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Passed Driver's Ed
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- St Louis, MO
from the Illinois side, hello all.
Other then tint they are all easy upgrades just needing hand tools. I am personally eurodyne and love it. I can flash right in my garage.
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Downpipe is super easy believe it or not. Hour tops. For Springs I'd go to ecotech on Watson. Add a rear sway bar to your list. Best bang for the buck. If you're free November 5th a group of us guys are doing a back road cruise.
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Search hatch alliance on Facebook and the group should pop up.Thanks for the encouragement and advice. I'll call ecotech later today. I'll have to check with the boss (wife) to see what, if anything, she has planned for us that weekend.
Thanks again.
Hey all, just bought my '16 Tornado Red SE two nights ago.
Anyone have recommendations on a local reputable place for some modifications I plan on doing soon?
My goals are: Intake, Downpipe, Exhaust, Stage 2 tune, lowered, and tint.
I've heard that Reid Vann (?) does APR tunes? I've also seen some scathing reviews for them as well. I'd like to get some opinions, if they are out there.
I'll take any insight at all from you guys. Thanks again and I'm happy to be a part of the community.
Stl located!Not a Gti or R but 17' MK7 TSI ...done a few odb11 modifications . Hoping to do a few more modifications soon. Any ideas?![]()
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Jeff alsoBack in the late 80's I purchased an 87 Grand National new off the lot. That was not my first performance or turbo car, but my first experience with ecu tuning a turbocharged car. Kenne Bell, Eastern Performance, and ATR were a few of those tuners back in the day. The tuning was based on a replacement chip with revised boost, timing & fueling. Other bolt- ons which improved exhaust flow, and improved intake breathing and fueling also added to the end result. Not that different than today really, just more simplified as the cars and the engine managent was far less complicated than today.
Other vehicles I have modified via ecu tune include my GMC Syclone, Mk 3 Gti (VR6 NA car but still chipped), 2 different S4 Audis (one Abt, one MTM -full ecu replacements), BMW MCoupe port tuned ecu using a Conforti Shark injector (also an NA car), a chip tuned turbo s beetle, a stage 2 337 I set up with Oberscheider chip ( sent ecu in for chip change-out), forge diverter, and full milltek turbo-back exhaust. That car was a real jewel. Several subarus including 2 WRX and 1 forester XT with mods ranging from a full stage 3 big turbo kit to full STi retrofit on the forester to a simple stage 1 Cobb tune on my 2011 WRX. Also did a "Works" tune and exhaust on my Evo VIII, and also fiddled around with an SAFC fuel management & Greddy Profec B boost control standalones on my evo as well, as they came from the factory running very rich.
I love VW's, and particularly GTI's, and this Mk7 is way under tuned allowing a lot of tuning head room. There is a lot of development and tuning in progress for this car. On a negative note there have also been plenty of reports of turbo failures which seem to be more prevalent with tuned cars. There is a lot of conjecture and discussion surrounding why these turbo failures are happening. Reports of these issues seem to be tapering off a bit and there are plenty of examples of people running a tune for many miles with no issues whatsoever.
At any rate I am waiting to see if someone will come up with a port tuning solution which puts me in control of programming my own car ( or restoring it to stock as needed). The Eurodyne solution looks good, but I don't personally like having to program my car via an Internet connection to someone's server. Just not a sound move from my perspective but I am paranoid when it comes to the possibility of bricking an ECU. I am not going to get anxious, and to be honest the stock car is fun to drive as-is so I am in no hurry really. Having said that I am sure a stage 2 tuned mk7 with milltek turbo back exhaust would be a blast to own & drive.
Jeff (also)