APR ECU Upgrade MK6 Golf - Customer perspective

[Corey_R]

In the MKV GTI days, I never heard of a single "flash" fault. It was always something else causing the issue. A faulty diverter value. The fuel pump not being able to keep up with things, etc. It's sometimes very difficult to determine where the cause lays

[REXman]

Is it only the APR tune that resets itself? Can it be fixed.. I find it odd cause none the other tunes I have ever used have done that, Power Fc, Unichip, silverwater etc..

For $1500 flash hopefully there's a fix for this fantastic product

[Ryan_R]

I switched the program today when heading down to a computer shop to pickup another hard-drive (about a 20 min journey). On the way back, it felt like I didn't have the tune running (acceleration wasn't as punchy as usual, and you can tell by the noise it makes. A little later into the journey it sounded like it was running Stage 1 again (judging by the sound of the supercharger), but I didn't have the power that I've been accustomed to recently. This is the first time I haven't used Shell vPower in this car (could only see BP Ultimate when in Mansfield the other day), but it's still 98 RON so it shouldn't make any dif.

I'll see if I can find a pattern and email APR about it. It's a pain when the available power is unpredictable, but when it is working it is superb. If you pootling along at ~60kph (in an 80 zone), and want to overtake, engaging Sport mode and putting your foot down just rockets you past so quickly. Your passenger would no doubt spill his green slurpy drink (or whatever it is in the ad) all over him

[MkVIGTI]

Apparently logger is having trouble again with his tune? Another 118tsi user with the tune reported that he had to change the program every 4th ignition to keep the mojo. Any GTI owners experiencing this lost of mojo as well? You shouldn't need to change the program all the time just to keep the program 'alive'?

[Fab_R]

*cough* Re-read the first sentence there Fab_R

Lol...you were right the first time Corey_R re the intake...Sorry.

[RichoR2]

lol... no, I figured that, since of where you bought it....
What I meant was, this one or that one.

Your second option is the answer, being 'that one'

[Corey_R]

lol... no, I figured that, since of where you bought it....
What I meant was, this one or that one.

[RichoR2]

Carbonio. Sorry, forgot to specify.

[Corey_R]

*cough* Re-read the first sentence there Fab_R

[Fab_R]

Sounds great man. Which intake did you get?

I think RichoR2 meant the standard intake sounds better after the stage I.

[Corey_R]

Just added an APR stage one and intake this morning to my manual R. Thanks to Dean and Brett at Volkspower for great service and info, was a really enjoyable couple of hours. If they're reading this, they wont be surprised I'm on here so quickly. It took 50 metres from take off for my brain to catch up and tell my mouth to let the laugh out. I have no experience of other tuners so this is necessarily an APR plug. The docile R under 3k rpm that I drove there is gone. The upgrade has made the car a different beast in the low revs. It pulls so well my high expectations have been exceeded. And as a manual it's so much easier to drive, I can't believe how it now behaves in traffic and 50/60km zones, my life just got so much easier. Intake sounds great too. Not light and day but I can notice it. Intakes draw their fair level of banter around the forums and I'm no expert. I just know what I know from my car and for me, glad I did it. I met a great r32 driver too getting an upgrade. Took him for a post upgrade spin. Think he was happy with the experience... his back imprint is still in the passenger seat! I'm off for a drive.

Sounds great man. Which intake did you get?

[Ryan_R]

One observation I have, not sure if it's the same for others - but it would seem that every 4th time I start the car, it feels like it's running stock again. This is confirmed when I pull over to enable Program 2 again and pull away (the difference IS night and day for me). Maybe it's just the car adapting to being driven slower in traffic, which if that is the case, I'm glad I have a simple way to force it to go back to the fast and furious mode that is Stage 1.

[RichoR2]

Just added an APR stage one and intake this morning to my manual R. Thanks to Dean and Brett at Volkspower for great service and info, was a really enjoyable couple of hours. If they're reading this, they wont be surprised I'm on here so quickly. It took 50 metres from take off for my brain to catch up and tell my mouth to let the laugh out. I have no experience of other tuners so this is necessarily an APR plug. The docile R under 3k rpm that I drove there is gone. The upgrade has made the car a different beast in the low revs. It pulls so well my high expectations have been exceeded. And as a manual it's so much easier to drive, I can't believe how it now behaves in traffic and 50/60km zones, my life just got so much easier. Intake sounds great too. Not light and day but I can notice it. Intakes draw their fair level of banter around the forums and I'm no expert. I just know what I know from my car and for me, glad I did it. I met a great r32 driver too getting an upgrade. Took him for a post upgrade spin. Think he was happy with the experience... his back imprint is still in the passenger seat! I'm off for a drive.

[bcm]

CMON Rexman stop nagging out the ecu tunes, they give great results, better than a typical jap piggy back.

At least in subes and mitsus it's all flashes these days. Ecutek, verso etc. And unsurprisingly they give similar results.

For about 2.7k on an evo 9 you end up with a car that will do 12.4 second quarters. I'm really waiting with interest to see what fab's car will do. I'd be expecting similar performance. Just at a little more cost sadly.

[elisiX]

Let me add - i've had my gripes about pricing and the differences between what it costs in the states and locally - and I do think it's a bit of a rort. However that does not change the fact that the product is fantastic. If it were me selling it, i'd sell it for what the market could afford and what the market perceived its value as. That might make it difficult for all the young guys who struggle to pay for these upgrades - but its an expensive hobby to be involved in. Like it or move onto something else - collecting insects perhaps.