Covelight
Go Kart Newbie
Hello. I'm looking into tuning my Mk6 GTI and am stuck between United Motorsport and GIAC. I'd include APR, but the highest they now offer for the stock IHI/K03 turbo is a Stage 1+ tune. I've already got a full turboback exhaust so I'm not inclined to source an APR downpipe just to go Stage 2 with them. UM has a K03 ECU/TCU combo for $900, while GIAC's Stage 2 is $1100 (I intend to go to a shop that offers all three of these tuners). I've heard of UM's success in making one of the more powerful tunes for the Mk6 R's and one user (a GTI I believe) claiming that they beat all other Stage 2 tunes they've come up against via UM's K03 tune, and I also know of GIAC's 1/4 mile times posted here on this thread as well as their "Clutchbuster" tune, but that $200 price difference has me undecided on whom to choose. Has anyone had experience with both, and what would you recommend?