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Hi all,
I'm new to the VW family; I purchased a 2016 VW GTI (manual, sport package) back in January and love it! With that said, I've been slowly making it my own with a few modifications (Neuspeed P-Flo Intake, Neuspeed Power Module, GFB Diverter Valve, Carbon Fiber Mirror caps)
I was considering, at some point, upgrading to a stage 1 tune. Doing some research, I revisited the Neuspeed Power Module to take a look at the specs (HP, TQ) to determine what I could expect in terms of increased performance if I did a tune. In doing so, I noticed that there was a note in the product description for the Power module that stated not to be used with Aftermarket DV. I didn't realize this at the time because I first installed the intake, then Power Module, then the DV so it was months later and didn't realize there may be potential issues. I contacted the Neuspeed team and they responded with the following:
"The aftermarket valves are an inferior design of a brass piston in aluminium housing. The stock plunger seal works far better. The valves even tend to be weaker than the stock units causing boost loss and fluctuations in the power band. In the past the stock VW valves weren't that great but the current ones are far better. With the Power Module the valves tend to no be able to handle the add boost and will Flutter or even throw a fault because it can't hold the boost to the desired value.
Regards
Neuspeed Team"
I thought the aftermarket DVs were supposed to be able to handle additional boost and were better quality? Is anyone aware of any significant risk of running the power module with the aftermarket DV?
Thanks!
I'm new to the VW family; I purchased a 2016 VW GTI (manual, sport package) back in January and love it! With that said, I've been slowly making it my own with a few modifications (Neuspeed P-Flo Intake, Neuspeed Power Module, GFB Diverter Valve, Carbon Fiber Mirror caps)
I was considering, at some point, upgrading to a stage 1 tune. Doing some research, I revisited the Neuspeed Power Module to take a look at the specs (HP, TQ) to determine what I could expect in terms of increased performance if I did a tune. In doing so, I noticed that there was a note in the product description for the Power module that stated not to be used with Aftermarket DV. I didn't realize this at the time because I first installed the intake, then Power Module, then the DV so it was months later and didn't realize there may be potential issues. I contacted the Neuspeed team and they responded with the following:
"The aftermarket valves are an inferior design of a brass piston in aluminium housing. The stock plunger seal works far better. The valves even tend to be weaker than the stock units causing boost loss and fluctuations in the power band. In the past the stock VW valves weren't that great but the current ones are far better. With the Power Module the valves tend to no be able to handle the add boost and will Flutter or even throw a fault because it can't hold the boost to the desired value.
Regards
Neuspeed Team"
I thought the aftermarket DVs were supposed to be able to handle additional boost and were better quality? Is anyone aware of any significant risk of running the power module with the aftermarket DV?
Thanks!
Great idea, but no sense in reinventing the wheel. We use stock units in stage 3+ applications with no issues.