Tiguan Tuning Starts !

[Sharkie]

Added a Carbonio intake yesterday ...

[team_v]

Nice addition sharkie.

Does it make a noticable difference other than the intake sound?

[jimbomort]

had a chat with Guy at APR stage 1, and he was very helpful

of course some clarity I had is now being baffled by the logical self 'why do I really need this on a family car with all our road rules' internal argument, otherwsie all keen on replacing my 125 tsi with a 190tsi

so in the interests of helping tip the balance are just wondering does anyone know:
if there is a VW enthusiasts club or the like in northern nsw or southern queensland with access to a track or tracks that provide fair access ?

I dont particularly want to do track work, just thinking of safe places to let the beast run free every so often

[cubes]

I have to stop reading this thread or I will end up putting a serious dent on my banks account, can't have two project cars. Nice intake, post some current pics of the car as whole showing off all the mods together if you can, can't remember seeing any pics of the wheels and dropped stance.

[Sharkie]

I have to stop reading this thread or I will end up putting a serious dent on my banks account, can't have two project cars. Nice intake, post some current pics of the car as whole showing off all the mods together if you can, can't remember seeing any pics of the wheels and dropped stance.

Pics up in the picture thread now .... have not fitted the H&R springs as yet, still need to get around to doing that ...

of course some clarity I had is now being baffled by the logical self 'why do I really need this on a family car with all our road rules' internal argument, otherwsie all keen on replacing my 125 tsi with a 190tsi

so in the interests of helping tip the balance are just wondering does anyone know:
if there is a VW enthusiasts club or the like in northern nsw or southern queensland with access to a track or tracks that provide fair access ?

I dont particularly want to do track work, just thinking of safe places to let the beast run free every so often

The Tig in 125 mode is quite punchy, HOWEVER, having done a few kms this past week, in 190+mode it is a different car. IMO it is how it should have come from the factory. It is smooth but powerful without being racy or overpowering.

Racetracks at Lakeside and Queensland Raceway near Brisbane and Morgan Park in Warrick all do drive days.... info posted on the forum when events are on. I've been to Morgan Park and Lakeside and the Tig will make at least 1 appearance so I can discover the limits under controlled conditions.

AND boys ... this Carbonio intake is awesome, nice slighty deeper sound under hard accelleration again without being too loud with the diverter valve/waste gate now audible and throttle response is sharpened a bit as well. Good upgrade that.

[Pullstarter]

Okay Johan you ARE an extremely evil man! Damn Carbonio looks so good

How was the fit up? No mods needed?

[Sharkie]

Okay Johan you ARE an extremely evil man!

Heeheehee .... come on you know you want to do it ......

How was the fit up? No mods needed?

Perfect fit ... no mods to anything required, takes 10min to fit ....

[Sharkie]

Quick update on the APR Protoype downpipe ....

Early testing on the dyno has shown a significant increase in both torque and kw across the rev range ....

In fact the downpipe flows so well now that the rear silencer has become a bottleneck ..... the join from the restrictor (3" down to 2.5") on to the rear section has started to develop a bit of a blowback/blowpast/blowout ..... sounds quite unpleasant.... (this was the source of the earlier mentioned resonance)

Next up in testing next week we will remove the rear silencer and see if a highflow back bit will liberate further extra ponies .... ....

stay tuned for more info to come ..... APR tuned .....

[team_v]

Good to hear the downppe is working well.

Looks like another wet weekend so I doube we will have 0-100 and 400m times for another week.

[clip]

Quick update on the APR Protoype downpipe ....

Early testing on the dyno has shown a significant increase in both torque and kw across the rev range ....

In fact the downpipe flows so well now that the rear silencer has become a bottleneck ..... the join from the restrictor (3" down to 2.5") on to the rear section has started to develop a bit of a blowback/blowpast/blowout ..... sounds quite unpleasant.... (this was the source of the earlier mentioned resonance)

Next up in testing next week we will remove the rear silencer and see if a highflow back bit will liberate further extra ponies .... ....

stay tuned for more info to come ..... APR tuned .....

You know you're getting me all excited Johan!