Burger Motorsports EA888 Intake

[Bmos87]

Hi,
I have just received my Burger Motorsports Intake and muffler delete. I will be fitting it tonight and reply with how the kit looks, fits and quality. Is anyone running one of these kits on their Tig? If so, how did it shape up? I have been ensured that it will fit the Tig as the kits is for the 7.5 GTI. Once the kit is on I will be going to Marsanic Motorsports for a tune (believe it will be a harding tune) and report what the final power figures are.
At the time of tune the Tig will have the above kit and muffler delete fitted as well as the res delete and the cat back exhaust done.
My car is a 2017 162tsi Tig.

[INASNT]

That's the turbo inlet pipe in the kit, not the muffler delete.

[Bmos87]

I have have both, just didn't put up a pick of the turbo muffler delete.

[NZ_GolfR]

Did you order the one without the “Air Pimp Fitting”? The GTI engine has this where as the Tiguan (and Golf R and S3) engines don’t.


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[Bmos87]

Did you order the one without the “Air Pimp Fitting”? The GTI engine has this where as the Tiguan (and Golf R and S3) engines don’t.


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Ahhh yes, Sorry I forgot to mention that. I ordered the kit without the air pump fitting.

[Bmos87]

Install

Hi all fitted the burger motorsports intake kit and turbo muffler delete, pictures below.






I was impressed with the overall quality of the Kit. It was packed well and fairly straight forward to install. I followed the auto instruct removal how to for the intake and muffler delete. I then followed the instructions on the Burger motorsports website for the install of the intake.

Tools Required:
T25 torque bit with driver
phillips head and flat head screw drivers
7mm socket and spanner
5mm allen key (long)
Following the instructions the whole job took 45min, I did clean the inlet and outlet of the turbo of oil. My Tig has done 18000ks. I also Inspected the compressor wheel of the turbo as well just to be sure it was serviceable. I am an Aircraft Technician by trade so my OCD gets the best of me at times. The Install was pretty straight forward just do the reverse of the removal haha. I would suggest check tightening all bolts etc after the first drive though, just good practice.

First Start Up:
I was super excited to test out the intake and test my handy work hahaha. Induction noise at start up and idle is barely noticeable with the bonnet closed. That was a plus as my wife doesn't want it sounding like my 180sx haha. From the get go the throttle response has improved and the mid range punch was harder than I expected.

Driving it normally you get a slight induction noise in the cabin. It is only when the front windows are down that you can really hear the intake and devertor valve. All in all I am really happy with the kit and how it performs. The only down side with the kit, it didn't come with the required o rings. I manage to find some in my O ring kit.

Next step for me is upgrading the down pipe and stage two tune. If anyone has found a down pipe locally please let me know. At this stage I am looking at getting my local exhaust shop to make the down pipe to suit the front res delete they did last week.

[Melbourne_Tiggy]

Hi BMOS87
There are a few stage 2 Tigs out there. The CTS Golf R downpipe sounds like it fits without modification, there are a number of places online that sell it for around $1099. Is there a reason you didn’t go Burger motorsports for their box tune (JB1/JB4) ? All the best with the build.

[Bmos87]

Hi BMOS87
There are a few stage 2 Tigs out there. The CTS Golf R downpipe sounds like it fits without modification, there are a number of places online that sell it for around $1099. Is there a reason you didn’t go Burger motorsports for their box tune (JB1/JB4) ? All the best with the build.

Hi Melbourne_Tiggy, I have looked at the CTS Golf R down pipe, but being that its for a Golf R does it bolt up to the Tigs turbo? I just saw that autoinstruct sell it for $1099, I plan on going to my local exhaust shop and getting them to price me up building one as well. I want to ceramic heat coat it and it would be a shame to cover the nice chrome look . I didn't go for the Burger motorsport tune box for two main reasons. Firstly I don't really trust plug n play tune boxes, though I will admit I haven't had any experience with the JB1/JB4. Have you used either of them? Secondly the owner of tune shop is a long time friend and he is using the Tig as his promotional VAG car, so the prices are pretty dam good haha.
I will do some more re-search about the JB1/4 this arvo.

[INASNT]

I am getting my downpipe next week and stage 2 shortly after that, and yes the mating flange on the GTI/R turbo exhaust housing is the same and bolts to the factory tig exhaust.

[Bmos87]

I am getting my downpipe next week and stage 2 shortly after that, and yes the mating flange on the GTI/R turbo exhaust housing is the same and bolts to the factory tig exhaust.

Did you get the CTS downpipe? If so you wont need the front rest cut out, as it looks like the downpipe comes with a front pipe that fits to the slip joint just aft of the front resonator.
Did you get yours from Australia?
I spoke to my exhaust shop today, we should be able to knock up a 3.5inch dump with flexi without to much drama. Will just need to use a downpipe off a tig to mock up the jig.
Anyone have their old downpipe I can borrow haha???? The wife will kill me if I take the downpipe of our tig and she can't drive it haha.

[INASNT]

Yes CTS and correct in not needing the resonator. Yes in Australia.

I have had custom made dump's and exhausts made on my R33 GTR and Hilux Surf in the past. The GTR was mainly a track car so sound was not an issue.

There is a lot of r&d companies like CTS do when developing downpipes and other components.

[Bmos87]

Cheers.

I'm in the same boat, have built dump's for my Supra and for my 180sx. Both took a few goes to get exactly what I wanted, mainly around the wastegate piping. Being that the Tigs turbo has the gate built into the turbine housing that is not a issue.

I understand that these companies do r&d with development of their components. In saying that its just trail and error.. The downpipe on the tig is a straight forward set up, primary goal is to improve the flow of the exhaust gasses exiting the turbine. Building a larger diameter downpipe that follows a similar path to the factory downpipe won't raise to many issues. I also want to get rid of the slip joint as they leak and i prefer v bands. If i can get a second hand tig or golf r down pipe than we will be in business.

I look forward to seeing your progress and stage 2 power figures.

[INASNT]

If you really wanted to, which I had a thought about doing, is getting a CTS dump then taking that to a decent exhaust shop and have it replicated..... a few times for other tig owners... But I don't want to step on suppliers toes.

[Bmos87]

Ahh yep. I am going to the exhaust shop on Friday arvo, so we can sus out if an how we can build a downpipe. If it looks like it will be to big of a task and costs may explode then Ill just order the CTS downpipe and modify the slip joint to a v band.

[Bmos87]

So after much discussion with the exhaust shop, it has been decided that we wont build the downpipe it will end up costing me to much.
I have three options I have narrowed it down to, the CTS stainless, 034Motorsports cast stainless option and finally the Empire performance mr7 golf r option (once it is released).
Will wait and see what some other members choices produce.
I have orded the 034 dogbone mount and GFB Diverter Valve will cover the install on them when they rock up.
Also looking at the cts turbo outlet pipe kit, I don't care much for the factory plastic and rubber pipework. Has anyone fitted this kit?

Back to the Burger motorsport intake and muffler delete kit, It has been on for just over a week, and has done roughly 500ks. All looks correct, no signs of leaks or movement. Will be driving the Tig to Brisbane and back from Toowoomba tomorrow, a good 350ks.
Waiting to hear back on a custom tune from Marsanic Motorsports along with a DSG tune. Will update as I go.