I ended up just getting a used, later year long block, didn't rebuild. I don't own the car anymore but I know it's been going strong for 3-4 years on the APR stage 2 tune since then.
The engine...
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I ended up just getting a used, later year long block, didn't rebuild. I don't own the car anymore but I know it's been going strong for 3-4 years on the APR stage 2 tune since then.
The engine...
Not sure mate, sorry. You may have better luck asking around the European Scirocco forums and Seat Cupra forums. There were way more twinchargers over there.
Guy with the username Blower would be...
That's interesting, what phone, cable and app do you use for that?
If you haven't seen it already, there's a guy called Blower here and elsewhere who who's looked at the APR maps for this engine in a lot of detail, especially around misfires and limp modes.
He...
No, Ever since I had the stage 1 tune I've run the BKR7EIX. I am having some curious issues with soft boost limp limiting me to 15 PSI. If I set the map to 98 mode and turn the ignition off it...
I did the swap into an ebay case. Be careful with the transponder thing or whatever it's called. It's about the size of a grain of rice. I used bluetac to stick it in the new key fob in case i had to...
Man, that's nothing. My old turbo was 4-5mm+ play after 130,000km. Most new ones seem to have about 1mm in-out and 0.5-1mm lateral play. The current turbo was used when i installed it. Still goes...
Yeah, stage 2 really dumps fuel into the cylinders at high revs. That's a common experience with stage 2 maps across VAG cars too.
I'm surprised you managed 7-9 around town. That actually seems...
Do you mean BKR8EIX or BKR7EIX?
- Short trips around the hood (<5km) (enthusiastic driving) I get 12-14.
- Longer trips with good traffic flow (also giving it some curry between 3-5,000RPM) I...
Hey thanks man! That's great info. I'm running that stage 2 map with the Bosch OEM equivalent and BKR7EIX. No complaints. I'm keen to see the difference with BKR8EIX. According to the Greeks, the...
Yes, you'd do well to go back to your tuner and have them do their best to get the ECU returned to stock (for the purposes of the engine repair goodwill) as far as is possible. Should only cost you...
If you don't have one already, a mechanical limited slip diff will help driveability a lot in the dry for FWD cars running over 170kW. Much better than the ESP bulls#^t the golf has. In the wet you...
If you like keeping your money you'd be better off finding a good independent mechanic. Dealership service is always more expensive.
The steering wheel is different in your car to the Mk 6 Golf style most people seem to have dealt with. I'm not 100% sure but if RNS 510 works then the RCD 330 should give you:
- Volume up and down...
Sounds reasonable but I don't buy that justification, at least not globally. We're a small market with an overwhelming preference for autos. It's logical that they try and up-sell the minority to...
If it's been rebuilt by VW then it should have stronger pistons (post 2012 pistons). You'd think that would be the case but it may not be. If that is the case then it is much less likely to have a...
Nice work! I'd be taking anything a car salesman says with a large grain of salt. The demand for manual versions of the GTI in much bigger markets like EU, Asia and the US still represents a...
Does your Tiguan have the 8 button (MkV golf style) or 10 button (Mk6 style) steering wheel? The 10 button wheels should give you functioning volume and track skip buttons without any extra changes.
I went from the genuine Bosch RCD510 to the Desai RCD330 CarPlay in my Mk6 Golf. My sound quality was marginally better with the RCD330 if anything. It has a richer top end and i can still push the...
You're most welcome, Neal. Hope you get a whole lot of good times and experience if you decide to go ahead with it. Also, when you do get stuck into the project, make sure you take photos of...
The guy in Singapore didn't end up getting back to me in the end. Given the marginal difference even the super high end Japanese coils have been shown to make I don't think i'd be willing to part...
Tigger basically running a public service here turning Tiguans into epic rides and releasing them into the wild! Another Tiguan on the cards for you?
Can't help you with the rear camera questions, sorry. Haven't gotten to that yet. I know there were problems with people trying to hook up the RCD330 to the stock camera. The sellers on AliExpress do...
I posted a Mk6 golf electrical manual in the manuals and guidebooks section a while back. Maybe see if you can track the circuit using that. Also note that a one off problem like a short somewhere...
I’ve got an APR Stage 2 118 TSI golf. After getting the turbo back exhaust and stage 2 file my fuel use increased around town to about 11-14 but that’s more and issue of me really working the...