The day I had been waiting 6 weeks for finally cam yesterday. It was the day I could finally pick up my APR tuned TSI k04 GTI! I had dropped off the car 6 weeks before that to get the tsi k04 development started and the only reason I waited that long was to pick it up at the bbq as opposed to making two trips up. I can say that after getting the car back yesterday that it was definitely worth the wait
The car literally feels like it's finally awake. Stage 2 was great, but I don't regret a single penny I spent to get the k04 and to have it tuned by APR! I honestly cannot thank everyone at APR especially Arin and Keith enough for the opportunity. The car is amazing!
I took the car out when I first got there and the car has power in every gear no matter what speed you're at. I took out and did a 3rd gear pull and instead of dying off at the higher rpms like the k03 so frequently did the car did the complete opposite. It pulls hard the whole way through, but once it gets to 4000 rpms its almost like ricers say vtec kicked in. It's not my imagination either because a friend drove it and did the same thing and said the same thing I was saying. The boost stays at a consitent 19lbs before 4000 and then climbs to 23lbs after that. Everything about the way the car pulls is extremely smooth and if I had one word to describe how I feel about the tune with the k04 it would simply be perfection.
I would also like to add that APRs intercooler is something else. I did a handful of test pulls and it never once felt like the car was loosing its breath due to heat soak. The car pulled hard every singly time.
The whole package with the k04, the intercooler, and APRs tune is amazing! If you have a k04 or are thinking about getting one and trying out APRs tune all I can say is do it. You won't be disappointed!! :happyanim:
I will post videos of some pulls later on once I get them all ready to go, but for now all I can say is that I am completely impressed by what APR has done with my car and all I can say is GO APR!
The car literally feels like it's finally awake. Stage 2 was great, but I don't regret a single penny I spent to get the k04 and to have it tuned by APR! I honestly cannot thank everyone at APR especially Arin and Keith enough for the opportunity. The car is amazing!
I took the car out when I first got there and the car has power in every gear no matter what speed you're at. I took out and did a 3rd gear pull and instead of dying off at the higher rpms like the k03 so frequently did the car did the complete opposite. It pulls hard the whole way through, but once it gets to 4000 rpms its almost like ricers say vtec kicked in. It's not my imagination either because a friend drove it and did the same thing and said the same thing I was saying. The boost stays at a consitent 19lbs before 4000 and then climbs to 23lbs after that. Everything about the way the car pulls is extremely smooth and if I had one word to describe how I feel about the tune with the k04 it would simply be perfection.
I would also like to add that APRs intercooler is something else. I did a handful of test pulls and it never once felt like the car was loosing its breath due to heat soak. The car pulled hard every singly time.
The whole package with the k04, the intercooler, and APRs tune is amazing! If you have a k04 or are thinking about getting one and trying out APRs tune all I can say is do it. You won't be disappointed!! :happyanim:
I will post videos of some pulls later on once I get them all ready to go, but for now all I can say is that I am completely impressed by what APR has done with my car and all I can say is GO APR!
