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RReddington
12-24-2017, 02:31 PM
Just wanted to give some input and feedback about the craze of porting chargers, got mine done from S4Matty a few months ago. Wanted to let people know the difference in real life as I have not seen anyone post about a real difference other than 1 or 2 quarter mile runes.

My friend and I with identical mods (custom tune on race gas, full exhaust including test pipes, ported headers, intake) did our ports one week from each other to test the difference. Prior to both port jobs, our cars were identical on roll runs. From 60km-220km the difference was about 3 car lengths.

The difference was noticed immediately but took about a day for the car's ECU to fully adapt, the throttle response is much more immediate and the power band has gotten stronger from low RPMs all the way to redline.

Once my friend did the ported job, our cars were side by side a day after his car adapted as well.

It's a very underrated modification, I highly recommend it to this looking to get extra power. It lowers IATs as well which is a huge bonus. As more and more get ported, the popularity will definitely go up.

S4Matty has been porting chargers for a few years now and ported as much as he could while still maintaining reliability. Highly recommended!

Note: This is not an advertisement for S4Matty, just wanted to give some real feedback on those on the fence about porting their chargers, it's 100% worth it!

Dusty6191
12-24-2017, 04:29 PM
Is this something you would do with just a stage 2 tune? Or should this be done to a much more modded car? I have EPL stage 2 tune with the supercharger pulley (and TCU tune) and I was planning on sticking with that, but I'm always looking for easy horse power.

JD S4
12-25-2017, 09:13 AM
Awesome. Glad to see yet another ported blower nod! I’m excited to pair one up with the new Tyrol intercoolers this spring


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RReddington
12-25-2017, 03:21 PM
Is this something you would do with just a stage 2 tune? Or should this be done to a much more modded car? I have EPL stage 2 tune with the supercharger pulley (and TCU tune) and I was planning on sticking with that, but I'm always looking for easy horse power.

As long as you have a tune, you will benefit from this modification. Of course, this along with test pipes will allow for bigger overall gains combined together. I think it's an equivalent modification to upgrading your pulley if not better (just speaking from real world experience, roll runs, although pulleys will give you lots more torque).

If you want more noticeable power, definitely a modification I highly recommend!

RReddington
12-25-2017, 03:22 PM
Awesome. Glad to see yet another ported blower nod! I’m excited to pair one up with the new Tyrol intercoolers this spring


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Can't wait to see those intercoolers. Porting the charger will increase in popularity with more reviews/feedback out and it's comparative in price with crank pulley upgrades.