Reply With Quote^ Yep. Same engine (or possibly a revised version of the same engine) as Brad has in his Octy i believe. Good little motor.Originally Posted by Tonba
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I had to look but it appears it is. Bonus points for the Yeti.
It's been a surprise package for me. It's like the little engine that could. Delivers more grunt than it should & better fuel economy than I'd expected.
Keeping in mind that mine is a 2007 build, a lot of the competitors now have 1.8L turbos that deliver way more power & torque (Alfa Giulietta) but they can't seem to get the economy figures.
It's no race car but as an all-rounder it delivers.
I would like to know what changes have been made to the latest 132tsi versions & if any of those changes can be relatively easily incorporated easily into my older 118tsi version
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^ Yep. Same engine (or possibly a revised version of the same engine) as Brad has in his Octy i believe. Good little motor.
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Isn't the 132tsi twin charge engine a 1.4 (as in the Fabia vRS)?
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Octavias run the turbo-only 1.8tsi paralleling the entry level Audi A4. For reasons I can't fathom, they have the same designated power output as the 1.4twincharger which confuses people all the time. Even odder is that every dyno sheet on the 118kw 1.8tsi that I've seen has them puting out between 120-123kw.
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No it isn't (thank god). The twincharger is nothing but trouble.
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Ok, thanks.
(Touch wood), no trouble with my twin charger yet (26,200 Km's). Great little engine, lotsa power/torque, not burning oil, great economy (av 5.8l/100) now.
Of course, very little actual heavy traffic or stop start driving for me (I'm in Canberra) so maybe that's why.
Just put another 2.6k Km's on it last week. Easy.
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My only issue with current tunes for most of the Skodas is they need the ECU opened up to tune. Most of the VW have hacked and can be tuned with a simple plug-in. I just don't want to void my warranty with a obviously opened ECU.
I'll be super keen if they work it out.
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Sounds like you have a good one then (which obviously do exist - i met another forum member just before Xmas with a 118TSI Golf twincharger and 80,000km on it with no issues) which is good to hear.
Skoda/VW/Audi etc are all pretty much encrypted these days and have been for a few years now. Golf R's are an exception as they use the older engine (and ECU) out of the Audi S3 which is from 2007 era. Most of the Mk6 GTI's with the newer engine are encrypted (there are some that aren't though - seems to vary).
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God knows why but at least with the 2013 Tiguan and 2013 Yeti both with the same 103tdi have 2 completely different ECUs. The Yeti uses the old Bosch unit but the Tiguan uses a new unit which must have been easier to decrypt. The 2013 Tiguan doesn't need the ECU removed for remapping, the Yeti does. Apparently ARP replace the tamper proof screws after reinstalling the ECU to make it appear to have not been touched but I'm still a bit worried until my warranty runs out, I'll probably wait.
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Joel,
How do you find your Skoda Yeti? I'm looking at purchasing one for the wife.
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