APR Stage 1 Tune - Finally Available for CTH Engines!

[Guy_H]

So I wonder when Jake is officially starting at EuroCare so I can book this in?

I called up Quattro yesterday (before finding out this morning that Quattro Motors are planning to shut shop), to discuss the tune, and Jake just said they're booked out till Mid Jan, but never mentioned anything about Quattro Closing, or the move to EuroCare.

Also with the Christmas Sale, I was told that to get the discount the job has to literally have the work carried out within the sale period.

I thought that as long as you booked and paid for the tune within the sale period, that even if the date they are free to get the work done falls outside of the sales period (in this case mid Jan), you should still be eligible?

These workshops are all booked out weeks ahead of time, so unless I've missed something, it seems you have to somehow predict when a sale is expected to occur so that you can book it in a few weeks prior so that the work gets carried out during the sales date period?

Surely not? ...I'm confused! :/

Spare - yes, tune has to be done in the sale period - its an electronic thing, and the sale promotion code is swiched off on the server by the US APR staff - out of Australia's control. Jake is at Eurocare as of the 12th January I understand - and a second Perth distributor starting late January.

Guy, does this mean a new customer with a CAVE engine can get the updated tune now? Well done guys on getting that bit more out. Hopefully it'll be safe for these touchy engines. Cheers

Yes, correct, new found power for CTH owners will be available from February. If you have a suspect engine, get it checked out firstly - once the pistons are bad, they don't self heal

Here's a question that you might be able to shed some light on.
My MY13 CAV engine was replaced under warranty @ 18000km, with what I was told was a CTH series engine which was current production (at teh time) with all the hardware updates to reduce oil consumption. Had to wait 3 months for engine from OS since there were none left in Aus. The replacement engines apparently come blank and are re-stamped to match engine number on chassis. Is the ecu hardware different between CAV & CTH engine cars or just the coding? I suppose what I'm asking is, could my car be tuned considering the ECU hardware might still be CAV with CTH coding? Is there anyway to check the hardware or software to see what is in the car? Do you think they were telling me porkies when they said it was replaced with a CTH engine? Is that even possible?

If you have a full invoice from VW with part numbers I might be able to check the hardware used.

I had mine done today. Needless to say, I took the long way home!
First impressions are:
- as the graph suggests, below 2000rpm it feels similar.
- there is a definite surge when the turbo takes over and this is where it gets fun!
- the engine just feels smoother and gear changes seem much better (?)
- there is torque everywhere!
- intake noise (suck and whooshes!) and DSG farts sound different/better. I have HP intake and resi delete.
- and, I may need to check this further, the oil temperature stayed 3 or so degrees lower than usual. I drive with the MFD on oil temp.
Very happy!



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Good stuff - we have done quite a few now & the responses are all good!