My new mk7 R

[Lito]

Very nice! Are you simply running a bit of E85 on top of the usual 98RON for detonation resistance and minimising pulled timing, or is your tune specifically an E30 tune and you're after a visual indication of the ethanol ratio without going down the road of a flex-fuel sensor and associated tune?

I run a splash of E85 in my Stage 1 Passat 206TSI most of the time now, as whilst my tune isn't specifically set up for it, it simply loves an ethanol content of around E15-E20 with adequate fuelling system headroom and O2 sensor feedback to hit target AFRs. The torque delivery is FAR nicer with a bit of corn juice in there, particularly in hot weather.

I’m running integrated engineering’s specific e30 tune, the gauge is more for peace of mind, I didn’t feel comfortable constantly having the run the tank to near empty to make sure the blend I was putting in was accurate. I’d love to be able to run a proper flex fuel tune but IE don’t currently offer it outside of the United States, so I’d have to pay to get it tuned by a different company.
It’s interesting to hear that you can run up to e20 without being tuned for it though


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[petemac110]

I’m running integrated engineering’s specific e30 tune, the gauge is more for peace of mind, I didn’t feel comfortable constantly having the run the tank to near empty to make sure the blend I was putting in was accurate. I’d love to be able to run a proper flex fuel tune but IE don’t currently offer it outside of the United States, so I’d have to pay to get it tuned by a different company.
It’s interesting to hear that you can run up to e20 without being tuned for it though

Ah cool, thanks for the clarification.

re: E20 on a normal Stage 1 tune, all that it is doing is increasing the knock resistance of the fuel, and in doing so, allowing the ECU to run the maximum ignition timing advance embedded in the tune. It is not maximising the power potential of the fuel, unlike your proper E30 tune. Still, for almost no extra cost apart and only a very slight decrease in fuel economy, it's a winner for me. I'm monitoring the short term and long term fuel trims and you can see that the ECU is doing its thing to hit target AFRs which is very cool.

[Lito]

Foggy morning at work with the R


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[Lito]

Made a few small changes to the front and bought some bilstein damptronic coilovers to get this thing sitting a little lower and hopefully riding a whole lot nicer





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[guile]

nice work mate, glad to you're still on here. keep the photos coming...

[Lito]

nice work mate, glad to you're still on here. keep the photos coming...

Cheers mate, definitely will take take some pics when the coils are fitted, hopefully they go at least a little lower than where it sits now but I’m getting mixed information online. At least they should ride a lot better. You still tracking that s3?


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[Lito]

Put the coils on yesterday, along with new top mounts. Wound all the way down, its a little lower than before, especially in the rear. I really like the stance now and it rides a lot better, firm but more controlled. It felt very under-damped before




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[genebaby]

So you like how the Damptronics ride? Where did you get them from?

[Lito]

So you like how the Damptronics ride? Where did you get them from?

I’ve only driven a few kms so far as I want to get an alignment done but very impressed so far, it feels more planted and body roll has been greatly reduced. It had racing line lowering springs before with the stock shocks and it was very quite harsh and crashy. Once I’ve done a few more kms with them I’ll be able to give a more thorough review.
I got them from europartshaus BILSTEIN B16 & B16 EDC/DCC COILOVER SUSPENSION KIT - VW MK7 & 7.5 GOLF – Euro Parts Haus
They were great to deal with and had them shipped to me less than 24 hours after I paid for them. Total was a little over $5k including 034 top mounts and bearings


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[Lito]

Also just a tip when installing the front shocks, I had to spread the hub a lot more than I felt comfortable doing as the shocks are about 1mm wider than stock. I had to make a custom strut spreader out of an old bolt (about 10mm wide)and have pretty much the whole weight of the car to get them to seat all the way into the hub


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