Tuning for VW 147TSI (2011+ Jetta)

[davodinkum]

Hi all,

I've been doing a bit of research as i'm interested in a tune for my 2012 VW Jetta 147tsi. I was wondering if anyone knew what tunes were available to me.

I'm aware APR have one and i'm currently dealing with John from Tigersoft (great bloke!) to see if there's a compatible superchips - bluefin option.

Are there any others anyone can suggest that maybe suitable for my vehicle?

Thanks in advance

[Lucas_R]

Your in Melbourne so you have every option at your disposal. You have already mentioned APR and Bluefin, so here are a few others:

GIAC (see Tim at DubAddiction) Dub Ad·dic·tion [duhb uh-dik-shuhn]
Revo (see AudVolks) Revo Technik - Australia
DNA Tuning (speak to John at DNA) http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/...ial-60501.html although i dont think the SRS hand controller will work on your Jetta. I believe it will need to be bench tuned (removal of ECU).

[davodinkum]

Hey Lucas,

After reading some of your threads the other day (very good read as well), I contacted John at DNA tuning. He's sending me the SRS controller to see if my ecu is encrypted. I hope not!!!

Thanks for the reply mate

[Lucas_R]

The SRS is very handy so it will be great if it will be able to work with your ECU, although you will have to try to find out. It seems that some of the ECUs in the current 2.0TSI engines can be flashed via OBD and others cant. Otherwise, he can remove your ECU and bench flash it (we did this with my brothers Skoda TDi because it had an encrypted ECU - takes 5 mins to remove the ECU).

Cant recommend DNA enough, my car (Golf R), my friends car (Golf GTI) and my brothers car (Skoda Octavia TDi) are all tuned with DNA.

[davodinkum]

thanks lucas. that's great information!

john at DNA has been extremely helpful so far and definately knows his stuff. I'm looking forward to working with him more to sort out a tune for my car

[dArK5HaD0w]

wat engine does the 2012 jetta 147 have?

i'm presuming the ea888 tsi one?

[Lucas_R]

wat engine does the 2012 jetta 147 have?

i'm presuming the ea888 tsi one?

Yep EA888 - same engine as your Octy vRS.

Should be this one: (pic is of an Aus spec 2012 Jetta 147)

[davodinkum]

wat engine does the 2012 jetta 147 have?

i'm presuming the ea888 tsi one?

Not sure to be completely honest. Where would I be able to find that? I do know the engine code is CCZA though

[Lucas_R]

Not sure to be completely honest. Where would I be able to find that? I do know the engine code is CCZA though

See above ^

[davodinkum]

Yep EA888 - same engine as your Octy vRS.

Should be this one: (pic is of an Aus spec 2012 Jetta 147)

yep, that's it!

[Lucas_R]

yep, that's it!

The ECU (Bosch MED17) in your car is what could possibly cause a bit of a hurdle with tuning. Some of them seem to be able to communicate to the hand held controllers (like the ones DNA, Viezu and Bluefin offer) while others do not. I know of several Skoda Octavia vRS's and Mk6 GTI's (same engine and ECU as your Jetta) have used the hand held controllers without a problem, while others have had issues. Seems like its the luck of the draw.

I used to have a Bluefin hand controller and sold it about a year ago to a guy on here with an Octavia vRS and it worked fine on his car. His car was almost brand new at that time so it would have been a similar age to your car.

[davodinkum]

The ECU (Bosch MED17) in your car is what could possibly cause a bit of a hurdle with tuning. Some of them seem to be able to communicate to the hand held controllers (like the ones DNA, Viezu and Bluefin offer) while others do not. I know of several Skoda Octavia vRS's and Mk6 GTI's (same engine and ECU as your Jetta) have used the hand held controllers without a problem, while others have had issues. Seems like its the luck of the draw.

I used to have a Bluefin hand controller and sold it about a year ago to a guy on here with an Octavia vRS and it worked fine on his car. His car was almost brand new at that time so it would have been a similar age to your car.

bluefin came back to me today and said 'it probably wont work' with my car. they're not 100% but i'm not going to take that risk. I'm glad John from DNA is sending me the SRS controller to check my ECU before commiting to buying. He's been fantastic to deal with.

my jetta is a 2011 (MY12) model so fingers crossed all goes well!

[dArK5HaD0w]

mine was flashed via the obd port when i had the apr tune done.
no problems getting it flashed.

[davodinkum]

mine was flashed via the obd port when i had the apr tune done.
no problems getting it flashed.

APR have my car listed in their compatibility so it must be their software.

When you first got your car tuned, was there a big wow with the performance on your first drive?

[dArK5HaD0w]

When you first got your car tuned, was there a big wow with the performance on your first drive?

oooh yeah, specially in the mid-range.
normal driving there is not much difference. but punch it, and u'll feel the wowness!!

we have the same engine - so quoted power figures after the apr tune jump to 188kW 402nm.
i don't what that equates too at the wheels.