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Originally Posted by PA135i
Just called my independent shop about whether I should get this mod. They do performance upgrades to many vehicles so I trust their advice.
They said if you are tracking the car get it.
If you are running a piggy back tune ie. JB4, get it because it tricks your ECU into boost levels. With a flash the boost is more controlled and the car is expecting the boost. I can't remember all of what they said but that's the jist of it.
For my application (which will be a flash tune w/ intercooler) they said I would not need it and the stock pipe will be fine.
They have tuned many 535's 135's 335's and have not seen any stock charge pipes fail.
Their advice to me would be that that money is better spent elsewhere for performance mods.
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No disrespect, but they are way off on this one.
Your charge pipe will fail sooner or later. How you tune your car is not important , more boost will make the charge pipe fail whether it is flash or piggy ( not sure how they think piggy vs flash makes a difference in this case).
Charge pipe failure is the most common component failure, if they said they have not seen any charge pipe fail then they have not modded as many N55 as they say.