Mk2 Tiguan Tuning

**tigger73** · 14-07-2018, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by Melbourne_Tiggy

So on a lovely 9 degree evening in Melbourne, I found a stretch of road for the vbox.

With launch control enabled and the DSG in S, I did one glory run and achieved 4.3s 0-100km/h. To be honest, I was expecting high fours, so this really blew my mind. The true hero is now third gear which pulls like second. An amazing, memorable night for me an Tig. I’ll try to take some vids over the next few weeks, time permitting.

To those thinking about going past stage 1 and straight to IS38, you’ll get a big thumbs up from me.

Nice! Given the stage 1 tune with stock turbo does flat 5's, 4.3s is not unreasonable for stage 2.5(?).

The only problem with a car that keeps pulling through 3rd gear is that you can quickly head into license losing territory...

Be good to get a camera mount and the 0-100 clip

**jcheung_23** · 14-07-2018, 09:03 AM

4.3s! Impressive. Thats the same 0-100 as a ferrari 360 modena

**Janus77** · 14-07-2018, 09:31 AM

That’s a great result. How much do you think you’re in $$ wise to this point.

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**Melbourne_Tiggy** · 14-07-2018, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by tigger73

Nice! Given the stage 1 tune with stock turbo does flat 5's, 4.3s is not unreasonable for stage 2.5(?).

The only problem with a car that keeps pulling through 3rd gear is that you can quickly head into license losing territory...

Be good to get a camera mount and the 0-100 clip

Thanks Tigger73. You are quite correct re: pulling through third, it was quite a thrill.

I’ll try to do some videos over the next few weeks.

**Melbourne_Tiggy** · 14-07-2018, 12:38 PM

I haven’t done a TCU tune yet, however the launch control and subsequent gear shifts were very aggressive. It reminds me of the PDK shifts in a Porsche Cayenne. Good to know that the tubby Tig is as fast as a Ferrari 360 0-100.

**Melbourne_Tiggy** · 14-07-2018, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Janus77

That’s a great result. How much do you think you’re in $$ wise to this point.

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It will get expensive very quickly. I would budget $5-6k for the project if you go for all new components. IS38 turbo would be the most expensive, downpipe, turbo air inlet, turbo muffler delete, racing spark plugs, installation labour, intake and ECU and TCU tune. If you are doing multiple runs or will be driving your car hard probably good to change your intercooler also.

**tigger73** · 14-07-2018, 01:38 PM

The bare minimum would be IS38 plus DP and tune. You could do it for $3-4K if you were able to pick up second-hand parts

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**Melbourne_Tiggy** · 14-07-2018, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by tigger73

The bare minimum would be IS38 plus DP and tune. You could do it for $3-4K if you were able to pick up second-hand parts

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In terms of the bare minimum, if you could get a used IS38 (make sure it’s not he early version that was prone to failure), you could slap that on with a tune and that would fit with the stock downpipe. You would sacrifice a bit of power with the cat at the top of the downpipe being a restriction, however I think performance would still be greater than stage 1.....