Tuning / performance update

[jimbomort]

Oh yes and forgot to mention i've had the APR stage I software put on my 125TSI Tiguan and the performance is outstanding.

Currently 190kw and wanting more.......

Having now tested out the get up and go on our APR stage 1 Tig, oh yeah totally agree, there is some serious get up and go there now and yes, should have done the torque arm insert same time, anyway will get that done in due course.

Of course the problem with power, well if you can call it a problem, is the more you have the more you want Still the APR stage 1 upgrade is such an improvement, at such a reasonable cost, are not further upgrades going to look expensive and poor value by comparison? Anyway that would be my dilemma, be nice to have more, but improvements from here on in are going to be significantly less dramatic and significantly more expensive to boot, and realistically, requiring a range of other mods to tyres and suspension to handle it. All good of course, and I'll keep posted with this thread, but probably count me out on making up the numbers for any further mods.

[jimbomort]

Demonstrated some of the get up and go of the Tig with APR stage 1 to my father and brother in Sydney recently - they were very impressed and that was with coming in with high expectations (as I had talked a lot about prior).

Agree too with a much earlier post I believe by CLIP on the Torque, from 2000 rpm on, the Torque is phenomenal - coming back from Sydney too far northern NSW there was not one hill on the pacific hwy that was remotely a struggle for the Tig at 100 in 6th (2000rpm), indeed you could feel the cruise backing off everytime on the hills, there was plenty to spare. Not only that but very few times where overtaking in anything but 6th was necessary - which made for a very relaxing trip. Of course I will be looking for excuses to use 4th for overtaking, lots of fun to be had there.

What I like most though is the oomph from launch - 1st gear is gone before you know it and 2nd winds out very quickly also. Be good to get a video of the speedo and tacko winding out from 0-100 (at Lakeside or the like). Nothing like a visual to give people the idea .

Shame though, that 1st wont get you too 60 or 2nd to 100, reckon it would be even quicker if didn't need to grab 3rd. Not that I have a lot too compare it with, but 6 seconds neat for 0-100 feels quite believable.

[Sharkie]

Over the Christmas period I have acquired the latest GTech-Pro SS and will be using it to do some performance tests ......

The Gtech-Pro SS is promised to be accurate to within 0.1s 0-100km/h and 400m.

Will be taking it with on my "test" drives of other cars as well and will be starting a log of what performs how ..... happy to post results from time to time in the future ......

Shame though, that 1st wont get you too 60 or 2nd to 100, reckon it would be even quicker if didn't need to grab 3rd. Not that I have a lot too compare it with, but 6 seconds neat for 0-100 feels quite believable.

I'm investigating changing the ratios in the manual gbox slightly. Will likely only implement once its out of warranty, but still be good to know its possible.

[clip]

Love your work sharkie, love your work!

eidt: just talking about the gearing today with some other guys. It would be so good to have taller gearing in 1st and 2nd - would just finish the car off as a total (and quite possibly, unbeatable) performance SUV package - at least in our opinion.

[juv3]

is this apr upgrade only available for 103TDI and 125TSI?
or also available for 147TSI

thanks

[team_v]

APR chip is for 125TSI and 147TSI

Oettinger do a chip for the 103TDI to bump it up to 125kw.

[Arctra]

is this apr upgrade only available for 103TDI and 125TSI?
or also available for 147TSI

thanks

It's not available on the 103TDI - the oil burners need an Oettinger remap.

The 125TSI and 147TSI are pretty much identical units and the remap is available for both of them I believe. You just won't notice as much of a difference as you would coming from a 125TSI, but you will beel the difference.

[clip]

Once again, the 125 and 147 are identical engines - just that the 147 has a different map. Both put out same torque of 280Nm. As they are the same, they both remap to the same power figures of 190kW and 400Nm. Some others here (Sharkie and Pullstarter that I know of) have added a cold air intake which takes them to around the 200kW mark.

The remap is a no-brainer if you have a 125 or 147, and I'd make that the APR version, not the Oettinger (I've had both, and the APR is a much better map).

I have no experience with the TDI's, but believe the Oettinger is the way to go for them.

edit: as Acrtra said, beat me to it

[Arctra]

edit: as Arctra said, beat me to it

I WIN!!!

I just did a quick look on the 103TDI and it seems to have the identicle engine to the Golf MkVI 103TDI. But what I find strange on the Oettinger.com website (because the .com.au one isn't up yet) is that although the map graphs are identicle, the Tiguan remap costs 200 Euro more. How the hell does that work? Same engine, but because the it's in a Tig it's more expensive.

I didn't get to check out a remapped TDI when I was up in QLD... I had the contact but just didn't find the time. Am still really keen to see what the performance difference is like. If anyone in Sydney's had their TDI chipped, please let me know.

[team_v]

I WIN!!!

I just did a quick look on the 103TDI and it seems to have the identicle engine to the Golf MkVI 103TDI. But what I find strange on the Oettinger.com website (because the .com.au one isn't up yet) is that although the map graphs are identicle, the Tiguan remap costs 200 Euro more. How the hell does that work? Same engine, but because the it's in a Tig it's more expensive.

I didn't get to check out a remapped TDI when I was up in QLD... I had the contact but just didn't find the time. Am still really keen to see what the performance difference is like. If anyone in Sydney's had their TDI chipped, please let me know.

Could be due to the extra research having to go into the 4Motion system in the Tig that isn't in the Golf.

Could also be due to adjustments in engine components due to sizing constraints such as downpipes and the like.