Is Etuners from Greece good?

[MyGolfIsSlow]

Anyone have any experience with Etuners from Greece for the 1.8T? Looking into it and want to see if the numbers about their tunes I’m hearing are accurate. Was told the Stage 2 is 105hp and 125tq on IS12 which I don’t think is realistic.

 

[MeltedSolid]

They are the first people I was aware of that had attempted an IS20 swap on the 1.8, and were the primary influence to doing the swap myself, but I don't know anyone who actually has a tune from them so I can't speak to their quality.

 

[MyGolfIsSlow]

They are the first people I was aware of that had attempted an IS20 swap on the 1.8, and were the primary influence to doing the swap myself, but I don't know anyone who actually has a tune from them so I can't speak to their quality.

Good to hear that they know what they’re doing and aren’t some backyard tuners/mechanics

 

[TwinDad]

They are good. The numbers are probably advertised hp numbers and not wheel. That being said, 250whp is probably the norm for a stage 2. I'm guess they do remote tuning and you may need their flashing tool.

 

[ZuMBLe]

Why E-Tuners when there are so many north american options?

 

[MonkeyMD]

Not sure what OP is getting as far as hardware besides the is20 and what fueling, but he might need a custom tune. For custom tunes for the 1.8, it's either etuners or Reflect. That's it. I think @MeltedSolid is doing a UM custom tune, but I reached out to them and that wasn't an option at the time, so not sure.

 

[ZuMBLe]

Understandable for a custom tune. For IS12/20/38 with stock fueling, there are a lot of NA options.

 

[MeltedSolid]

Not sure what OP is getting as far as hardware besides the is20 and what fueling, but he might need a custom tune. For custom tunes for the 1.8, it's either etuners or Reflect. That's it. I think @MeltedSolid is doing a UM custom tune, but I reached out to them and that wasn't an option at the time, so not sure.

No, I wanted to do UM but they said they only do the awd sportwagen models. I'm just on an APR tune right now. Also, I wasn't even aware that etuners sold tunes to north america. Lots of other good options here.

 

[MonkeyMD]

Yeah, emailed them almost 3 years ago about is38 tune (only took me 3 years to plan for it ) before it became available with APR and they said they can tune. Here's the site although not many recent updates

https://m.facebook.com/pg/etunersusa/posts/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=1

 

[MyGolfIsSlow]

Why E-Tuners when there are so many north american options?

I was looking for the whole burble and what not and my only options were reflect or Etuners, and I ended up going with Etuners because my car was dyno’d otherwise it wouldn’t have been. Couldn’t have been happier with my decision. Was also cheaper than any other option (uni or APR)

 

[MyGolfIsSlow]

Not sure what OP is getting as far as hardware besides the is20 and what fueling, but he might need a custom tune. For custom tunes for the 1.8, it's either etuners or Reflect. That's it. I think @MeltedSolid is doing a UM custom tune, but I reached out to them and that wasn't an option at the time, so not sure.

I have intake, catless dp, GTI catback and the stage 2 clutch and I ended up with 225whp on the is12 so I’m more than happy

 

[MonkeyMD]

Could you give more details. Was it a custom tune? Dyno or on street? What device to load tunes? Response time etc

 

[MyGolfIsSlow]

Could you give more details. Was it a custom tune? Dyno or on street? What device to load tunes? Response time etc

It was a custom tune. I took it to a local shop and they do dyno pulls and send the logs I’m assuming to the tuners in Greece but it’s more so “live” tuning just that the actual tuners are 6-7hours ahead in time. It was all done through a laptop. And it took maybe a few hours to get it done. I also had to Upgrade my spark plugs and coil packs because when they hit 205whp the car just went into limp mode and was misfiring so I guess that added a bit of time but other than that it was maybe 3-4hrs of tuning to get it dialed in to 225whp and 275wtq in the is12

 

[ZuMBLe]

It was a custom tune. I took it to a local shop and they do dyno pulls and send the logs I’m assuming to the tuners in Greece but it’s more so “live” tuning just that the actual tuners are 6-7hours ahead in time. It was all done through a laptop. And it took maybe a few hours to get it done. I also had to Upgrade my spark plugs and coil packs because when they hit 205whp the car just went into limp mode and was misfiring so I guess that added a bit of time but other than that it was maybe 3-4hrs of tuning to get it dialed in to 225whp and 275wtq in the is12

Those numbers are inline with APR numbers.

 

[MeltedSolid]

ooh, I wasn't aware that etuners did custom tuning. Cool to know about more options for that.