Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Looks great!

Did you need to code it or just plug & pray?

[tigger73]

Looks great!

Did you need to code it or just plug & pray?

Thanks! I’m very happy with the result. And yes it was plug and play. I made sure I got a wheel with compatible buttons as I needed ACC function buttons not standard cruise control.


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[Lucas_R]

Was just looking around the (now pretty much dead) Subaru forum and found you playing with a Gen 6 Liberty a few years back: club.liberty.asn.au

[tigger73]

Was just looking around the (now pretty much dead) Subaru forum and found you playing with a Gen 6 Liberty a few years back: club.liberty.asn.au

Yes that was me. Quickly found the limitations with the gen6 Liberty. Went from the stage 2 125TSI Tig to the Gen6 Liberty, Scirocco and now 162TSI Tig.


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[Lucas_R]

Yes that was me. Quickly found the limitations with the gen6 Liberty. Went from the stage 2 125TSI Tig to the Gen6 Liberty, Scirocco and now 162TSI Tig.

Yes it was certainly a very different car for you, both in terms of brand and power-wise. My dad has a 2019 Gen 6 Subaru Outback and I clean it for him every month or so. It is unbelieveably slow (2.5i) and I despise the CVT gearbox.

He used to have a 2006 Gen 4 Outback but that one had the 3.0 flat 6 so it had some reasonable power (about 180kw) but still had a terrible auto gearbox which was always in the wrong gear, extremely lazy to kick down and just did everything in its power to ruin what was quite a good engine.

[tigger73]

Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline

Yes it was certainly a very different car for you, both in terms of brand and power-wise. My dad has a 2019 Gen 6 Subaru Outback and I clean it for him every month or so. It is unbelieveably slow (2.5i) and I despise the CVT gearbox.

He used to have a 2006 Gen 4 Outback but that one had the 3.0 flat 6 so it had some reasonable power (about 180kw) but still had a terrible auto gearbox which was always in the wrong gear, extremely lazy to kick down and just did everything in its power to ruin what was quite a good engine.

I was trying to stick to a budget and my criteria was new, AWD and under $40k.

Stock 2.5i Liberty does 0-100 in 10.0sec and after tune, headers and exhaust I had it running 7.9sec. Which is not bad to drop 2.0sec with an NA car.


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[Gladbach]

Yes it was certainly a very different car for you, both in terms of brand and power-wise. My dad has a 2019 Gen 6 Subaru Outback and I clean it for him every month or so. It is unbelieveably slow (2.5i) and I despise the CVT gearbox.

He used to have a 2006 Gen 4 Outback but that one had the 3.0 flat 6 so it had some reasonable power (about 180kw) but still had a terrible auto gearbox which was always in the wrong gear, extremely lazy to kick down and just did everything in its power to ruin what was quite a good engine.

How bad are CVT gearboxes! When I waiting for the new (at the time) Tiguan to launch I checked out the rest of the market - Cx5, Tucson, X1 and Forrester XT. I looked at the specs of the XT and was a bit optimistic, and went in knowing that it had a CVT gearbox but I was trying to keep an open mind. I took it for a drive; there's no doubt that it had a decent amount of power, but the CVT was absolutely horrible.

[tigger73]

Back to the Tig 162TSI, ordered some parts off Sparesbox with 20% off sale.... New Superpro rear sway bar and end links should arrive next week.

[Hole46]

Back to the Tig 162TSI, ordered some parts off Sparesbox with 20% off sale.... New Superpro rear sway bar and end links should arrive next week.

Which one, the 22mm or 24mm?


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[tigger73]

Which one, the 22mm or 24mm?


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24mm with end links.


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[Hole46]

24mm with end links.


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These will definitely fit our Tigs? SuperPro and Sparesbox keep saying they won’t.


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[tigger73]

These will definitely fit our Tigs? SuperPro and Sparesbox keep saying they won’t.


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I’ll report back but from all indications the Mk7 R rear sway bars are direct bolt on for the Tiguan.

The problem is they’re not listed on any of the manufacturers sites as compatible as they probably haven’t tested it. Not too many Tiguan owners would be looking to do the upgrade.


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[AxlRose]

I’ll report back but from all indications the Mk7 R rear sway bars are direct bolt on for the Tiguan.

The problem is they’re not listed on any of the manufacturers sites as compatible as they probably haven’t tested it. Not too many Tiguan owners would be looking to do the upgrade.


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Keen to see how you go with the sway bar fitment and your views on handling. I find my standard Tig's handling to be very average, even awkward especially turning through roundabouts.

[tigger73]

Keen to see how you go with the sway bar fitment and your views on handling. I find my standard Tig's handling to be very average, even awkward especially turning through roundabouts.

Mine isn’t too bad but I do have the adaptive dampers and Eibach springs which firm things up. This will hopefully reduce the body roll a bit more.

I’m not expecting miracles but it’ll hopefully tighten things up a bit.


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[AxlRose]

Mine isn’t too bad but I do have the adaptive dampers and Eibach springs which firm things up. This will hopefully reduce the body roll a bit more.

I’m not expecting miracles but it’ll hopefully tighten things up a bit.


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Are you sure you got a 24mm bar? I only found superpro 22mm solid 2 point adjustable for the rear? Stock bar is 22mm hollow I believe but the solid bar and links should make a big improvement.