I picked up my new Racingline R600 kit yesterday - the box was enormous!
I took the opportunity to also replace the turbo muffler delete, turbo inlet pipe and turbo elbow at the same time - took about an hour to replace everything (even with a screw dropped and retrieved from the bottom tray!)
First impressions is that the engine bay is much tidier:
BEFORE
AFTER
Had to use a Stanley knife to trim a small triangular piece of plastic away from the front left screw hole for it to fit flush, but other than that, it fit perfectly.
The seals on the muffler delete are a bit flimsy so either order spares ahead of time if you plan on replacing it or run the risk of snappage!
Also got a Racingline badge (which I'm undecided on at the moment):
After a short test drive, the throttle response was certainly a lot more lively and the suction noise from the air filter was certainly more noticeable. The turbo whistle was much more noticeable too. However the best thing about it all is the exhaust pops (even on idle). They are much louder and much more frequent, especially on the overrun from 4K revs to as low as around 2k. Acceleration was certainly improved, less lag before the turbo kicked in but still a bit of hesitation before it decides to go. Much better than it was before.
Overall, please so far. No explosions and no imminent fail detected yet
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I took the opportunity to also replace the turbo muffler delete, turbo inlet pipe and turbo elbow at the same time - took about an hour to replace everything (even with a screw dropped and retrieved from the bottom tray!)
First impressions is that the engine bay is much tidier:
BEFORE
AFTER
Had to use a Stanley knife to trim a small triangular piece of plastic away from the front left screw hole for it to fit flush, but other than that, it fit perfectly.
The seals on the muffler delete are a bit flimsy so either order spares ahead of time if you plan on replacing it or run the risk of snappage!
Also got a Racingline badge (which I'm undecided on at the moment):
After a short test drive, the throttle response was certainly a lot more lively and the suction noise from the air filter was certainly more noticeable. The turbo whistle was much more noticeable too. However the best thing about it all is the exhaust pops (even on idle). They are much louder and much more frequent, especially on the overrun from 4K revs to as low as around 2k. Acceleration was certainly improved, less lag before the turbo kicked in but still a bit of hesitation before it decides to go. Much better than it was before.
Overall, please so far. No explosions and no imminent fail detected yet
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