Cobb - Tuner can be anywhere in the world.
Tuner - EQT. Buy the AP from them, bundle the OTS Stg1 for $75. Still in cheaper than APR, better(subjective), and can flash it yourself at home. You don't need a protune at Stage 1.
For the life of me I cannot remember why I used Unitronic instead of Accessport when I got started.
Did I not know AP's existed? Were their no good OTS tunes at the time?
I feel like I would have researched this subject and figured out that an AP is the way for DIY types.
Why did I spend $800 on Uni tunes + cable? I can't even resell them.
RPCs Xona kits with E-IWG looks pretty nice to, hope they have figured out the actuator movement which is the biggest reason to stay away from full frame turbos.
For the life of me I cannot remember why I used Unitronic instead of Accessport when I got started.
Did I not know AP's existed? Were their no good OTS tunes at the time?
I feel like I would have researched this subject and figured out that an AP is the way for DIY types.
Why did I spend $800 on Uni tunes + cable? I can't even resell them.
I can’t recall exactly but I think the end of 2018 Ed began to offer tunes for the MK7. At least, that’s around the time he was banned until he became a sponsor.
Well high torque tune on stock dsg tune can reak havoc on the clutch packs. Maybe they were just saying if you want to go high torque tune you need the TCU tune as well which I actually would agree on.
Today I spoke with a APR install shop where I live and I called to inquire about a tune. I just picked up a 15 mk7 GTI and want a stage 1 for now. I was asking if they did stage 2 high torque if I got the down pipe and he said he recommended the low torque because the high torque files tear up DSG clutches. Is anyone having this experience? I bought my car for a daily driver because I just sold my mk4 on Sunday. However I’m going to do a turbo swap and everything necessary to do APR is38 tune eventually and I definitely don’t want to make a mistake choosing high torque if it will cause this issue. Just looking for insight on this subject and personal experiences if at all. Thanks guys.
Well high torque tune on stock dsg tune can reak havoc on the clutch packs. Maybe they were just saying if you want to go high torque tune you need the TCU tune as well which I actually would agree on.
I don’t want to put the shop on blast here. However the tech told me “I would recommend you not doing high torque tune it will tear up the DSG clutches “ and told me even with the DSG tune. I can’t imagine he was miss informing me because they do APR flashes as part of the shop roster. I don’t know enough of this subject so I won’t add any conversation about it , I’m just reiterating exactly what I was told. Hence the reason for my post. I was looking for more insight and information about the subject. I will say this, the shop is in NJ and it’s not A2B.
I don’t want to put the shop on blast here. However the tech told me “I would recommend you not doing high torque tune it will tear up the DSG clutches “ and told me even with the DSG tune. I can’t imagine he was miss informing me because they do APR flashes as part of the shop roster. I don’t know enough of this subject so I won’t add any conversation about it , I’m just reiterating exactly what I was told. Hence the reason for my post. I was looking for more insight and information about the subject. I will say this, the shop is in NJ and it’s not A2B.
I don’t want to put the shop on blast here. However the tech told me “I would recommend you not doing high torque tune it will tear up the DSG clutches “ and told me even with the DSG tune. I can’t imagine he was miss informing me because they do APR flashes as part of the shop roster. I don’t know enough of this subject so I won’t add any conversation about it , I’m just reiterating exactly what I was told. Hence the reason for my post. I was looking for more insight and information about the subject. I will say this, the shop is in NJ and it’s not A2B.
I called a few reputable shops inquiring about DSG tunes and they all told me that if I was happy with the factory DSG software (subjective of course) then I was fine without getting the TCU tune until I was modded past stage 2.
I don’t want to put the shop on blast here. However the tech told me “I would recommend you not doing high torque tune it will tear up the DSG clutches “ and told me even with the DSG tune. I can’t imagine he was miss informing me because they do APR flashes as part of the shop roster. I don’t know enough of this subject so I won’t add any conversation about it , I’m just reiterating exactly what I was told. Hence the reason for my post. I was looking for more insight and information about the subject. I will say this, the shop is in NJ and it’s not A2B.
Which is just one more reason to get away from APR. There's plenty of guys running other tunes with more power and torque than APR and not tearing up the clutches. Including me.
Which is just one more reason to get away from APR. There's plenty of guys running other tunes with more power and torque than APR and not tearing up the clutches. Including me.
I’m not tearing anything up. My DSG looked perfect when it was cracked opened to install my Wavetrac. I was going to upgrade to Dodson while we had access but I had no reason to. I’m not running a bigger turbo/pushing TQ numbers to an uncomfortable place for the stock DSG yet. I was APR Stage 2 high TQ (w/ TCU tuned) for 18,000 miles when the install happened and I ABUSE my car. Almost 12,000 miles later, still perfectly fine.
Can you point me to someone who ruined their DSG on APR’s tune? I’d like to see what mods they had (or didn’t have)?
I’m not tearing anything up. My DSG looked perfect when it was cracked opened to install my Wavetrac. I was going to upgrade to Dodson while we had access but I had no reason to. I’m not running a bigger turbo/pushing TQ numbers to an uncomfortable place for the stock DSG yet. I was APR Stage 2 high TQ (w/ TCU tuned) for 18,000 miles when the install happened and I ABUSE my car. Almost 12,000 miles later, still perfectly fine.
Can you point me to someone who ruined their DSG on APR’s tune? I’d like to see what mods they had (or didn’t have)?
