Anyone had Stage 1 APR Chip done on MKV?

[livingthedream]

Just wondering if anyone has had or used the APR chip with their MKV GTi or Jetta 2.0T? The stage I, is all im looking at

Am seriously considering and was looking for some feedback.

Cheers guys

[shaneth]

Hey mate, i think if you do a search in the mk5 section you will find all the answers you are looking for. But from what ive read its brilliant.

[Shteifen]

before doing something like that you might wanna think about the stresses that are gonna be put on the engine and its parts from making the extra power. specifically the turbo.

i THINK stock they run around 10 pounds and run quite lean from what i understand.

it runs a k03(or k04 i cant remember) turbo only slightly different from the mk4 gti's which, once again, from what i understand, cant make much more than 11 pounds without really stressin the charger.

so you might wanna ask APR how they make the extra power, whether its by making more boost or just changing the timing and fuel delivery or whatever. cos if its makin more boost your turbo is gonna be spinnin its nuts off and might not last long. i dunno. just ask them more about it. find out as much as you can before doing it.

that being said. I"D DO IT!

-steve

[7164]

DO IT!!! Its well worth it.

[gtimk5]

There seems to be no minuses to flashing your ecu. Fuel consumption will be further improved with your normal driving and power goes up heaps.
Check out goapr.com.au for the specs...
Oh, and dont worry, there is very little extra stress added to the turbo ect.........
Andrew

[DubSteve]

before doing something like that you might wanna think about the stresses that are gonna be put on the engine and its parts from making the extra power. specifically the turbo.

i THINK stock they run around 10 pounds and run quite lean from what i understand.

it runs a k03(or k04 i cant remember) turbo only slightly different from the mk4 gti's which, once again, from what i understand, cant make much more than 11 pounds without really stressin the charger.

so you might wanna ask APR how they make the extra power, whether its by making more boost or just changing the timing and fuel delivery or whatever. cos if its makin more boost your turbo is gonna be spinnin its nuts off and might not last long. i dunno. just ask them more about it. find out as much as you can before doing it.

that being said. I"D DO IT!

-steve

Ignore all of what has just been said in this post besides the bold part

[SoVeReIgN]

before doing something like that you might wanna think about the stresses that are gonna be put on the engine and its parts from making the extra power. specifically the turbo.

i THINK stock they run around 10 pounds and run quite lean from what i understand.

it runs a k03(or k04 i cant remember) turbo only slightly different from the mk4 gti's which, once again, from what i understand, cant make much more than 11 pounds without really stressin the charger.

so you might wanna ask APR how they make the extra power, whether its by making more boost or just changing the timing and fuel delivery or whatever. cos if its makin more boost your turbo is gonna be spinnin its nuts off and might not last long. i dunno. just ask them more about it. find out as much as you can before doing it.

that being said. I"D DO IT!

-steve

Where did you pull that arbitrary 11pounds figure from?

I've read documentation from Borg Warner themselves saying it can push much more than 11pounds!

[livingthedream]

Thanks Guys,

I actually asked APR before i posted on there thoughts. My main concern was can it handle it with no other upgrades and i got the following

<Q>
The car is more than capable of handling the stage1 upgrade. We have a good number of customers who have gone further without upgrading other components - one of them is running the S3 turbo kit, rated at 239kw.

Please feel free to visit our office in East Brisbane, our 285kw Golf GTI is fitted with some parts that you may find interesting. We are also able to offer the stage1 as a free trial.

Please let me know if I can be any more help.
<UQ>

Hence thought i would then get some feedback from users.

[livingthedream]

And it does or doesnt kill my warranty? if i go stage 1 APR?

[DaveMack]

i cant remember where i got the 11 pounds figure from. i think it was a guy at work who said it was a crap turbo.

not keeping that in mind, this months edition of Performance VW has a whole thing about upgrading this engine. they say some sort of flash is the best idea ever. can easily get upto around 300 hp without upgrading much if anything else.

that other crap i posted was just thoughts. made sense at the time.

my mate called Volkspower about the APR stage 1 flash. they said its about 1800 bucks for 188kw. not bad.
or like 100 bucks (i think) for an 8hr trial. as in they flash it and 8hrs later it will reset by itself to factory settings.

-steve

Sorry Steve ... once again ... you have no idea what you're talking about ... the trial is FREE!!!

Piece of advice ... do some real research before posting ... not "some mate at work said ...." Doesn't cut it here.

No, it doesn't 'kill your warranty', in fact ... some VW dealerships have openly recommended one (or more) of the chip software companies. The only way your warranty could be affected would be if VW could prove that chipping it has had a detrimental effect on the engine ... and it doesn't.

Dave

[livingthedream]

Dave,

Could you advise if my warranty is affected if i go a stage 1? I note you have a few APR goodies

[Shteifen]

ok well im pretty sure where i work wont grant warranty for a flashed ecu, because two or three have been wrecked because basic settings were done on them without that dealership knowing it was flashed. its up to the dealership really. doesnt mean the warranty on the whole car is stuffed, just if the ecu stuffs up, im pretty sure where i work wont.

well my mate called up Volkspower about this flash about mid last year so maybe they've made it free now, but when he called it did cost money for the trial. its good that its free now though

i have done research btw. thats why i said "i THINK" and "from what i understand". it was a suggestion to do alot of research about it rather than spending all that money and risking stuff going wrong without knowing what he's gettin into, thats all.

-steve

[DaveMack]

LTD,

I've had warranty work performed on my car and I have an 'APR Tuned' badge on the back ... what does that tell you? Nothing has been said by the dealer and it's blatantly obvious that my car is chipped (I leave it in 'Valet' mode when they service it ... that way, no young hoon of an apprentice can take it out for a "road test").

Dave

[livingthedream]

LTD,

I've had warranty work performed on my car and I have an 'APR Tuned' badge on the back ... what does that tell you? Nothing has been said by the dealer and it's blatantly obvious that my car is chipped (I leave it in 'Valet' mode when they service it ... that way, no young hoon of an apprentice can take it out for a "road test").

Dave

Thanks Dave,

Went out and saw the boys yesterday at HP/APR. They said they have no issues with warranty with QLD dealers and alot of the dealers send customers to them. Even said they get some cars pre-delivery from VW.

Will line this up in the next month or so.

Thanks for assistance

[John Deere]

Sorry to dig up an older thread, it looks like warranty is not much of a concern, but what about insurance? Is there any company out there that will still give reasonably priced insurance?