Mk2 Tiguan Tuning

[INASNT]

Correct, was told this by my mate that used to work at Skoda Parramatta.

Keep a spare ecu with stock tune and swap out when needed.

[tigger73]

Keep a spare ecu with stock tune and swap out when needed.

I think this is about the only option. Expensive but if you want to keep warranty on the drivetrain it's probably the only way to do it. Though if they looked hard enough they could probably tell it had been sitting out of the car as nothing would have been logged/flagged for thousands of km.

[REXman]

Yep I caved and got the wife's Tiguan flashed at German Performance Garage for $1100 during the sale...........

...........Next and hopefully last mod is to fit a larger FMIC.

And that's it, no more mods.. LOL

Just order the turbo already!


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[INASNT]

Yep I caved and got the wife's Tiguan flashed at German Performance Garage for $1100 during the sale, prior to that I installed both the Racingline Turbo Muffler Delete and Turbo Inlet.

One thing I did notice with the Tiguan is the paper thin FMIC, with the APR Stage 1 tune it's now seeing boost peak at 1.5bar and tapering down to 1.4bar (turbo compressor efficiency full hitting a brick wall hence boost drop) which does make it feel very "urgent" to move - however, with the boost comes heat soak. After a few fun squirts you can really feel the heat soak, which I assume the ECU's strategy is to trim ignition timing vs. intake air temperature.

Next and hopefully last mod is to fit a larger FMIC.

And that's it, no more mods.. LOL

I want to see a full engine rebuild pumping out atleast 700hp from you mate on the Tiguan.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Just order the turbo already!

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Nooooooooooooooooo lol... stock turbo lyfe y0!

I want to see a full engine rebuild pumping out atleast 700hp from you mate on the Tiguan.

Good way to get a divorce lol... already have a stupid R33 at home that consumes money and gets driven like once every month

[PDMJO]

PSA for anyone in Melbourne considering a tune, Volkstech have up to 25% off Revo ECU and TCU tunes

[digger]

This has been done to death but found some interesting power bump data from APR in regards to using 98 RON over 95 RON.
APR 2.0 TSI/TFSI Gen3 ECU Upgrade for the MQB Platform
Not sure if I'm reading it right but they seem to say for the stock 220 PS Model (I'm assuming this is the 162TSI) gets a 20kw and 25NM increase in power, just by using 98?
Obviously it's not using the same testing criteria but seems like a good increase if true.
VW may also be downplaying power stated.

[INASNT]

Sounds about right. Americas get 93 octane mainly

[digger]

Thanks INASNT for the reply.

So, the stock Tiguan 162TSI actually pumps out 182kw and 375nm on 98 RON and 162kw and 350nm on 95 RON?

Just interested as my 2019 Mazda CX9 gets an extra 16kw for using 98 RON. Goes from 170kw to 186kw, although there's supposedly no change in nm though.

[Darkshrimp]

Thanks INASNT for the reply.

So, the stock Tiguan 162TSI actually pumps out 182kw and 375nm on 98 RON and 162kw and 350nm on 95 RON?

Is that actually right? Seems like a huge increase change for a fuel change?

[digger]

It does seem high, although you seem to be able to get a lot from this engine with minor mods.
I just calculated the kw and nm from the APR data calibrations, in my original post.

[PDMJO]

Thanks INASNT for the reply.

So, the stock Tiguan 162TSI actually pumps out 182kw and 375nm on 98 RON and 162kw and 350nm on 95 RON?

Just interested as my 2019 Mazda CX9 gets an extra 16kw for using 98 RON. Goes from 170kw to 186kw, although there's supposedly no change in nm though.

I’d be inclined to assume with 98 the max output is 162kw, rather than 162kw being the minimum. Just going based off drivetrain loss, 182kw seems too generous.

[Ozsko]

Thanks INASNT for the reply.

So, the stock Tiguan 162TSI actually pumps out 182kw and 375nm on 98 RON and 162kw and 350nm on 95 RON?

Just interested as my 2019 Mazda CX9 gets an extra 16kw for using 98 RON. Goes from 170kw to 186kw, although there's supposedly no change in nm though.

I use both 95 & 98 and my bum dyno cannot tell the difference.

[INASNT]

Doesn't it say min 95 on the gas cap?

[tigger73]

I’d be inclined to assume with 98 the max output is 162kw, rather than 162kw being the minimum. Just going based off drivetrain loss, 182kw seems too generous.

Actually I think that 180kw on 98 is probably about right. I'm comparing this to tuned Mk1 Tiguans and what they would output on the dyno compared to a gen2 162TSI in stock form. The stock 162 Tig is only a few kwaw down on a stage 1 Mk1 Tig.

Also 0-100 times tend to confirm that to be the case also. So I really don't trust VW's brochure 162kW figure but I have confirmed the claimed stock 0-100 for the 162TSI is pretty spot on at 6.5sec. Which doesn't stack up given that the last of the gen1's with 155kW was 7.3sec. So how can you run almost a full second quicker 0-100 with only 7 more kW?

All things point to 182kw as stock output for the 162TSI Tig. My 162TSI was running at 137kwaw on the dyno and if you factor in around 25% driveline losses for the AWD and DQ500 then the numbers all line up.