Performance upgrades for the 118TSi engine without effecting warranty

[jamesatfish]

What year is yours? My son in law has 2011 Golf6 118TSI and there is an Autologic performance tune for it. It could be worthwhile to you to find the independent VW mechanic in your area who has the Autologic diagnostics, I find their tunes as very good. They're only stage1 though, but very refined.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/...tml#post980311

Mine's a June 2013 build - apparently the newer ECU has much stronger encryption than the previous versions so hasn't been cracked yet. I believe the latest Polo GTI suffers the same issue.

I will check Automotive though incase they've figured it out- thanks!

[Guy_H]

Yep, APR are still working on the new ECU's for the second generation twinchargers (MY 12.5 >) 2008 > 2012 are very easy to program.

[ohhbugger]

I got an email back from the ABT outlet in nsw. They are doing a piggyback plugin ecu for the 2013 *Beetle 1.4 TSI 118 kW (160 HP), 240 Nm to ABT 154 kW (210 HP), 290 Nm*-*$ 2,590.00 incl. GST

Not sure if its any good or not. Also can the oem still detect if there has been a pighyback computer installed ? Will the factory computer sense its there and log the warranty denied code ?

[ohhbugger]

Im really liking ABT's 20 inch wheels but they are bloody expensive !! $6500 for rims and tires

[team_v]

Im really liking ABT's 20 inch wheels but they are bloody expensive !! $6500 for rims and tires

Anything ABT is expensive, it is a premium upgrade service