Some Tuning News

[Autopia]

Hi All,

I've been trolling the net for some time now trying to find some performance bits for the R36 and I believe I may have stumbled on something.

There is a company in Melbourne called QSZ (www.qsz.com.au) and they deal with the Wetterauer range of chiptuning products. It just so happens that Wetterauer do a chip for the R36 with the following specs;

Power - up from 220kW to 231kW
Torque - up from 350Nm to 380Nm
Top Speed - up from 250kph to 270kph

The torque increase is especially appealling.

QSZ also do a range of exhausts for VW's but the R36 is not specifically mentioned. (the damn new Beetle is though ) I'll give them a call tomorrow and get some further info on the chip (price and availability) and I'll enquire about exhaust and high flow airfilter availability.

Cheers
Sean

[reverseworm]

that looks very interesting - please keep us posted with any developments

[Lance B]

By going to the Wetterauer site direct, they have many chip upgrades for just about any Passat. Wetterauer site:

http://www.wetterauer.de/

The 3.2lt V6 can be upgraded:

Power 184Kw @ 6300rpm to 195Kw @ 6300rpm

Torque 330Nm at 2,500-3000rpm to 360Nm at basically the same rpm.

Top speed from 246 to 252Kmh.

[R36 Dreamer]

Hi All,

I've been trolling the net for some time now trying to find some performance bits for the R36 and I believe I may have stumbled on something.

There is a company in Melbourne called QSZ (www.qsz.com.au) and they deal with the Wetterauer range of chiptuning products. It just so happens that Wetterauer do a chip for the R36 with the following specs;

Power - up from 220kW to 231kW
Torque - up from 350Nm to 380Nm
Top Speed - up from 250kph to 270kph

The torque increase is especially appealling.

QSZ also do a range of exhausts for VW's but the R36 is not specifically mentioned. (the damn new Beetle is though ) I'll give them a call tomorrow and get some further info on the chip (price and availability) and I'll enquire about exhaust and high flow airfilter availability.

Cheers
Sean

Not Really a massive increase though is it. I assume there will be more to come.

I believe you could also look at the Toureg 3.6L tuning equipment, as the Passat is an uprated version of that engine (from research I have done on the net).

I am pretty happy with the power delivery and Torque tbh, however understand there may be others who desire more!!

[Steve]

I'm happy with the oomph but still think it should sound a little better...

[nting]

By going to the Wetterauer site direct, they have many chip upgrades for just about any Passat. Wetterauer site:

http://www.wetterauer.de/

The 3.2lt V6 can be upgraded:

Power 184Kw @ 6300rpm to 195Kw @ 6300rpm

Torque 330Nm at 2,500-3000rpm to 360Nm at basically the same rpm.

Top speed from 246 to 252Kmh.

Just looked up the 125 TDI upgrade:

Power 125Kw @ 4200rpm to 148Kw @ 4200rpm

Torque 350Nm at 1750-2500rpm to 420Nm at same rpm.

That's performance gains of nearly 20%!!! Wonder what this does to fuel economy though... Would also like to know what the 0-100k time drops to.

Check out the power & torque curves. Sweet....

[Autopia]

Not Really a massive increase though is it. I assume there will be more to come.

I believe you could also look at the Toureg 3.6L tuning equipment, as the Passat is an uprated version of that engine (from research I have done on the net).

I am pretty happy with the power delivery and Torque tbh, however understand there may be others who desire more!!

Not massive, but for a natuarally aspirated engine the torque increase is impressive.

[jmj]

Warranty

I have a MY09 Passat due in March... does anyone know if chip upgrades affect warranty? I would assume so.

[Autopia]

It most likely does but the dealer would need to be able to detect it first. Some chip upgrades are difficult to identify in that they don't necessarily reveal themselves during a standard diagnostic service. Others do.

It depends on several things as to whether the upgrade can be "seen" by the technician. Some chip-tuning can be reversed or removed before sending the car in for service and then reinstalled afterwards.

When I get more info on this upgrade I'll let you know.

Cheers
Sean

[theplanner]

But I wonder how the chips get affected whenever the softwares are updated?

[olcoop]

Interesting to note that from the before and after torque curve, at 2000rpm the original curve suggests about 290Nm but the after suggests about 335Nm. I reckon that would be quite a noticable difference! And then, it is still producing the previous maximum torque of 350Nm at about 6400rpm where as the original program drops below that at 5300rpm! Again, I reckon that would be very noticable.

[jmj]

It most likely does but the dealer would need to be able to detect it first. Some chip upgrades are difficult to identify in that they don't necessarily reveal themselves during a standard diagnostic service. Others do.

It depends on several things as to whether the upgrade can be "seen" by the technician. Some chip-tuning can be reversed or removed before sending the car in for service and then reinstalled afterwards.

When I get more info on this upgrade I'll let you know.

Cheers
Sean

Thanks Autopia... that would be great.

[Autopia]

Hi all,

Still no response from QSZ re price and availability on the chip, exhaust and high flow air filter. He needs to get answers from Germany so it may take a little more time.

Cheers
Sean

[Autopia]

I've still had no feedback from Simon at QSZ so I went to Evolve-Technik this morning in Box Hill North. Spoke at length with Neil and he's going to check with his contacts in Germany to see what software and exhaust upgrades are available for the R36.
They aren't Wett dealers so it'll interesting to see what he comes back with. All their upgrades are fully dyno tested in Germany to evaluate their effectiveness and they do a before and after dyno run at the workshop so that you can see the improvements for yourself. If you're not happy with the new program then you don't need to take it.

I'll keep you all posted.

Cheers
Sean

[macdaddy]

Do we know the price of the chip??