Topping out at Stage 2+?

[gavs]

Well, in reality your are just a polo owner with an over-priced 4 ring badge on the front of your polo

If you have a read of the sticky I posted yesterday it should give you some insight as to upgrade paths for the engine side of your A1. As you have the CTHE engine, things should eb a lot less prone to premature failure, but in regards to the coil-packs as lucifer said, it's not really the coil-pack that is the problem, it's the position of the spark plug relative to the injector spray pattern so being a CTHE, it should have the updated, shorter spark plugs therefore not requiring the stronger (and eye-bleedingly expensive) Okada coil packs. If you really wanted to go harder then it's a custom turbo and tune setup I guess and I don't know what the APR stage 2 tune puts out but I'm hearing 180kw / 240hp from a competitor..... that might be just about enough in a 1200kg car with such a short wheelbase..... Maybe....

[jimmedy]

Well, in reality your are just a polo owner with an over-priced 4 ring badge on the front of your polo

Oh, I'm in no denial about that at all! I weighed up the differences and it wasn't the 4 rings themselves, but a lot was the interior and just the slightly more individual look. I like that it's uncommon on the road and I paid in part for that, and I then took it further with mods like the tail lights and wheels to make it even more distinctive.
All this 'exclusivity' is balanced out by having the internals shared by a much more common platform so at least I can tune it. And here I am on a Polo forum

My only regret is that they stopped bringing in the 3 door with the MY12/13 year! I never use my back seat, I could have done with the ~100kg weight saving!

If you have a read of the sticky I posted yesterday it should give you some insight as to upgrade paths for the engine side of your A1. As you have the CTHE engine, things should eb a lot less prone to premature failure, but in regards to the coil-packs as lucifer said, it's not really the coil-pack that is the problem, it's the position of the spark plug relative to the injector spray pattern so being a CTHE, it should have the updated, shorter spark plugs therefore not requiring the stronger (and eye-bleedingly expensive) Okada coil packs. If you really wanted to go harder then it's a custom turbo and tune setup I guess and I don't know what the APR stage 2 tune puts out but I'm hearing 180kw / 240hp from a competitor..... that might be just about enough in a 1200kg car with such a short wheelbase..... Maybe....

Yeah, my issue there now is the 'sunk' cost with APR I guess, if I move to another tune to go beyond their Stage 2 that's money gone.

And, to be fair, I haven't got a bad thing to say about them either - I've had a couple of phone calls and emails with Guy_H peppering him with questions and he's been more than helpful, as have the awesome guys here @ Canberra VWC.

This all only becomes relevant if I do decide to push on beyond my posted upgrade list, which I'm not sure I have the time and money for.

I've come to understand that APR Stage 2 on the 1.4 TFSI is just Stage 1 with the 'test pipe' file. They're one and the same thing.

And with the Mk7 to take to stage 3+, the new 1.8 ECU to crack and tune, and plenty else going on, I can't really blame APR for not wanting to push an older engine to new places for, well, potentially just 1 customer!

It's good to know about the spark changes in the CTHE, I hadn't got to reading that yet. I knew there were some changes to piston rings and other things that I can understand may have played a part in resolving the oil issues. Guess the spark changes are just a further bonus!

The thing I love about this car / engine is what the supercharger does for low end performance that makes it behave like a car with much higher displacement!

I was fascinated by twincharging ever since learning about the Lancia Delta S4 as a school kid, and I don't really care that the only modern production implementation is a 1.4L, I just had to own one at some point in my life!

My first car was a diesel and my next could very well be electric, so I'm having fun