Custom Tuning By BPS in Brisbane-Review & Results - Golf R

[Tarmac]

Hi Guys and Girls,

I just wanted to do a review on my current dealings with James from Bayside Performance Services or BPS in Brisbane. I dont work for James, we dont hang out on weekends. I would just like to give some credit when its due and share my experience.
Like many of you that want to tune your car there are so many options out on the market these days. Competition is tight and results are fairly close. I decided to go for a custom tune for a few reasons.
I like the fact that the tune was specific to my car and to the modifications I had. I wasn’t locked in to using a certain intake or a certain dump pipe. It didn’t matter. I picked all the parts I personally thought were going to work best for me and James tuned to suit.
I think 1 of the best things for me is I was talking face to face with the guy that was tuning my car. There were no emails over the internet to the other side of the world. It was direct dealings with the person tuning my car. If I wanted something a specific way e.g. rev limiter changed then it could be done on the spot. I also prefer supporting the local guy over the big international companies.
James has been doing this for a long time and has the results to prove it. He does many European cars and has been heavily involved in the Porsche seen. Not to mention just about every other car. From memory he currently has a skyline, S15, Twin Turbo V8 ute, 350Z, Porsche 996. So there is a large variety.

Now to my Car. (see signature for specs)
The cost for a full custom tune on a Golf R. $1095 with open ECU or $1195 via OBDII. I was very happy with the price.
The stock standard run was done with zero modifications, as is from factory. Then i added my modifications and James worked his magic.
I was there with James the entire time and saw all the runs on the dyno. Even after the car was basically finished and there was some fine tuning we turned boost levels back down to stock standard and witnessed it run 348nm of torque which is stock standard. Then back up to a massive 505nm and 193awkw. There is no fudge factor. Ambient temp was 23.5 and intake temp was 24. Shootout 44. End results are excellent; car is smooth and has excellent power delivery all the way to the red line.

Im not trying to tell you who to use or that someone is better than someone else. You need to make your own mind up. If you’re in Brisbane, just pop out and have a chat to James, its free (don’t chew his ear off though) and then make your mind up.

Bayside Performance Services
Unit 3/123 Russell Street
Cleveland 4163
Tel: 07 3488 2911
Bayside Performance Services
James@bpschiptek.com


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[team_v]

James is a great guy.
I went with BPS to get my muffler delete pipe as i didn't want to spend 2k on a cat-back solution.
$450 later and I am pleased as punch and it is fully reversible.

[Tarmac]

Oh thats awesome team_v. He seems to have solutions for everything. Makes a crappy cup of coffee though.

[team_v]

Oh thats awesome team_v. He seems to have solutions for everything. Makes a crappy cup of coffee though.

I would rather a crappy coffee than a crappy fabrication

[masev]

Impressive Tarmac, your R's quite the torque monster now!!!

How critical was the 142 Bar Rail Valve and HPFP to achieving those results? Also, where did you source the VF CAI from and how much??

Love the colour too – If it wasn’t for my Mrs, i would have bought the Grey....

Cheers

[Scuby_snax84]

Nice one Ben, I'm keen to go for a spin in the beast now. Did James quote you on fitting the forge actuator? Im thinking of fitting the one I have, but not confident in doing so myself.

Also, I bought my vf from Audi, BMW, VW, MINI, Mercedes, Porsche, Volvo & SEAT Performance Parts, Tuning & Accessories - North American Motorsports, cheapest I could find it.

[Tarmac]

Impressive Tarmac, your R's quite the torque monster now!!!

How critical was the 142 Bar Rail Valve and HPFP to achieving those results? Also, where did you source the VF CAI from and how much??

Love the colour too – If it wasn’t for my Mrs, i would have bought the Grey....


Cheers

You will need the Rail valve and HPFP to make the power. Whether my particular choice of the 142 and HPFPupgrade has anything to do with the torque i made i dont know. But it seemed like a better product and resonably priced.

Im loving the UG on black wheels. you should have made an executive decision on that 1 mate.

Nice one Ben, I'm keen to go for a spin in the beast now. Did James quote you on fitting the forge actuator? Im thinking of fitting the one I have, but not confident in doing so myself.

Also, I bought my vf from Audi, BMW, VW, MINI, Mercedes, Porsche, Volvo & SEAT Performance Parts, Tuning & Accessories - North American Motorsports, cheapest I could find it.

Yeah tha VF CAI from NAM is the best bet. I bought mine when they dollar turn to **** so it wasnt that good but still better than buying here. Think shipping was $80.

Anytime brenton. We can meet up and swap cars. Just hold off on the actuator. We have a few guys trying them (already fitted) but we stage 1 tune and will be stage 2+ soon. So we will soon know. Its a massive job. Took Parso at least a day to do, had to take the turbo and manifold off. You may be able to loosen everything so you dont need to take oil and coolant lines off but it is a realy pain to do. I think i may try turning the actuator nut 3 turns to load the spring up more. There is also the newly found option of adding a helper spring on the outside of the actuator. This to me is the quickest and cheapest. Just need to get the right spring. I will be playing around with this stuff soon. IF your going to take the turbo out to do the actuator then you may as well replace it with a new GTX2867R and make some realy power. I am also looking to see if this can be done using stock location parts and Dump pipe etc. I will probably just upgrade the turbo.

[masev]

You will need the Rail valve and HPFP to make the power. Whether my particular choice of the 142 and HPFPupgrade has anything to do with the torque i made i dont know. But it seemed like a better product and resonably priced.

Im loving the UG on black wheels. you should have made an executive decision on that 1 mate.



Yeah tha VF CAI from NAM is the best bet. I bought mine when they dollar turn to **** so it wasnt that good but still better than buying here. Think shipping was $80.

Thanks mate, I thought so - The deal with the Mrs was I chose the car and she chose the colour, so I think I got the better end of the deal

[Tarmac]

Thanks mate, I thought so - The deal with the Mrs was I chose the car and she chose the colour, so I think I got the better end of the deal

Haha sounds like you did.

[Tarmac]

Heard a rumour that someone else got there Golf R tuned at BPS today. Just a dump pipe and BMC air filter and made 182awkw and 488nm of torque. Everything turned up. (17psi) It would make more boost if it had a better intercooler then HPFP etc to fuel the extra boost. But thats impressive results, again.