Passat R36 Tuned

[rays5150]

About a week ago i had my Passat R36 tuned. I can say that i can feel a difference in the way the car drives. The biggest improvent i can feel is when the car is in drive, there is a better more responsive feel on take off. In the past i would use sports or manual mode. I can drive to work now without having to take the car out of drive.

As for economy i have noticed a bit of improvement, but i will need to drive the car a little longer to get a better idea. My pre tune average was 15.3, current reading is 13.9.

I can not provide any precise figures but the tuning site has a performance improvement calculator showing torque and power increase. (Power Increase: 24 bhp, Torque Increase: 38 Nm)

The tune was performed by Australian Performance Tuning.

Thanks to the friendly team who answered all my questions and for providing a good product at an attractive price.

[Adnan]

Whats the price on the tune and where are these guys located or even phone number?

[rays5150]

I have sent you a PM on price.

The contact details can be found on the website Australian Performance Tuning »

[Lance B]

I'd like to know the cost as well, please.

[rays5150]

If i did a dyno run on the car do i need a 2W or 4W?

[Tuning Dynamics]

If i did a dyno run on the car do i need a 2W or 4W?

Pull the haldex fuse and run in FWD

[szikou]

If you could PM the price also that would be much appreciated.

[adrock]

So what's the verdict now you have had it for a while? Would you consider it to be a worthwhile exercise?

[rays5150]

The R36 is pretty highly tuned for a na vehicle, but I did find that the tune did improver stand still acceleration and sharpen up the throttle response when in drive. Feels like there is a little more torque coming through earlier. And I think that when in manual sports mode I could feel a little more torque steer coming out of corners, than there was pre tune so that's a good sign for the power being increased.

As for fuel economy pretty much unchanged. This tank of fuel my average is 13.7 with 30% freeway 70% city. They did mention to me that there is eco optimization in the tune so when your not pushing it it seems to be a bit more fuel efficient.

I was averaging 15.3 pre tune but I find the tune has made me drive a little less aggressive at times.

[Linz]

Hi guys,
Had my R36 wagon tuned by Australian Performance Tuning and "wow" what a difference. I had the top end tune which is more performance with about 10% more fuel saving. I've now got 267kw and 430 Nm according to Roger from APT.
Thanks Roger.

[APTUNING]

Thanks Linz and rays5150, they are already great cars we just tweak them a little. As with most of the VW range they come up very nicely. Happy motoring

[Adnan]

That is big power gains. Most tuning com are around the 15kw and 38nm for the R36.
From your figures 47 kw gain and a 80Nm is huge. Are these numbers correct?

[2muchcoffeeman]

Hmm...Anyone who can get 20+% out of a NA engine which is already pretty highly tuned either has a really "special" dyno or very mild superpowers. My BS detector has just gone off.

[APTUNING]

These are the numbers I gave LINZ but will double check as our numbers tend to be more conservative than most. Out doing a job now will revert later. Cheers

[R34]

Wow
I need to try harder as I average 9.5 tuned