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      09-15-2023, 08:42 AM   #1
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What Mods Have You Done?

I've been looking for suggestions on what to do to my car or what other have done to it. List them below.
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      09-15-2023, 04:59 PM   #2
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I've been looking for suggestions on what to do to my car or what other have done to it. List them below.
I have a Jb4 piggyback, bootmod3 tune for burbles, and a full Remus race exhuast + downpipe

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      09-16-2023, 12:33 AM   #3
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      09-18-2023, 06:47 AM   #4
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I have a Jb4 piggyback, bootmod3 tune for burbles, and a full Remus race exhuast
How much of a difference did the jb4 make? Do you think it different from jb+
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      09-18-2023, 12:53 PM   #5
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How much of a difference did the jb4 make? Do you think it different from jb+
Never had the Jb+ but its a very noticeable difference for sure
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      09-18-2023, 01:14 PM   #6
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Never had the Jb+ but its a very noticeable difference for sure
Did you have any other type like the dinan tuner? I want to get the jb4 but idk the difference it will make. Have you done any 0-60 runs ? and if so what were the times.
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Did you have any other type like the dinan tuner? I want to get the jb4 but idk the difference it will make. Have you done any 0-60 runs ? and if so what were the times.
I had the Dinan plug and play at first but upgraded to the JB4 because I wanted more boost. Not sure about the actual times with either as my launch control never works but it's faster than stock.
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      09-19-2023, 05:16 AM   #8
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I've got an Eventuri intake, Cobra 200cel downpipe, Remus catback race exhaust and a Celtic Tuning tune.
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      09-20-2023, 06:28 AM   #9
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I've got an Eventuri intake, Cobra 200cel downpipe, Remus catback race exhaust and a Celtic Tuning tune.
What did you ship to them to get tuned? ecu or dme? Also what was the cost and how much horsepower did you gain?
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      09-22-2023, 08:25 AM   #10
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Seriously considering ordering Maxton rear diffuser:
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      09-25-2023, 06:25 AM   #11
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What did you ship to them to get tuned? ecu or dme? Also what was the cost and how much horsepower did you gain?
The original ecu-tune gave me +54hp, up to 360hp. After getting all the mods done, the peek power probably hasnt increased by more than like max 20hp, but the powercurve that this car has is super nice. Really has throttle response similar to an electric car. Overall im sure im running a peek from anywhere from 370 to 380hp.
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      10-11-2023, 12:42 PM   #12
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The original ecu-tune gave me +54hp, up to 360hp. After getting all the mods done, the peek power probably hasnt increased by more than like max 20hp, but the powercurve that this car has is super nice. Really has throttle response similar to an electric car. Overall im sure im running a peek from anywhere from 370 to 380hp.

That’s funny, when I contacted Celtic about tuning mine they told me this
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      10-12-2023, 05:28 AM   #13
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That’s funny, when I contacted Celtic about tuning mine they told me this
Any 135/235 made after mid 2020 has locked ECU so is really difficult to map. There's only 1 company in Finland that's doing it to my knowledge
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      10-12-2023, 10:33 AM   #14
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Any 135/235 made after mid 2020 has locked ECU so is really difficult to map. There's only 1 company in Finland that's doing it to my knowledge

What’s your car been like after the map running at 360bhp, turbo doesn’t feel like it’s going to blow?😂 also have you had your cat removed or anything else
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      10-13-2023, 04:27 AM   #15
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What’s your car been like after the map running at 360bhp, turbo doesn’t feel like it’s going to blow?😂 also have you had your cat removed or anything else
Car turned out to be way more responsive, as you would expect from a nearly 20% power add. The car seemed a bit grindy putting that power down from lower RPMs which became apparent especially when modestly accelerating on a highway, for example. Getting the OPF removed, which was known to be the biggest bottleneck for this car, pretty much solved the problem. Adding the intake and the 200cell downpipe had the car running so nicely, that my tuner said we could be looking to add even more power with a new tune. I'm pretty sure they even contacted Celtic Tuning themselves, but they came to a common agreement that this wouldn't be the right call at the moment (dont ask me why). But as I said, the car with most of the bolt-ons is running super smooth with the tune.
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      10-13-2023, 05:57 PM   #16
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Car turned out to be way more responsive, as you would expect from a nearly 20% power add. The car seemed a bit grindy putting that power down from lower RPMs which became apparent especially when modestly accelerating on a highway, for example. Getting the OPF removed, which was known to be the biggest bottleneck for this car, pretty much solved the problem. Adding the intake and the 200cell downpipe had the car running so nicely, that my tuner said we could be looking to add even more power with a new tune. I'm pretty sure they even contacted Celtic Tuning themselves, but they came to a common agreement that this wouldn't be the right call at the moment (dont ask me why). But as I said, the car with most of the bolt-ons is running super smooth with the tune.


So have you removed your opf? Does that fail mot or display a fault on your dash? I assumed it would do
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      10-24-2023, 07:14 PM   #17
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So have you removed your opf? Does that fail mot or display a fault on your dash? I assumed it would do
I have removed the OPF, my tuner disables the error-messages emerging from not having it. Otherwise it certainly would display something.
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