, b12, and possibly clutch/lsd before anything else which will give increase in torque/bhp

[Janner_Sy]

i think i have decided what to do although the curve ball for me is what Janner Sy said about foing HPFP and induction kit and not bothering about tbe... this seems like a good compromise to improve stage 1 without going balls out butfor now am content to save for diff/clutch after PDT fir arb's/b12 next month

stage 1 with HPFP would definitely be the way forward for me next time.  Anothe rthing i would consider is getting the 'pre cat' removed from the OEM downpipe.  This will reduce the exhaust gas  temperatures.  Will cost absolute pennies (just needs to be taken off and hit with a hammer ), will also give a minor increase in performance id imagine.

this is an example of a stage 1 REVO car with the HPFP and intake, compared to Robins stage 2 REVO with TBE and intake.  Both K03 and of course different cars, but same engine, dyno and operator

stage 1 revo with HPFP and evoms


stage 2 with TBE and twintake (the highest one of Robons i could find)


it looks like the first one drops off faster but if you compare power/torque at the same points in each graph their practically the same. 

[joesgti]

i went stage 2+ in my ed30 conversion. After 6 months the clutch started to slip and gearbox started whining!  so i sold it!

Would i go stage 2+ again..... HELL YES! worth every penny! 

[Sunglasses Ron]

You're all just big wusses and can't handle the power..  I think it's fun trying to stay out of ditches and avoiding trees, wouldn't have it any other way.. 

[MAT ED30]

i await your new post saying bmw has spun me into a ditch    i could not drive rwd  

edit that was on phone