VW TDI Performance- Building A Beast

As with building up any vehicle for power, vw tdican be performed in which the muffler and resonator
performance starts with the basic modifications first.are removed and a straight pipe is put in their place.
The vw tdi will get its biggest two gains out of a tdiThis opens things up a little and removes the baffling
chip or module and out of tdi injectors. Your averageof the muffler so that the exhaust can flow more
chip or module upgrade will give about a 20% powerfreely. The second tdi exhaust option is the aero
increase. A tdi injector upgrade usually yields about aturbine muffler. The inner design of the muffler works
20% gain as well. If the right combination of tdi chipthe same as a jet engine to increase the flow of
module and injectors are used even more will beexhaust even more than what a mufflerectomy does.
gained. i.e. (Van Aaken Smartbox & Van Aaken SmartThe inner design splits the air via an air foil. The faster
Power Nozzles) Those are the most basic vw tdiair moves through the center and the slower air
performance upgrades.moves around the outside of the air foil, the slower
Another basic vw tdi performance modification is themoving air then re-enters the main air stream through
tdi exhaust. If you are going to increase fueling you willinlets that go down the sides of the mufflers inner
in turn increase EGT’s (exhaust gascylinder. This recombining creates a vortex that lowers
temperatures). So to keep temperatures lower and tothe tone of the exhaust and dramatically reduces back
help increase performance of the vw tdi even more,pressure by increasing the flow of all the exhaust that
one of two things can be done. One a mufflerectomymoves through it.