Some Tuning News

[Autopia]

Hi All,

I've been trolling the net for some time now trying to find some performance bits for the R36 and I believe I may have stumbled on something.

There is a company in Melbourne called QSZ (www.qsz.com.au) and they deal with the Wetterauer range of chiptuning products. It just so happens that Wetterauer do a chip for the R36 with the following specs;

Power - up from 220kW to 231kW
Torque - up from 350Nm to 380Nm
Top Speed - up from 250kph to 270kph

The torque increase is especially appealling.

QSZ also do a range of exhausts for VW's but the R36 is not specifically mentioned. (the damn new Beetle is though ) I'll give them a call tomorrow and get some further info on the chip (price and availability) and I'll enquire about exhaust and high flow airfilter availability.

Cheers
Sean

[reverseworm]

that looks very interesting - please keep us posted with any developments

[Lance B]

By going to the Wetterauer site direct, they have many chip upgrades for just about any Passat. Wetterauer site:
http://www.wetterauer.de/

The 3.2lt V6 can be upgraded:

Power 184Kw @ 6300rpm to 195Kw @ 6300rpm

Torque 330Nm at 2,500-3000rpm to 360Nm at basically the same rpm.

Top speed from 246 to 252Kmh.

[R36 Dreamer]

Hi All,

I've been trolling the net for some time now trying to find some performance bits for the R36 and I believe I may have stumbled on something.

There is a company in Melbourne called QSZ (www.qsz.com.au) and they deal with the Wetterauer range of chiptuning products. It just so happens that Wetterauer do a chip for the R36 with the following specs;

Power - up from 220kW to 231kW
Torque - up from 350Nm to 380Nm
Top Speed - up from 250kph to 270kph

The torque increase is especially appealling.

QSZ also do a range of exhausts for VW's but the R36 is not specifically mentioned. (the damn new Beetle is though ) I'll give them a call tomorrow and get some further info on the chip (price and availability) and I'll enquire about exhaust and high flow airfilter availability.

Cheers
Sean

Not Really a massive increase though is it. I assume there will be more to come.

I believe you could also look at the Toureg 3.6L tuning equipment, as the Passat is an uprated version of that engine (from research I have done on the net).

I am pretty happy with the power delivery and Torque tbh, however understand there may be others who desire more!!

[Steve]

I'm happy with the oomph but still think it should sound a little better...

[nting]

By going to the Wetterauer site direct, they have many chip upgrades for just about any Passat. Wetterauer site:
http://www.wetterauer.de/

The 3.2lt V6 can be upgraded:

Power 184Kw @ 6300rpm to 195Kw @ 6300rpm

Torque 330Nm at 2,500-3000rpm to 360Nm at basically the same rpm.

Top speed from 246 to 252Kmh.

Just looked up the 125 TDI upgrade:

Power 125Kw @ 4200rpm to 148Kw @ 4200rpm

Torque 350Nm at 1750-2500rpm to 420Nm at same rpm.

That's performance gains of nearly 20%!!! Wonder what this does to fuel economy though... Would also like to know what the 0-100k time drops to.

Check out the power & torque curves. Sweet....

[Autopia]

Not Really a massive increase though is it. I assume there will be more to come.

I believe you could also look at the Toureg 3.6L tuning equipment, as the Passat is an uprated version of that engine (from research I have done on the net).

I am pretty happy with the power delivery and Torque tbh, however understand there may be others who desire more!!

Not massive, but for a natuarally aspirated engine the torque increase is impressive.

[jmj]

I have a MY09 Passat due in March... does anyone know if chip upgrades affect warranty? I would assume so.

[Autopia]

It most likely does but the dealer would need to be able to detect it first. Some chip upgrades are difficult to identify in that they don't necessarily reveal themselves during a standard diagnostic service. Others do.

It depends on several things as to whether the upgrade can be "seen" by the technician. Some chip-tuning can be reversed or removed before sending the car in for service and then reinstalled afterwards.

When I get more info on this upgrade I'll let you know.

Cheers
Sean

[theplanner]

But I wonder how the chips get affected whenever the softwares are updated?