Hpfp upgrade

[l3wis1999]

Hi guys
I was just wondering if someone could point me in the right direction I’m looking to go stage 2+ on my cupra but need an uprated hpfp si do I need to buy the whole unit or is it possible to buy certain things to upgrade my standard one in the car at the moment.
Thanks in advanced

 

[Legojon]

You have two choices... you can buy a LOBA complete replacement unit. Or the slightly cheaper option is you can buy VIS or Autotech internals and upgrade the existing one.

 

[l3wis1999]

What’s the difference between buying a replacement unit and upgrading the internals is it just the price or will there be performance gains?

 

[Legojon]

There will be no performance difference. Basically just price. And who's doing the work. Eg, if your doing it yourself it'll be easier to change the whole pump than strip down the old one. And a garage might charge slightly more labour for internals which would ideally need to be done in a clean environment.

 

[gurpz94]

As Jon said above, it's really down to a few things:

- If you buy the internals yourself, will you fit it or will you get a someone else to fit it? If you search "vis internals tfsi" you'll see my video, it's not too bad of a job to do just a bit fiddly. You will save a lot of money by doing this
- You can buy the internals and get the internals fitted by someone else - go with a tuner like R-Tech as they do this day in day out, have a dedicated clean area etc.
- If you buy the pump as Jon said it's simply unbolting and unplugging the old one and put the new one in.

If you go for the VIS internals, message VIS Motorsport directly on Facebook, he will give you the best price directly. It'll be cheaper than their website or a reseller's website.

 

[l3wis1999]

Cheers for that, the video was really helpful

 

[Alex Leet]

Does it look like it’s upgraded or stock?

 

[300bhpdaily]

Pull it apart a uprated one will have a name on the base and say who’s made it etc like vis or autotech etc.