Tiguan 320Nm TDi chip options

[Moonan]

hi guys - being around 3 Golfs and a Kombi in my life, my wife now wants to add her name to the VW list and get a Tiggy. she's also preparing for when i implant her with a bubba and it seems that the Tiggy is good for kids and strollers and all that kiddie/boring stuff.

anyway, i digress. from what i can gather, the stats appear to be the same for my current Golf TDi and the donk in the Tiggy TDi. So why can't i go and buy any of the current Golf diesel chip and whack it in the Tig? anyone know if you can or can't?

The answer it "almost but not quite"...
The Tiguan TDI engine is newer than the Golf V TDI engines (comon rail vs pump duse), and the chip is slightly different to suit the different injection system.
If you look at DP Chip's website, http://www.dpchip.com/vehicles.html?...51862076221028 you will see that the DP37 chip (used in Touareg R5 & V10, and Golf V 1.9 & 2.0 litre) has been replaced with the DP31 model chip suited to the common rail injection system. I expect that the other chip manufacturers (and ECU re-mappers) have changed in a similar way.
I have a DP37 off my Touareg that I will probably put in the missus's Golf as it won't go into my Q5, even though it is a 2.0TDI. The Q5, like the Tig, needs the DP31.

BTW, most of the initial comments when the Tig was released about the boot being too small were dissipated when the back-seat adjustment was tried out. Small kids in the back seat mean seat can be slid forward, and the boot isn't too bad at all. This is only my observation from seeing a number of threads on the issue, owners can report more accurately.....

cheers,
..Neil

[Dyldo]

nice one - any idea on price for these or is it up to each distributor?

[Moonan]

nice one - any idea on price for these or is it up to each distributor?

IIRC around $1200, but that was 3 years ago...
Your local TJM shop will sell you one, probably can be talked into fitting it and letting you try for a few days - you won't want to give it back and so you'll buy it! (That was DP chip, from TJM Newcastle)

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BTW, most of the initial comments when the Tig was released about the boot being too small were dissipated when the back-seat adjustment was tried out. Small kids in the back seat mean seat can be slid forward, and the boot isn't too bad at all.

you're right there, I agree 100%.

For a family of four with both kids walking and out of nappies it has the room.

If the Tig was reversed with less interior space and a bigger boot, I probably wouldn't have bought it. I actually think the Tig's interior dimensions are close to perfect. Certainly the best in the class IMO and it's the first thing that people comment on when they get inside (then they comment on the comfort).

[YoYo]

Can I get more power from My TDI 2.0 Tig for cheap?

[tigger73]

I suggest talking to Greg Roles/carformance as he's a forum sponsor and also a Yeti 103TDI owner.

If he doesn't know what you can do to the 103TDI to make it faster then nobody will. His Yeti build thread is in the diesel section:Let the Tinkering get Abominable.

[YoYo]

I suggest talking to Greg Roles/carformance as he's a forum sponsor and also a Yeti 103TDI owner.

If he doesn't know what you can do to the 103TDI to make it faster then nobody will. His Yeti build thread is in the diesel section:Let the Tinkering get Abominable.

cheers mate. I'll check it out.

[Dingah]

YOYO - Oettinger flash.

Dingah

[tigger73]

Dingah they only problem with Oetinger is they're not cheap

[Dingah]

Cheap no .... but good and safe - yes.
Otherwise go and chat to Glen Kelly at Extreme Street Performance and tell him Mr Bell sent you .
His premises are at Gilmore Street Queanbeyan.

Dingah