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R52 Effects of Intake/Pully/Cat Back Exhaust mods

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Old 02-20-2016 | 02:57 AM
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Effects of Intake/Pully/Cat Back Exhaust mods

Getting ready to purchase a few toys on my '06...Milltek Cat Back Exhaust, 15% Pulley, Intake and colder plugs. Which "Idiot" lights on the dash after install should I expect to light up? Are they easy to reset/turn off? Should I or can I reset the ECU after I am all done? Also, any other worries with an upgrade like this? Clutch wear? Engine mounts? How about my MPG? Thanks folks! I'll get a pic up here soon.


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Old 02-20-2016 | 03:04 AM
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Expect no idiot lights, those are all safe mods. Gas milage may drop a bit because of your right foot. Clutch should be fine. I ran all this mods plus more for over 330,000 miles all on the original clutch.

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Old 02-20-2016 | 03:24 AM
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330k huh? That's reassuring. Thanks for the good info!
 
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Old 02-20-2016 | 06:00 AM
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I am rebuilding the engine now at 365000, but here is what the clutch looks like. Still has life left.....

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Old 02-22-2016 | 07:12 AM
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You should be fine unless you are running a decat system or something. MPG will drop as you will like the milltek sound and want to drive it harder
 
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Old 04-02-2016 | 02:01 AM
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Hi folks. Got all my Mods (for now) done. Woo-Hoo! Everything went really smooth and I'm super impressed! Supercharger really "whooshes" and the Milltek sounds nice and mellow unless I really get into it. Then "roooaaaarrr". Much quicker and more responsive too. Suspension and wheels are next...thanks again for the help. Getting a lot of good info here on NAM.
 
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