Geomets
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- Location
- South-Eastern Europe
- Car(s)
- Golf mk7 GTI
I went back to stock shortly after the installation of the turbo T revision, during that period i never pushed it, I then had a custom stage 2 tune. Was driving back from Dubai and boom it blew. Luckily I was still close to Dubai so I had it towed to the garage to have my meth injection removed and stock tune back on.
K03s and k04s almost never blew even when brutally modified!! I am really really disappointed with these IHIs.. So much power potential yet so fragile.
I was running 1.5bar this time which is presumably lower than APR stage 1.
My plan now to put the car to complete stock including intake and exhaust and then take it to the dealer and tell them i don't want it.
Sorry to hear it Kindi. I hope it gets fixed quickly. I have one question. Your car was the first mk7 GTI that got that custom tune? As far as I know the bar the tuners set are not the only parameter to define a tune safe or non safe. There are other things in the software's algorithms that combine to give the engine a progressive power delivery. As far as I know the APR's tune gives 1.8 bar peak, 1.4 constant (in fifth gear on dyno if I remember correctly. Anyway, if the tune you've done is from a reputable tuner who had other EA888s gen 3 tuned, then one thing is for sure: the turbine itself may not be the only problematic part, but something else that make it work. "Spikes" in airflow? Waste gate? Heat dissipating issues in the compressed/compressing air channel? Something to do with the engine not wanting petrol with high sulfur levels (the elders may remember the nicasil coating fiasco in the BMWs 8 series)? It remains to be seen...