R36 wanted for new ECU tune testing

[Lance B]

John had a go at my car yesterday and I'd like to add my thumbs up for his professionalism. Everything happened efficiently and with a minimum of fuss. He's logged the data from my car and has flagged that he may like to load a revision once the data has been analysed.

Initial impressions via the butt dyno are a better top end and it's a little smoother at idle. You do notice the extra torque in the mid range but low down, it feels pretty much the same.

Cruising economy on a 200km run today was about 9.3L/100 via MFD and it seems to be much the same around town, but these are early days.

I'll update the thread with any further observations in a few weeks.

Thanks for the info as I am thinking of getting mine done at some time.

[Bakappoi]

Hi John,

Have you done a Passat CC with 3.6L and 4motion yet,

I have been looking for a while, but have not been able to find anyone in Aus.

Happy for my car to be a mule as long as you can reverse if not 100% happy

Andrew

[Swallowtail]

These cars are difficult to extract much out of, hence my comment about wanting to see 'proof'. I had a reputable tuner try on mine, and we did it on the dyno - run first, flash, rerun. End result - a tiny (and I mean tiny) mid range increase, and less top end power (yes I said less). I left it in, took it out for a drive, and noticed even less difference than the dyno showed, so it came back off and went to standard.

So I am wary of people promising gains that are not independently verified. Especially when they are asking a good chunk of my hard earned to do it.

ST.

[DNA Tuning]

Swallowtail is right on the money here; there is not a whole lot of peak power/torque to be gained from a tune, but it is worth extracting nonetheless.

We have found an area in the stock tuning that has been a noticeably significant factor in limiting the performance of the engine; exact details I do not wish to disclose until I am happy with the results.

DNA Tuning UK have been working on the 3.6L variants in recent months with good results; these improvements have also been carried over to the Passat 3.2 tunes, of which I have had great results tuning as well.

So, please sit tight, Chris (2muchcoffeeman) has been very kind to provide his car as a test-bench for our Aussie R36 tune; soon enough his car will be on the dyno for some before and after runs to show what we can achieve from this engine.

For what it's worth, I don't think my planned release price of $730 is too dear for a quality tune, so once the results are available, I encourage people to assess whether or not the gains are worth the price and to make your own mind up about it.

Bakappoi; I would be keen to see if we can get the same gains out of the CC variant. I will contact you in the next couple of weeks when I am ready to trial your car.

[Swallowtail]

Swallowtail is right on the money here; there is not a whole lot of peak power/torque to be gained from a tune, but it is worth extracting nonetheless.

We have found an area in the stock tuning that has been a noticeably significant factor in limiting the performance of the engine; exact details I do not wish to disclose until I am happy with the results.

DNA Tuning UK have been working on the 3.6L variants in recent months with good results; these improvements have also been carried over to the Passat 3.2 tunes, of which I have had great results tuning as well.

So, please sit tight, Chris (2muchcoffeeman) has been very kind to provide his car as a test-bench for our Aussie R36 tune; soon enough his car will be on the dyno for some before and after runs to show what we can achieve from this engine.

For what it's worth, I don't think my planned release price of $730 is too dear for a quality tune, so once the results are available, I encourage people to assess whether or not the gains are worth the price and to make your own mind up about it.

Bakappoi; I would be keen to see if we can get the same gains out of the CC variant. I will contact you in the next couple of weeks when I am ready to trial your car.

Good to hear John, and I agree the price is good if you genuinely achieve the gain. Please keep us all updated, and consider me interested in Brisbane subject to seeing the results...

[Lance B]

I am still interested in getting mine done one day when you've sorted it all out.

[R34]

BPS up in Qld seem to have been able to extract more than minimal changes from their tune if this printout can be believed

Bayside Performance Services - News Board - VW Passat R36TFSi - Bayside Performance Services

[2muchcoffeeman]

BPS up in Qld seem to have been able to extract more than minimal changes from their tune if this printout can be believed

Bayside Performance Services - News Board - VW Passat R36TFSi - Bayside Performance Services

hmm....I find that one very difficult to believe.

[R34]

hmm....I find that one very difficult to believe.

Agreed . Especially when others are talking 20hp

[johnw]

BPS up in Qld seem to have been able to extract more than minimal changes from their tune if this printout can be believed

Bayside Performance Services - News Board - VW Passat R36TFSi - Bayside Performance Services

The Gain is a bit on the low side if you ask me, since it's refering to a VW Passat R36"T"FSi lol

Might be getting my 3.2 Passat DNAed when it's back from the dealer.