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aaronc7

aaronc7

Autocross Champion
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Clovis, NM
I did, Was just bad luck/bad timing with my battery shitting the bed. Next flash I had my multimeter all hooked up too, lol.

I should add this was on Eurodyne, which I assume flashing process takes wayyy longer.
 
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greggles

Go Kart Champion
Location
usa
Make sure the charger can handle 20 amps. The car pulls quite a load when its flashing. Old style battery chargers can't handle the load. (I had to buy a new unit just to hold charge while flashing, most normal ones max out at 10-12 amps)
 
aaronc7

aaronc7

Autocross Champion
Location
Clovis, NM
greggles said:
Make sure the charger can handle 20 amps. The car pulls quite a load when its flashing. Old style battery chargers can't handle the load. (I had to buy a new unit just to hold charge while flashing, most normal ones max out at 10-12 amps)
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What did you get? Mine is even less than that and when I went back and flashed with the multimeter hooked up you could see the battery was still discharging slightly with the tender on. Mine's a CTEK one that is supposed to be 'smart' and can leave it on a car 24/7 long term, but yeah it's definitely lacking in the actual power output.
 
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greggles

Go Kart Champion
Location
usa
Hey Aaron,
I got this model
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007ESQW08
I don't know if it a good or not, but it works, and you can set for standard or AGM batteries. Note: If you start using it on 20 amps prior to flashing, it may swap to a lower charging state. (If your battery is almost full). You may need to manually swap it back to 20 amps once the flashing starts. I wasn't paying attention the first time, and my battery dropped to 50% charge realllllly fast. The next time I did it, I wasn't at full charge (old battery needs to be replaced, waiting for sams club to get the agm's back in), and it just stayed at 20 amps throughout the entire process.
 
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billbadass

Drag Racing Champion
Location
your moms house
basic ecu/dsg tune on these cars is so much fun. EQT's dsg tune is amazing too, Ed does a great job with these cars. if was a more exotic setup (like SD tuned procharged c5z etc) then maybe dyno tune would be much better but a base stage 1 or 2 mk7 is so normal that Ed has tuned so many of them I doubt he has to do much work on the tables to fill them in so I'd be surprised if a dyno tune gained much more than a few hp max on a stage1/2 mk7 vs his normal ots tune or a street tune. I personally would just use the EQT ots tune and not do either dyno or street tune until you upgrade the turbo. may gain a tiny bit of hp but the gain not worth the hp or time. better places to put that $ to make real gains (like an EQT turbo or IE intercooler etc)
 
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Figuringitout

New member
Location
Fresno
billbadass said:
basic ecu/dsg tune on these cars is so much fun. EQT's dsg tune is amazing too, Ed does a great job with these cars. if was a more exotic setup (like SD tuned procharged c5z etc) then maybe dyno tune would be much better but a base stage 1 or 2 mk7 is so normal that Ed has tuned so many of them I doubt he has to do much work on the tables to fill them in so I'd be surprised if a dyno tune gained much more than a few hp max on a stage1/2 mk7 vs his normal ots tune or a street tune. I personally would just use the EQT ots tune and not do either dyno or street tune until you upgrade the turbo. may gain a tiny bit of hp but the gain not worth the hp or time. better places to put that $ to make real gains (like an EQT turbo or IE intercooler etc)
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I've been eyeing the IE air intake (https://performancebyie.com/collect...systems/products/ie-intake-vw-mk7-audi-8v-tsi). I saw a thread somewhere and a couple folks interjected about the actually airflow not being any higher than the stock air intake? Anyone have any facts on that? Save me a search perhaps? Let's say it doesn't at all, where does the extra hp come from? Is there extra hp? I love the sounds but I don't wanna spend 300$ for sounds.... Or do I? Lol. Idk! I might need to just stalk the classifieds on here.

Just wondering,.

-Thanks
 
SouthFL_Mk7.5

SouthFL_Mk7.5

Drag Racing Champion
Location
South Florida
Car(s)
2019 GTI S
Figuringitout said:
I've been eyeing the IE air intake (https://performancebyie.com/collect...systems/products/ie-intake-vw-mk7-audi-8v-tsi). I saw a thread somewhere and a couple folks interjected about the actually airflow not being any higher than the stock air intake? Anyone have any facts on that? Save me a search perhaps? Let's say it doesn't at all, where does the extra hp come from? Is there extra hp? I love the sounds but I don't wanna spend 300$ for sounds.... Or do I? Lol. Idk! I might need to just stalk the classifieds on here.

Just wondering,.

-Thanks
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as you can see, the modified stock intake flows rather well!
http://mygolfmk7.com/best-mk7-gti-air-intake/
 
SouthFL_Mk7.5

SouthFL_Mk7.5

Drag Racing Champion
Location
South Florida
Car(s)
2019 GTI S
Figuringitout said:
??. Thanks for that link! So it looks like we're only taking about ~60cfm more from the top of the aftermarket intakes. They were also in conjunction with an aftermarket inlet.
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If you search that site he has intake comparison tests with OEM inlets as well. The page I linked is a comprehensive test.
 
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