Bluefin has arrived

[mrx]

Just to clarify, is it the facelift RS saying it needs 95, I thought I was going mental and checked inside the fuel door, and it clearly says 98 (with 95 in brackets if you have to). Not sure where the 95 min keeps springing from.

Inside the fuel flap of my wife's RS it just says 95min, no mention of 98 at all (built Feb 0. By contrast my GTI (built Feb 07) says 98 with 95 in brackets. Not that I've ever put 95 in either of them.

Can anyone see reason why ecu can't be reflashed straight away? ie without running in?
thanks Gt

That's what I did, and 18 months later it hasn't missed a beat.

[woofy]

Weird, mine definitely says 98 and when I was researching them in the early days Briskoda said 98, wonder why we have some that are different and are their different tunes?

[spellbound]

My rs build date march 2008 , says 98/95 , have run it on 95 on the odd occasion when prices were in the heavens , no effect , slight less power thats all .

[Graybags]

Back on topic. Bluefin doesnt work on windows 7 64 bit.
Plug in to car to load factory ecu map is super simple.
Couldnt get it to upload on w7 pc.
Lucky we have a laptop running xp. Left it uploading to superchips while I took the dog for a walk and email advising ready to download when I got back. not bad time wise. Just need to load it back on the car in the morning then go for a run up to Lake Mountain to run it in
Had one too many cold ones tonight.

[K1W1]

Just need to load it back on the car in the morning then go for a run up to Lake Mountain to run it in

You are a week late. I was up that way shooting bikes last Sunday.





BTW: I did 8 minutes from Gerratys back to the main road junction at midnight on 31 January (last full moon) so there is a target from you to see if a vRS is faster than a bike.

[Graybags]

Great shots, are any of them you? I took it easy because as we have both discovered it rains when you go for a drive in a new car. Also had the poor dog rolling around in the back.

[Jmac]

Great shots of the bikes, im an ex Gixxer rider now have a mecano right wrist hehehe. Still looking at getting a gs 1000 bmw.love em.
Anyway good news Skoda guys in qld we have 2 Superchips and Bluefin outlets VAG garage southport and QLD south coast and Alba European ( me) catering for Brisbane and qld north
Any questions pm either VAGMAN or JMAC for info, we will be happy to help
Cheers
Jmac

[K1W1]

Great shots, are any of them you?

I stay behind the camera.

[bobski]

Going to resurrect this one...

Thinking about getting a bluefin.

Can anyone with a TSI vRS comment on fuel consumption after bluefin?

[brad]

Going to resurrect this one...

Thinking about getting a bluefin.

Can anyone with a TSI vRS comment on fuel consumption after bluefin?

+0.5L/100km on my 1.8. Worth it for the torque alone. Bigger fuel consumption hit with heavier wheels/tyres

Best deal is JKM Motorsports/Performance (whatever they are called)

[bobski]

+0.5L/100km on my 1.8. Worth it for the torque alone. Bigger fuel consumption hit with heavier wheels/tyres

Best deal is JKM Motorsports/Performance (whatever they are called)

Thanks Brad

Has anyone got a bluefin on a post April 2010 VRS? There's a warning on the website about newer skoda's having encryption that stops the new program being loaded.

[Graybags]

We get into the high 6l/100km on the trip back from Bendigo, not sure what it was before the reflash. I found Superchips very helpful via e-mail.

[Ocy_RS_TDi_Kombi]

I've got a vRS TDi DSG running Bluefin and around town the fuel economy is about the same prior to putting the Bluefin on - average 6.8 to 7l/100km. Haven't had a chance to take it for a highway run and compare but guessing it'll be similar 5.5 to 6l/100km.

Performance is great with the Bluefin though, the midrange grunt is huge. Didn't have a problem with the software loading.

Cheers

[GTR27]

Thanks Brad

Has anyone got a bluefin on a post April 2010 VRS? There's a warning on the website about newer skoda's having encryption that stops the new program being loaded.

I'd be interested to know also as i have a jun10 build, complied oct 10 RS TSI with 1300 odd k's on it now, and will look at bluefin soon. Dont want to buy it then find my ECU is a locked one

[brad]

Drop Superchips/Bluefin an email. I found them very good to deal with. They don't care who you buy the product from, as long as you buy it.

If there is still some uncertainty, then local purchase might be better as they will take it back if it doesn't work.

There's another handheld that my mate bought for his SAAB. BSR - Car tuning, Chip tuning, Diesel performance, Ethanol conversion kit worth looking at.