Golf R Observations and Questions

[adzy]

Tune! It will give u smiles!

[DDTW]

Damn the replies were quick! Don't we VWW forumers need to work? LOL!

Tune - you'll get rid of some of the lag (handy for city streets where you don't want hesitation)

Oooh good point!

[triode12]

Agree with the rest - tune!
Gets rid of the lag.

If you are not interested in chasing numbers. I recommend the Bluefin tune. It doesn't put out as much kw as the other two popular tunes (GIAC and APR) but the engine runs a lot smoother. Bluefin tunes also preserves the original stock map and you can remove the tune using the handheld device anytime you wish (good for when you take the car in for a service at the dealers). The other two tunes put back their proprietary versions of the stock map.

Can't speak for the other tunes like Revo, Custom Code, etc as I have only tested cars tuned with the three mentioned above.

[DDTW]

Agree with the rest - tune!
Gets rid of the lag.

If you are not interested in chasing numbers. I recommend the Bluefin tune. It doesn't put out as much kw as the other two popular tunes (GIAC and APR) but the engine runs a lot smoother. Bluefin tunes also preserves the original stock map and you can remove the tune using the handheld device anytime you wish (good for when you take the car in for a service at the dealers). The other two tunes put back their proprietary versions of the stock map.

Can't speak for the other tunes like Revo, Custom Code, etc as I have only tested cars tuned with the three mentioned above.

Thanks Triode, but I am planning to get a Milltek catback as well and am worried that the Bluefin can't be retuned to suit it.

Also, must you get a roadworthy test done after a tune? My insurer RACV said I can do anything I want to my car as long as it's roadworthy.

[shakespeare]

I'm contemplating to do APR Stage 1 by the end of the month as the APR sale has been extended (DAMN YOU APR!).

I've only done 2,500kms. I do mainly city driving so I will only use the full potential of the power 10% of the time. TO TUNE OR NOT TO TUNE?!?!?!

Damn you! I have been contemplating this too, however I'm in the process of buying a new house so non essential spending is on hold for me

I say go for it and tell us all about, so I can become immensely jealous, suffer depression from a lack of a tune and be forced to do it for medical reasons...

[DDTW]

Damn you! I have been contemplating this too, however I'm in the process of buying a new house so non essential spending is on hold for me

I say go for it and tell us all about, so I can become immensely jealous, suffer depression from a lack of a tune and be forced to do it for medical reasons...

HAHAHAHA!!! Ooh house first mate....for sure. I was taking public transport for past 8 years before I bought my place. Now I have my R. All good!

[zbeasty]

Thanks Triode, but I am planning to get a Milltek catback as well and am worried that the Bluefin can't be retuned to suit it.

Also, must you get a roadworthy test done after a tune? My insurer RACV said I can do anything I want to my car as long as it's roadworthy.

+100 on the tune though I did mine in combination with a downpipe.

You won't need a retune after a cat back. It will only increase the noise not the power with a standard downpipe. The flow limiters in the R exhaust are the 2 x 800 cell cat converters in the standard system one of which is straight after the turbo outlet.

The cat back could put you over the legal exhaust noise limit so technically you could be found unroadworthy but unlikely your insurer would invalidate the insurance for that.

[DDTW]

+100 on the tune though I did mine in combination with a downpipe.

You won't need a retune after a cat back. It will only increase the noise not the power with a standard downpipe. The flow limiters in the R exhaust are the 2 x 800 cell cat converters in the standard system one of which is straight after the turbo outlet.

The cat back could put you over the legal exhaust noise limit so technically you could be found unroadworthy but unlikely your insurer would invalidate the insurance for that.

Thanks for your feedback zbeasty! Do I need to get a road worthy cert if only a tune is done?

[BezzyR]

Thanks for your feedback zbeasty! Do I need to get a road worthy cert if only a tune is done?

hell no...

go the stage 1 you will dig it...

[Ryan_R]

+1

You're just altering the ECU software (i.e. air/fuel mixture ratios, etc). Otherwise we'd have to get a new certificate after that 118 TSI service campaign last year
Adjusting things like wheel/tyre size, ride height, massive increases in noise, etc are what you have to watch out for.