Tuning Thread - Bits and Bobs

[Tornado8]

GrahamFR  how much was the kit? and let us know what difference it makes

[GrahamFR]

It was a steal mate, supposedly retails at £600 but not out here yet so time will tell if that's a bit of bs but got it for £250 on the day! I took it off him before I even worked out what "roll control" was lol. Hopefully it's an easy job to fit so I'm not stung with labour too much and of course full review when it's on.

[Exonian]

It certainly looks well made.

Very likely a very worthwhile mod considering the torque you're putting through the drivetrain. It'll be interesting to hear your thoughts on it and we'll all keep our fingers crossed that it's not too bad a job to fit!! 

[GrahamFR]

So good news and bad news. Good news is, we are now roll controlled. Bad news is, still standard map that won't get sorted till next weekend now. Anyhow, I think the real test will be after we're back at full power but so far results are good. Extra vibration is minimal, however noise is increased, you can really hear the running gear and stuff which at first I wasn't too sure about but it's really grown on me over the last few hours and I'm glad exists. I can see it being more of a seat cupra.net thing than here but I'm very happy with it.

In terms of speed, I actually feel faster even without a map. There is no longer any engine rocking under acceleration and deceleration. It's hard to describe but it's like everything feels more solid, you put your foot down and off you go without any hesitation or movement in any direction but forwards.

We shall see how it holds up under stage 2 next week!

[wigit]

Hope this Superpro offering is better than the rest of their mqb stuff, their lower arms are meant to be dire

[GrahamFR]

Well it certainly looks the part. And their vibration promise is spot on I'm really surprised tbh, just wish I had the power to give them a real work out

[GrahamFR]

http://www.pistonheads.com/road-tests/road-tests/vw-golf-r-revo-technik-driven/33029

seems revo may beat apr to a stage 3...

[Tornado8]

Well it certainly looks the part. And their vibration promise is spot on I'm really surprised tbh, just wish I had the power to give them a real work out

Have you had your stage 2 put back on yet and what difference is there

[GrahamFR]

Well it certainly looks the part. And their vibration promise is spot on I'm really surprised tbh, just wish I had the power to give them a real work out

Have you had your stage 2 put back on yet and what difference is there

Devastatingly no basically the updated vw software has well messed up my ecu (or fixed it depending on your perspective) car needs to go back in for a few days to be retuned so hoping to get that sorted next week!

[GrahamFR]

and here was me thinking APR were concentrating on a proper stage 3 set up

http://www.goapr.com/products/turbo_20t_g3_is38_mqb.html