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Just wondering whether anybody knows of anyone that has already started to come up with some performance upgrades for the R36? I haven't even picked mine up yet but l know l would love to get a bit more out of this thing!!!
It certainly has been run on a dyno in both Germany & the UK.
There has so far been little to no worthwhile gains to be had. And I think this is why there is pretty much no products on the market!
You must remember on these things that they are now FSI, and they really struggle for available fuel from the cam driven 130 bar fuel pumps (at certain RPM ranges). Hopefully APR will in the future work on their High Pressure fuel pumps & apply them to the normally aspirated engines! (RS4, R8 all use the same technology).
I knew you couldn't get that much out of the NA cars but I didn't realise it's that difficult with the FSI engines. So there's still nothing really available either for the R8 or RS4s either?
At the end of the day though, they're all pretty awesome engines/cars anyway so whilst minor gains are always nice, it's not the end of the world if you can't get that much.
Cheers,
Trent
What about the exhaust? Are there any gains to be had there?
On the 3.2V6, i've been told there is a fairly poorly designed 'bottleneck' at the T-junction where the exhaust splits into 2 for the twin rear pipes. Any truth to that?
And there's the old gem of taking out the factory cats and replacing them with the proverbial empty paint tin with a piece of steel wool floating around in it!
Is there anyone out there with an aftermarket exhaust (3inch all the way and barely legal cats)?
RIP! 2007 Passat 3.2 4Motion Black Sedan | 19"s | AVC-9000 | Audi A3 Sportback 2.0TFSIQ
l have been looking around for upgrades as well. l found that someone is working on an exhaust system in conjunction with jetex. i believe you can put in the BMC Carbon Dynamic Airbox and gain about 5kw and i am aware of a company who will be doing a tune on the R36 around the end of the year, i will let you know the outcome.
Hi all,
New to this forum and considering an R36 wagon. Took one for a quick spin this morning at Barlowworld and was mightily impressed. Build quality and general fit and finish are impeccable.
There doesn't appear to be any "power up" mods available any where for this car so I'm curious if there's been any further news on the exhaust front.
Has anyone modded their exhaust yet?
Hi all,
New to this forum and considering an R36 wagon. Took one for a quick spin this morning at Barlowworld and was mightily impressed. Build quality and general fit and finish are impeccable.
There doesn't appear to be any "power up" mods available any where for this car so I'm curious if there's been any further news on the exhaust front.
Has anyone modded their exhaust yet?
Cheers
Sean
Welcome to the forum. Was it the wagon or the sedan you took for a testdrive? Which Barloworld was this?
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