Tigger73's 125TSI Tiguan Build Thread

[tigger73]

How about "STIGUAN" with or without the red "I" - just trying to decide.

[tigger73]

Well as some of you may have already guessed I've put my car up as a guinnea Tig for Viezu/HPX test hardware.

I've created this new thread as a bit of a build thread so will post my updates and experiences here.

First bits of hardware on are a 2.75"/2.5" downpipe and stage 2 tune.

Will post some photos and first impressions in the next couple of days.

[tigger73]

OK so the downpipe is 2.75" at the front going down to 2.5" and the back and gets rid of the massive restriction right after the turbo.



And for comparison here's the stock DP:



Also some additional "bling" under the bonnet - a carbon engine cover.

[h100vw]

OK so the downpipe is 2.75" at the front going down to 2.5" and the back and gets rid of the massive restriction right after the turbo.



And for comparison here's the stock DP:



Also some additional "bling" under the bonnet - a carbon engine cover.

Need to do a bit of cleaning in there.

That standard downpipe is dire, VW should be ashamed of themselves

Gavin

[Deadpool]

Not really a fan of the cover. Kinda clashes with everything else.

I definitely look forward to the project though. It's gonna be a good one!

Sub'd

[Greg Roles]

That's fine, more carbon for me.

At last some Tig love, everyone can stop messaging me now! : )

[team_v]

Interested in the engine cover and cat back.

[tigger73]

Not really a fan of the cover. Kinda clashes with everything else.

I definitely look forward to the project though. It's gonna be a good one!

Sub'd

Even though it may look a little out of place at the moment, there's another reasonable sized chunk of carbon going in there shortly (CAI).
And I understand that for those looking to complete the set there may even be a battery cover coming out soon.

[Deadpool]

Even though it may look a little out of place at the moment, there's another reasonable sized chunk of carbon going in there shortly (CAI).
And I understand that for those looking to complete the set there may even be a battery cover coming out soon.

That seems more the go than just an engine cover. One just kinda looks out of place, glad there's more Carbon to come.

[tigger73]

Need to do a bit of cleaning in there.

That standard downpipe is dire, VW should be ashamed of themselves

Gavin

Yes it does need some TLC. Though I do a reasonable amount of driving on dirt roads so it's going to go back to looking like this pretty shortly anyway.

And agree that the stock DP is a bit of an enginering monstrosity - though it's probably built that way to be tight on emissions and for cost considerations. Though unfortunately performance goes out the window.

With the new DP on it runs so much freer at higher revs. Loving it.