APR ECU Upgrade MK6 Golf - Customer perspective

[brimway]

Who cares if you use a bit more fuel .4l/100km, I just love the APR improvement. I'll put my GREEN hat back on now

[Guy_H]

after 1 week of some hard driving and normal, I have noted that my fuel consumption is hovering in the early to mid 9s.

Given that VW quote early 10s, this is defintely an improvement. How did APR manage to simultaneously up the boost (circa 16 psi) but also improve fuel economy? I have read that APR claim this should be the case in any event, but still pretty amazing that you get the best of both worlds. What else does the stage 1 engine remap change (other than boost and fuel pressure from what I was told)

City driving figures are always the hardest to quantify, but we would normally expect to see a gain as you have.

Honestly, there are hundreds of interlocked tables that are modified - that's one advantage of using a tuner that can write / rewrite the entire ECU - where the others that can not access the full ECU get mixed results.

Glad it going well!

[kaanage]

MkVI GTi DSG - Urban: 10.2, Extra Urban: 6.1, Combined: 7.6 (see the current Golf brochure)

I guess Finance_Analyst is hooning about Toowong. But a better comparison would be vs previous mileage rather than VW's brochure.

[DNA Tuning]

I thought VW quote better than low 10's... but anyway the crucial change that tuners make is the ignition timing.

Also, allowing more boost down low can improve efficiency by reducing frictional losses in the engine; ie. using a lower rpm with more boost to generate the same power as higher rpm at lower boost.

You have to also realize that having more boost available doesn't mean you are always using boost; if you drove the car hard all day every day, every aftermarket tune will result in worse fuel economy as more boost = more air = more fuel. But during standard day to day driving, the aforementioned changes improve fuel efficiency.

[Finance_Analyst]

after 1 week of some hard driving and normal, I have noted that my fuel consumption is hovering in the early to mid 9s.

Given that VW quote early 10s, this is defintely an improvement. How did APR manage to simultaneously up the boost (circa 16 psi) but also improve fuel economy? I have read that APR claim this should be the case in any event, but still pretty amazing that you get the best of both worlds. What else does the stage 1 engine remap change (other than boost and fuel pressure from what I was told)

[Sebast]

oh yeah ...especially in summer!!!!

[Brendan_A]

Nice! Did it make a big difference?

[Sebast]

that was the very first thing I had upgraded ...

[Brendan_A]

I have the full stage 2 APR upgrade ...everything you can think of I have had put on my rocket ..and I freaking love it!!!!!

FMIC installed too?

[Sebast]

I have the full stage 2 APR upgrade ...everything you can think of I have had put on my rocket ..and I freaking love it!!!!!

[Finance_Analyst]

so i notice now with the tune that the 2nd to 3rd gear change has a much louder blip.

also, even taking off in 1st gear it just wants to go - have to feather the throttle to avoid wheel spin!

[Guy_H]

I am thinking to do stage one on my GTI, but before purchasing it i would definitely want to do a trail first. But according to the previous post, someone says it seems ECU back to a lower stage than the stock when finish the trail, is that true?

Yes, that could be true, there are five leprechauns installed that magically, slowly eat away at memory, eventually they consume the entire vehicle leaving only a small oil stain in your driveway

also can anyone recommend someone doing stage one in Sydney south west? and roughly how much it will be?

Lakemba & Mona Vale are two options for you!

APR - High Performance Development for Audi, VW and Porsche Vehicles.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

[wyeann]

I am thinking to do stage one on my GTI, but before purchasing it i would definitely want to do a trail first. But according to the previous post, someone says it seems ECU back to a lower stage than the stock when finish the trail, is that true?

also can anyone recommend someone doing stage one in Sydney south west? and roughly how much it will be?

[brimway]

so just went out tonight to really see how good the apr stage 1 was and my word, sooooo much extra torque. even at low speeds, it pulls so hard. feels so much difference to the std setting. feels like a 5 sec car now

i hope the factory internals and dsg can cope with the extra boost on tap.......

You've been threatening to do this, you won't regret it. I've had APR tune,exhaust and CAI for more than 20k now and no probs with DSG.

See you at Lakeside

[Finance_Analyst]

so just went out tonight to really see how good the apr stage 1 was and my word, sooooo much extra torque. even at low speeds, it pulls so hard. feels so much difference to the std setting. feels like a 5 sec car now

i hope the factory internals and dsg can cope with the extra boost on tap.......