I've been out of the loop for a while and was excited to see that EQT has DQ381 and E30 tunes now available for my 2018 R. I have a couple of "grass is greener" questions that I haven't found in my limited skimming of this thread:
1. How does the Stage 1 tune affect emissions readiness? I was disappointed to learn that my IE Stage 1 tune requires me to flash back to "stock" to pass inspection. According to OBD11, at least 3 readiness checks are disabled when running the Stage 1 tune. I'd like to avoid refreshing twice a year if possible just for an inspection.
2. Knowing there are a ton of variables at play, I'm trying to get a sense of how much additional power I might be leaving on the table with my current tune vs. the EQT Stage 1 93 or E30 tunes? For reference, my mods are IE Stage 1 93 HO tune, IE DQ381 Tune, UM Haldex Tune, drop in filter, PS4S.
My best Dragy 60 ft is 1.8 with a best 0-60 of 3.98.
Overall, I've been happy with my current setup but if I could pick up a couple of tenths in the 0-60 and avoid having to reflash, that might be enough for me to try it out. I'm completely aware that I've hit the law of diminishing returns here and would be better served with an intercooler/DP/Stage 2 for the same cost, but I just don't have the energy right now to deal with hardware headaches.