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Are you planning on any 2.0 TDI Performance Upgrades?
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Chris@Revo USA
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While i'm not saying uni or others don't up the boost a little bit, you don't make power with a diesel like you do in a gas car.
sort of think of it as the opposite. With a gas car you up the boost then fuel to match to keep it safe.
With a diesel car you add more fuel then up the boost/airflow to keep it safe.
99% of the power gains from a tune with a diesel application are fuel alone.
sort of think of it as the opposite. With a gas car you up the boost then fuel to match to keep it safe.
With a diesel car you add more fuel then up the boost/airflow to keep it safe.
99% of the power gains from a tune with a diesel application are fuel alone.
:thumbup: Thanks...
Alot of the surging that we feel in this car at w.o.t and what not is the TWO E.G.R systems we have incorporated into the exhaust and turbo, you will lose appx 25% power +/-, when both are engaged, and probably will notice when the pre turbo egr shuts on and off, the post turbo egr is almost always engaged when not idling and past tip throttle position if i understood it correctly. The best thing you can do along with the tune is an egr and dpf delete, if you can get away with it.
I bought the COMPLETE RAWTEK SYSTEM intake to exhaust tips, with malone tune, and i love it!!!!! This car rips now, smoke the tires through second into third if you wanna play with the e brake a little to show off, smoke stock mustang gt's and camaro's till they just give up, i also got the HPA dsg tune, with these modifications happily married to my car it is a completely different BEAST altogether. Yes i said beast, maybe a little dramatic, but thats what you would say too, going from stock to complete tuning and custom exhaust intake dpf delete egr delete hi flow cat and upgrade to 2.75" exhaust in one day, its nothing short of amazing.
After a few weeks with the APR Tune, I am very happy with the increased driveability and no real drop in MPGs.
I have about 1000 miles on the new tune. I was getting ~37 mpg combined before, and am seeing a bit over 36 mpg now. My driving style has definitely changed, the extra torque is just too much fun. On the freeway, I am still at about ~42 mpg.
The extra torque is spectacular. I have a co-worker with a 2012 GTI Autobahn. After driving my car with the tune, he claims the TDI is faster than a stock GTI to 60.
One thing that has also noticeably changed is engine braking. The stock tune would decelerate much more when coming to a light or coasting on the freeway. It took me a while to get used to, feels a bit more like a gasoline engine now. Small trade-off, but definitely worth it.
Overall, 100% satisfied. Next up, Koni coil-overs and AWE exhaust.
I have about 1000 miles on the new tune. I was getting ~37 mpg combined before, and am seeing a bit over 36 mpg now. My driving style has definitely changed, the extra torque is just too much fun. On the freeway, I am still at about ~42 mpg.
The extra torque is spectacular. I have a co-worker with a 2012 GTI Autobahn. After driving my car with the tune, he claims the TDI is faster than a stock GTI to 60.
One thing that has also noticeably changed is engine braking. The stock tune would decelerate much more when coming to a light or coasting on the freeway. It took me a while to get used to, feels a bit more like a gasoline engine now. Small trade-off, but definitely worth it.
Overall, 100% satisfied. Next up, Koni coil-overs and AWE exhaust.
My avg went up considerably, i used to get 32/40 now i easily achieve 36/45 and can get 50+
Before if i pounded it all day i would get 24-28 that hasnt changed, but im talkin really beating on it. I did alot more to my car than an ecu tune tune though. And my tdi is way faster than a stock gti!:thumbsup: i would like to see how it stacked up against a tuned gti
Before if i pounded it all day i would get 24-28 that hasnt changed, but im talkin really beating on it. I did alot more to my car than an ecu tune tune though. And my tdi is way faster than a stock gti!:thumbsup: i would like to see how it stacked up against a tuned gti
Naoki
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I definitely drive the car a bit harder because its so fun now but I have done a few tanks where I babied it and saw an average drop of 2 MPGs. I was getting combined 40 mpgs and now I'm around 38. But in my opinion, completely worth it. :thumbsup:
2 things
1- if you dont have the dsg tuned, it actually has the ability to limit the power of the engine or effectively the dsg can momentarily "detune the ecm" whenever the tq exceeds factory spec, so this will affect mpg as well as not allow you to feel the full potential of your tune
2- you will definitely pick up those mpg's if you remove the post turbo restrictions(egr dpf trade out the stock cat for hi flo cat) also since it is tuned, if you dont have an inrake yet, that will help too but only if done in conjunction with the exhaust side upgrades.
All to often people forget to look at this stuff as "science of engineering" the manufacturer engineered this as a system, if a person wants to mod any part, really they need to look at the whole, its all complimentary.
Naoki
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Cool man thanks for the info. I have a manual so the DSG part isn't an issue. I have been looking for an intake. I just posted a new thread trying to get feedback on intakes. And I'll most likely go with the AWE exhaust and Rawtek downpipe. Thanks again. That should definitely show some notable increases in power and possibly mpg?
Sortof? I took it to my local shop so it was on a lift, and i got my hands dirty, but they did most of the work, it was really straight forward though. If you can turn a wrench you can do it. There were a couple spots that were difficult to get your hand into, but for the most part it just comes right out. I cant say what it'd be like to pull it on your back, with the car on stands? The removal/install was appx 300 in labor costs, it was worth it imo. The downpipe bolt were the most difficult part, they were tight!