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Any way of making a diesel sound good?
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01-01-2008 9:27pm#1
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Bored-Stupid wrote: »How can I make my Seat Leon Tdi sound less like a tractor to something a little bit tasty? Any chance of getting to hear the gush of the turbo ala Starlet GT/Galanza?And I wouldnt mind adding a bit of power onto its 110hp.Whats the best and least expensive way of doing this?
You can't really make a diesel sound good unless you take out the engine and put in a V6 petrol!
That gush sound from the Glanza brigade is a dump valve. You can fit it to yours but it can hinder performance as your turbo is set up by VW (before Seat take hold of it!) to release the air at the optimum point and rate that suits it's current state of tune. There are probably VAG clubs that might know of a suitable one for your engine. The cheapest and best way to increase your performance is to "chip" it or remap the ECU. There are places that do this, trackday performance are a place in Waterford I think that would do it, among plenty other places.0 -
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vagdrivers head here.....
The 110 will remap to around 140-145 ish safely enough with buckets of torque to play with,what mileage is on your car right now? remapping when done properly will put very little strainn on engine parts such as turbos etc however a remap even when done right will put extra strain on your clutch,it all depends on the mileage of your car and how the clutch was previously treated some have experienced slight clutrch slip,i personally have only experienced it once and it never back.
As for making it sound better are you mad? theres nothing like the rattle of a turf burner in the morning
Joking aide you could install a Cold air induction kit,i had one for a brief period it made the car sound stupid so i took it out and iftted a K & N high flow filter - no more stupid sound and a much freer rev range.
To make a diesel sound sweet you are talking about hybrid turbos,Front mounts and straight through turbo back performnace exhausts - ive heard turf burners with a bit of work done to them and the can indeed be made to sound sweet.
As for current sound just let down your window while you floor it and listen to the turbo whistle esp after the boost has been adjusted via a decent remap,your average petrol turbo wont whistle half as sweet trust me 0 -
I had a 110 leon before and got it remapped to 141 BHP and 264 pounds of torque and by god it was fantastic!! The remap transforms the car to a beast of torque
it kicks you in the back, great feeling but being the nature of the diesel it only lasts a very short period of time 0 -
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vagdrivers head here.....
The 110 will remap to around 140-145 ish safely enough with buckets of torque to play with,what mileage is on your car right now? remapping when done properly will put very little strainn on engine parts such as turbos etc however a remap even when done right will put extra strain on your clutch,it all depends on the mileage of your car and how the clutch was previously treated some have experienced slight clutrch slip,i personally have only experienced it once and it never back.
As for making it sound better are you mad? theres nothing like the rattle of a turf burner in the morning
Joking aide you could install a Cold air induction kit,i had one for a brief period it made the car sound stupid so i took it out and iftted a K & N high flow filter - no more stupid sound and a much freer rev range.
To make a diesel sound sweet you are talking about hybrid turbos,Front mounts and straight through turbo back performnace exhausts - ive heard turf burners with a bit of work done to them and the can indeed be made to sound sweet.
As for current sound just let down your window while you floor it and listen to the turbo whistle esp after the boost has been adjusted via a decent remap,your average petrol turbo wont whistle half as sweet trust me
I have 85,000 miles on it. its an 01 SE model and I bought it in England so it seems to be well kept? Also lads and lassies where would the best place to get the induction kit,remap and even to get some cosmetic mods to it?0 -
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If you fit a stupid jap stlye exhaust to a diesel it may look stupid,i have a twin tailpipe peeping out from a V6 rear splitter and i think it looks the dogs!
As above it fitted with a hybrid turbo,and the exhaust is a proper job from the turbo back it will sound tasty on a high powered Diesel have you ever heard an ibiza cupra TDI with a Milltek?
As for the smoke its most likely re-mapped badly or fitted with a tunning box,there is undetectable levels of smoke from my turf burner and a host of others i know that have been mapped properly.If i floor it in front of you-you wont be able to tell its a diesel 0 -
theres 2 pug dturbos and both have backbox exhausts
both the same, smoke everywhere! lol its funny saw the back bumper on one of them the other day... its turning black!!
well ya if you got a full system it would be a lot better but they are expensive! €800 i paid for my one like!0 -
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GO to a decent motor factors and you should be able to get a K&N panel filter for your model,its an oil based panel filter that replaces your exisitng one,never has to be changed again once you clean and oil it every 80k or so.
Levin pug diesels - enough said! 0 -
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