Uffda
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Round Rock, TX
Im sorry but I don’t think you have a clue about this stuff. You should probably not post about things you know nothing about.
The problem you had with your “intake manifold” has happened to others. Its from the shitty PR inserts from their mpi kit.
Secondly, you really seem to point out the UM tune is not a “ one size fits all” tune. Well i can tell you i know three people with APR stg3+ kits. One is a complete apr kit on a stock golf r. 10.8@127 on 94 octane with rear rear and pas seat out. He has NEVER had a problem. Installed the kit and drove the car. Super easy. Super realiable. Problem free.
The other two people did the oem wastegate swap and, like you, had issues with boost ( due to the angle of the wg arm). After having to fuck around and fix shit they finally got them running ( on the same fueling system you run) and are running similar times as the other guy but the are running e30/40 or race gas.
My point is that all the BS you went thru could have been avoided by running the reg apr software. Do you actually believe that UM would tell you the apr stuff is ok and don’t bother with their product.
I do agree that the apr file runs alot of boost and that scares some people but lets be honest the “ safe” torque level UM is giving younis also going to drastically reduce the life of the engine. Anyone going big turbo and pushing 30ish psi should be prepared for a motor build.
Actually, your wrong about the APR kit. I used a factor APR kit and pretty much everything it came with did not work. Under fueled based on the amount of boost in the stock APR tune. I have nothing on my car APR now sans the front sway bar, dog bone, pendulum, and exhaust. Everything else I ended up replacing. I would not do it again and just pay the money rebuild my lower and go straight brand new APR kit and see what happens.... The thing is the fuel drop off was happening low in the boost ranges like 22 psi. I just don't trust APR anymore after talking to them directly and seeing what shoddy crap they push out. My APR end links are in the trash or shelf at the shop now. They were replaced because the joints were giving out under 2k miles. I ended up labor parts etc well over 27K on this build. I love it but I would have prefered a reliable single kit solution for sure. And for the MK7 APR Stage III is not it.