Mk2 Tiguan Tuning

[Melbourne_Tiggy]

Someone's not wasting any time! Who's is it?

EDIT: 80kms on odo!

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I found this video of an APR Stage 1 Tig vs Revo Stage 1 Tig, they don’t seem to be using launch control. Looks like the APR tuning is more aggressive down low.

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[tigger73]

I’ll post this here too. Stock run on the dyno last weekend:



I was actually quite surprised as my 155TSI Tig on the same dyno made 120kwaw stock and 144kwaw stage 1.


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[iDiesel]

Someone's not wasting any time! Who's is it?

EDIT: 80kms on odo!

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Anyone recommend these guys?
Looks like they do Revo only, not APR flash

[tigger73]

Anyone recommend these guys?
Looks like they do Revo only, not APR flash

Revo is s reputable brand. Been around for a fair while. Only thing you want to check out is what hardware options they support (stage 2, turbo upgrades, etc). You want to choose a tuner with the end game in mind.

Make sure whoever you start with can work with you along the journey. Don’t want to have to change tuners mid-way through as you’ll likely have to pay twice.


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[Wolfsburger]

MY 18/19 Tiguan performance upgrades.

Hey anyone modified their 162’s at all?
I recently got a Stage 1 Flash tune (APR) on my 2018 Wolfsburg Tiguan. Bloody impressive, cost effective power gain. I got it done for $1000 on one of their discount days, never used APR before but after a lot of research decided to go with them. After I drove out and gave it a boot full I had to go back and thank them, it has transformed the car into a very surprising sleeper. Anyone else done a tune? If so how have you found it?

[Melbourne_Tiggy]

Hey anyone modified their 162’s at all?
I recently got a Stage 1 Flash tune (APR) on my 2018 Wolfsburg Tiguan. Bloody impressive, cost effective power gain. I got it done for $1000 on one of their discount days, never used APR before but after a lot of research decided to go with them. After I drove out and gave it a boot full I had to go back and thank them, it has transformed the car into a very surprising sleeper. Anyone else done a tune? If so how have you found it?

Hi mate

I started with the stage 1 APR tune and then got the mod bug to do more, stage 1 is great bang for bucks! There are a few threads on the tuning topic, probably worth while to search for “tuning,” I have also created an IS38 and big turbo thread which is probably worth a skim read. There are around 5 of us who have done an IS38/ Golf R turbo swap on our Tigs in Aus, in my opinion it gives phenomenal power increase with literally no daily driving sacrifice interms of having a broad power band.

[Cal16v]

Interested to see Stage 1 apr vs revo dyno results. Revo claim 245kw at the fly which is very impressive! Had a chat with hills euro who are great btw and they have done a few already

[Wolfsburger]

Thanks Tiggy, appreciate the feedback. It’s been a while since I dabbled in cars worthy of tune, I can’t believe how far it’s come especially in the last few years. I will definitely be looking at stage two in the near future, the guys at APR definitely back up what you say in regards to the turbo upgrade slash stage 3. What sort of 0-100 times is your Tig at, and have you run it over the quarter?

[Wolfsburger]

That’s around the same increase that APR quote Cal, it’s pretty hard to argue based on the performance increase. 👍

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

That’s around the same increase that APR quote Cal, it’s pretty hard to argue based on the performance increase. 👍

If you guys are keen, I have access to a 4WD mainline dyno I'm able to hire after hours. It's located in Wetherill Park.

Would be good to translate engine kW claimed by these shops to real wheel kW output. And yes I'll setup derived torque too, so no sky high roller torque numbers 😉

[INASNT]

If you guys are keen, I have access to a 4WD mainline dyno I'm able to hire after hours. It's located in Wetherill Park.

Would be good to translate engine kW claimed by these shops to real wheel kW output. And yes I'll setup derived torque too, so no sky high roller torque numbers ��

Would have been good if you were in Victoria... Would like to see my stage 2 vs APR / Revo Stage 1 /2 vs IS38 RWKW on the same dyno with the same settings on the same day with the same atmpospheric conditions...

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Would have been good if you were in Victoria... Would like to see my stage 2 vs APR / Revo Stage 1 /2 vs IS38 RWKW on the same dyno with the same settings on the same day with the same atmpospheric conditions...

Do you have the option to switch maps? (I clearly don't know muc about Revo/APR stuff as I come from a world of standalones)

I reckon have a chat to Trent at Chequered Tuning (he is Dandenong South, VIC) and see if he is keen to pop your car and do several pulls on his Dynapacks (they're hub dyno units, with SAE correction would be pretty accurate).

Tell him someone from the Skylines Australia group recommended.


I'm curious if I can buy my own Revo License and tune it myself, not a fan of these "Stages". I want access to all the tables to do what I want to do, and disable any sensors as I wish.

[tigger73]

Would be good to translate engine kW claimed by these shops to real wheel kW output. And yes I'll setup derived torque too, so no sky high roller torque numbers 😉

Exactly there's a number of tuners with claimed engine figures. I understand why they do it but there's no way to easily verify their claims (and I'm sure they haven't tested on an engine dyno either).

As far as torque figures go I'm happy with real torque off the dyno as it takes out a lot of the variables with tyre size, inflation, etc, etc.

The engine kW and torque numbers are just calculated values. I prefer the @wheels numbers but each to their own

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Definitely each to their own, however if you're getting wheel kW why not get wheell torque right (it's literally just a calculated value from the engine RPM - if you're able to attain it from the OBD or an inductive pickup)?

I might contact Revo one day, lately been caught up learning about MHD and Tuner Pro (planning to get into BMW tuning and move away from tuning Nissans, Toyotas, etc.. owners are often tight arses and 90% of the time bring half baked cars to me to tune and often we just burn dyno time/money).

[INASNT]

Do you have the option to switch maps? (I clearly don't know muc about Revo/APR stuff as I come from a world of standalones)

I reckon have a chat to Trent at Chequered Tuning (he is Dandenong South, VIC) and see if he is keen to pop your car and do several pulls on his Dynapacks (they're hub dyno units, with SAE correction would be pretty accurate).

Tell him someone from the Skylines Australia group recommended.


I'm curious if I can buy my own Revo License and tune it myself, not a fan of these "Stages". I want access to all the tables to do what I want to do, and disable any sensors as I wish.

Have already had my car on a dyno when tuned to stage 2 and makes 181.2kw@4 wheels. To compare all the tunes on a level playing gound it would be good to get all the different tunes / combos tested on the same dyno. Mine was not a generic tune.

I know plenty of shops with dynos we could use, but they wont do it for free.

If you get the tuning software required you could access everything yourself and custom tune.