Remapping - MK4 R32

[JVLR32]

Or supercharger (I know a lot of people don't like it but...)
Guy, with the APR chip are you able to retune it for cams and forced induction setups etc?
Or is basically having to go some kind of Motec, Haltech piggy back or other replacement ecu the best option here?
Thought I'd ask these kind of questions now whilst the topic comes up.
Cheers,
Trent

good questions mmmm yeh would we get more out of a piggy back setup?

[Treza360]

good questions mmmm yeh would we get more out of a piggy back setup?

Stock for stock maybe a little but nothing to justify the extra cost of purchasing the ECU, getting it fitted and tuned etc. But with the type of mods I listed?
Cheers,
Trent

[JVLR32]

Is there a advanced throttle body kit for a R

[Guy_H]

It could be retuned, but we would need a good case of how many & the same mods.

A piggy back would probably be going backwards, I have seen many "piggy back" systems fail to make the same horsepower on ME7 cars, and struggle to run nicely at all (only the couple I have seen). Full stand alone would probably be the go if you went for radical mods!

[JVLR32]

Question...throttle body,manifold worth it all not?

[Treza360]

It could be retuned, but we would need a good case of how many & the same mods.
A piggy back would probably be going backwards, I have seen many "piggy back" systems fail to make the same horsepower on ME7 cars, and struggle to run nicely at all (only the couple I have seen). Full stand alone would probably be the go if you went for radical mods!

So basically as a one off thing, no unless one was willing to shell out the big bucks for the time and effort?

[Guy_H]

So basically as a one off thing, no unless one was willing to shell out the big bucks for the time and effort?

Correct - Time tuning costs dollars, so one off mods = uneconomical.

If we have a case for it here in Australia - Like Left foot braking modification - APR did that specifically for the Australian clients that take their MKIV R32's on the track - with the 80 + R32's we have done, we convinced them it was a worthwhile exercise

[Bug_racer]

So basically as a one off thing, no unless one was willing to shell out the big bucks for the time and effort?

Your not going to get much more power unless you do hardware changes then change software to suit . You need to get more air into the combustion chamber to gain more power , its as easy as that , fueling can be changed a lot more simply by raising fuel pressure or putting in bigger injectors (once you get close to 100% duty cylce)

I'll disagree with Guy on the stand alone statement . The factory ECU is more powerful than the stand alone units available at the moment , in the mk4 r32 anyway . I would only go stand alone over factory ecu for a purpose built race car , even if its registered and driven on the street .

[JVLR32]

Interesting.....$s for bigger injectors?
$ for throttle boddies?

[Treza360]

Your not going to get much more power unless you do hardware changes then change software to suit . You need to get more air into the combustion chamber to gain more power , its as easy as that , fueling can be changed a lot more simply by raising fuel pressure or putting in bigger injectors (once you get close to 100% duty cylce)
I'll disagree with Guy on the stand alone statement . The factory ECU is more powerful than the stand alone units available at the moment , in the mk4 r32 anyway . I would only go stand alone over factory ecu for a purpose built race car , even if its registered and driven on the street .

Yeah my thoughts for the distant future include things such as VF Stage II supercharger and cams. Haven't fully investigated it yet as that's something for later but if will of course be looking to see if things such as bigger injectors a DSG MAF etc would add to this as well.
I figure now is as good time as ever to start asking questions as of course the software is going to be needed.
Time and dollars... That's all I need...
Cheers,
Trent