Tiguan IS38 and Big turbo upgrades

[tigger73]

Beedub, you mention using a custom tuner.
I have been reading a lot of posts on this forum as I am buying a 162TSI Allspace but have been driving commodores for years. I am quite familiar with tuning the Holdens, am will probably tune the Tiguan.
My question though, I seem to read a lot about ARP and the like generic tunes. Are there actually tuners out there that have the capability to custom tune these VAG vehicles?
I am in Victoria if you have any recommendations.

Custom tuners in Melbourne that specialise in VW/Audi are Etuners Motorsport and Underground Performance. My car is running an Etuners Motorsport tune and Gavin (h1000vw / forum moderator) is partner in Underground Performance so you couldn't really go wrong with either option.

The off-the-shelf tunes like APR are fine too. Just they won't "guarantee" that their file will work 100% if you don't use their hardware which locks you into relatively expensive hardware options. It'll cost you more but it is guaranteed results. Though their tunes will also work with other hardware except they only test it with their own stuff. Having said that they have a lot of happy customers. I ran an APR tune on my first Tig and it would come on pretty hard and run out of puff over 5,000rpm. It worked with 3rd party hardware (DP, intercooler, intake).

[dgp]

Thanks tigger73, I would prefer a custom tune so will definitely keep this in mind.

[REXman]

Davman and Veedub... Thanks very much. Great info and exactly what I was after. So I had a look at the goods advised and I think they looked like some good quality parts.
So have now ordered:
IS38
CTS inlet
CTS DP

Looking at getting a custom tune I've decided. Getting quotes now.

Also got some 2 quotes on fitment of turbo and dp. Varied a lot. $900 is where I'm at so far.

Decided against the APR thing. Too expensive for what you get in my eyes. My last car had an APR HPFP and INTERCOOLER. Nice stuff but so are some of the alternatives. For example the stock cooler should be fine up to 400hp especially when my car is just going to drive around normally with the occasional traffic light GP. Maybe a quarter mile run etc.. if i tracked it different story.

The shop I called said if I didn't get the intercooler I couldn't get the APR tune for the turbo upgrade. So no go for me going APR, going custom.

[Boosted_GP]

Out of interest what are you guys doing for drone when fitting DP (catted or catless) with the Oem or golf R rear silencer?

I am in the process of getting all the bits to fit a catless DP and with this it will remove the center resonator off the car.

Don’t want a drony car at all. (Allspace 4motion)


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[Beedub]

My car is booked in for the 12th August. Getting excited now. The Mrs thinks it's going in for a Stage 1 tune and lowering.
I've had all the stuff below sitting in a mates garage as I've been buying them.

Mods to be made:
TTE475 turbo swap
Racingline R600 Intake, Silicone hose, and High Flow Inlet
Pod Filter replacement for the foam filter of the R600
CTS Downpipe with High Flow CAT and CEL eliminator
Racingline Uprated Lower Engine Mount (aka dogbone)
Wagner Competition Intercooler Kit
Racingline Oil Catch Tank & PCV Replacement
Racingline Oil Cooler Kit
Autotech High Volume Fuel Pump Upgrade Kit
RS3 Ignition Coil Packs
NGK R7437-9 Spark Plugs
Eibach Pro-Kit Performance Springs
PTP Lava Turbo Blanket

Labour and tune will be done by Etuners in Sydney, along with DSG tune to match.
It's going to be a 3 day exercise.

[Melbourne_Tiggy]

My car is booked in for the 12th August. Getting excited now. The Mrs thinks it's going in for a Stage 1 tune and lowering.
I've had all the stuff below sitting in a mates garage as I've been buying them.

Mods to be made:
TTE475 turbo swap
Racingline R600 Intake, Silicone hose, and High Flow Inlet
Pod Filter replacement for the foam filter of the R600
CTS Downpipe with High Flow CAT and CEL eliminator
Racingline Uprated Lower Engine Mount (aka dogbone)
Wagner Competition Intercooler Kit
Racingline Oil Catch Tank & PCV Replacement
Racingline Oil Cooler Kit
Autotech High Volume Fuel Pump Upgrade Kit
RS3 Ignition Coil Packs
NGK R7437-9 Spark Plugs
Eibach Pro-Kit Performance Springs
PTP Lava Turbo Blanket

Labour and tune will be done by Etuners in Sydney, along with DSG tune to match.
It's going to be a 3 day exercise.

Impressive hardware list mate! Fingers crossed Etuners can get some good power out of the TTE475.

[Beedub]

Thanks. They've got the car for 3 days so they should have enough time to play with it.

[INASNT]

My car is booked in for the 12th August. Getting excited now. The Mrs thinks it's going in for a Stage 1 tune and lowering.
I've had all the stuff below sitting in a mates garage as I've been buying them.

Mods to be made:
TTE475 turbo swap
Racingline R600 Intake, Silicone hose, and High Flow Inlet
Pod Filter replacement for the foam filter of the R600
CTS Downpipe with High Flow CAT and CEL eliminator
Racingline Uprated Lower Engine Mount (aka dogbone)
Wagner Competition Intercooler Kit
Racingline Oil Catch Tank & PCV Replacement
Racingline Oil Cooler Kit
Autotech High Volume Fuel Pump Upgrade Kit
RS3 Ignition Coil Packs
NGK R7437-9 Spark Plugs
Eibach Pro-Kit Performance Springs
PTP Lava Turbo Blanket

Labour and tune will be done by Etuners in Sydney, along with DSG tune to match.
It's going to be a 3 day exercise.

Lol at the wife thinking its just going in for stage 1..

We have all told little white lies like that..

[REXman]

That's an awesome list and you must ecstatic! The Tiguan will be such a different beast with all that stuff given how good even just a stage 1 is on these cars.

As for the wife.. I'm lucky, I can just ask. ��

Question a few get the RS3 coils.. what's this do? Cleaner burn? Why do we need it?

[Melbourne_Tiggy]

That's an awesome list and you must ecstatic! The Tiguan will be such a different beast with all that stuff given how good even just a stage 1 is on these cars.

As for the wife.. I'm lucky, I can just ask. ��

Question a few get the RS3 coils.. what's this do? Cleaner burn? Why do we need it?

There was feedback from the GTI guys that there was a smoother drive and less rough idle after RS3 coils were used. However, electrical testing was done by a US performance company that did not find any performance benefit from changing from OEM to RS3 coils. I just did it at the same time as my spark plugs, just in case. After 12 months, things are still peachy. I’d recommend doing colder plugs if you are tuned/IS38 swapped over the coils though.