Good value bluefin tune

[zei20t]

youll be fine then. i had no issues with the stage 1 or 2 tune.

if youre in sydney, i can assist with installation of down pipe.

[MickeyB]

I'm on the Gold Coast, but thanks for the offer!

As a matter of interest: how did you find the stage 2 tune vs. stage 1?


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[dArK5HaD0w]

As a matter of interest: how did you find the stage 2 tune vs. stage 1

Compared between the night & day difference from stock to stage 1 - not much.
Not as big a jump from stg 1 to stg 2 in terms of power (bhp) or torque (Nm).

Well....at least tis the case with the APR tune - don't know about the bluefin tune.

[xssive]

Ive bought a few things from Demon Tweeks, no drama at all. Just had a full set of bilstein shocks delivered yesterday actually

With the Bluefin unit, you need to install some software on your PC, connect the unit to your car & follow the steps.
It will usually download your cars factory ECU Map, then you need to connect the bluefin to your PC & itll upload this to Superchips.

Not long after you will get an email that the new map is ready, you download that to the Handset & then connect to the car again to remap.

To get stage 2, go to the superchips uk website & you can order direct on there, you will need the devices serial number.

[Tuan]

Does anyone have the bluefin with a 2012 mk2 FL 2.0 petrol turbo TSI motor/ECU combination on here ? This is tempting ... I've received an email back from superchips that my ECU should not need to be bench tuned, but saw in another thread that a Jetta of same vintage with the same 147kw TSI motor could not use the handheld device ..

If it's the TFSI motor, there is no issue.


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[brad]

Does anyone have the bluefin with a 2012 mk2 FL 2.0 petrol turbo TSI motor/ECU combination on here ? This is tempting ... I've received an email back from superchips that my ECU should not need to be bench tuned, but saw in another thread that a Jetta of same vintage with the same 147kw TSI motor could not use the handheld device ..

If it's the TFSI motor, there is no issue.


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You're in Sydney. Go to ReCode tuning at Miranda. Pay the little bit extra. You won't regret it.

I got my Bluefin for $660 back in 2010. I think it's great value for money but it locks you in. At the time, the competitors were $1200+ but they've all come down in price since then.

[Andres]

You're in Sydney. Go to ReCode tuning at Miranda. Pay the little bit extra. You won't regret it.

I got my Bluefin for $660 back in 2010. I think it's great value for money but it locks you in. At the time, the competitors were $1200+ but they've all come down in price since then.

I looked into RCS (ReCode) a year ago, and it seemed like best value if you were to pay for someone to do it locally as they actually run the car on a dyno before and after to check the tune. The Revo and GIAC options were about the same price.

BUT, it was still $1249... Which is a lot more than $550! Don't know if the prices have dropped more since.

[brad]

last time I checked he was around $1k.

It's horses for courses. If you intend to do the Bluefin and nothing else, then it's a good proposition.

I finished up adding a Golf R IC, Nuespeed style IC pipes, GFB DV+ and exhaust mods. For reasons I can't understand, Supercheaps don't do a stage 2 for the 1.8tsi, so to optimise the tune for the mods I have to throw away the Bluefin (the controller is worth about $50) and start again.

Just know where you want to end up and you'll be right.

[Tuan]

Nothing beats a tune where a log is done after the tune is run on your car and then it's revised (as many times) as needed. Not entirely sure I am comfortable with an off the shelf tune but just asking the questions.

I paid $5xx for my handheld + custom tunes on my Focus ST done by a company in the USA. The VW/Audi/Skoda guys are killing us on their tune pricing.

So does anyone know about the compatibility of the bluefin for this motor/ecu (2012 mk2 FL 2.0 petrol turbo TSI) ?

[brad]

I've had mine in for 150,000km without issue.

I'm pretty sure the locked ECU didn't come in until much later - June 2013 or maybe as late as 2014?? The only way you can verify 100% compatibility is to get all the numbers off the ECU and send it to them. Or Maybe the VIN will be enough.