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Those power figures were after mapping , stock it had 271 bhp an only 276 bhp and another 30 nm off torque but after a while it developed a water leak on the main bearing housing on the turbo so had the turbo rebuilt at midland turbo . I decided to put it back to stock as I would prefer...
Had mine done and it was much better in mid range but ended up causing me problems , had to get the turbo rebuilt so had it put back to stock ! Never again !! 270 bhp out of a 1600 is enough I would stick with reliability
I hope so I rang them today and they told me they were waiting on a rubber seal and a new alloy seal plate that’s in the door shut , there is a app they gave me to check on the progress , an I checked earlier in the week an it said 92% an today it’s 66% I hope it doesn’t get written off
I had trouble with one off mine it sheared of so got t it out by jamming an old socket over it !
Then I got 4 second hand bolts for a fiver at the breakers there the same as 307/308 bolts just check the length .
Well I’m hoping it will be fixed as I had to take 14 pictures of the car but they think it can be done but not till they have had a proper look .
I have had a fair few cars over the years including a RS4 but it could really drain your wallet at a alarming rate where as the R is about 85 % of...