Armchair Racer
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Florida
Yep, just keep in mind the Golf TSI is a couple hundred pounds lighter than your Sportwagen...
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IS20 Instalation Guide (1.8t)
- Thread starter MeltedSolid
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MeltedSolid
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Car(s)
- '15 Golf, e36 328i
There's an easy way to figure that out...
FWD = Automatic
4Motion = DSG
That /\
However, given my experience with the auto in the golf you are excused for the mistake. My previous car was a mk6 golf with an auto, and have been in sparky's mk7 auto a number of times. What I can conclude from that is VW makes very good autos. Sparky's car even has the "DSG fart" when shifting even though it's not a DSG because it still shifts so fast. The DSG still definitely shifts faster though, and overall I believe it's a better transmission than the auto.
I love the cover of the printout you made! Would you be willing to upload it so we can check it out? It would be awesome to have a printout guide as one of the references for my post if you are willing.
Sparky589
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
Yeah the 09g in the mk7 is about as good as a slushbox that isn't ZF's 8-speed is going to get. For reference my best time in the quarter mile was a 13.486.
Also echoing the sentiment for a PDF of the guide you guys assembled. At the very least your cover page is hilarious [emoji14]
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Also echoing the sentiment for a PDF of the guide you guys assembled. At the very least your cover page is hilarious [emoji14]
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V I G I L
New member
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia
I had some interest of my walk-through when I posted pics of us doing the job on my local Atlanta MK7 club page on Facebook, so I cleaned up my original copy and shared it there. I'm MORE than happy to share it here! HERE IS THE LINK
I printed this off and used it in the garage. I read this whole thread and researched the job until my eyes nearly fell out, so I had it nearly memorized when we got started, but it was super helpful to have a reference when things got confusing. I added in a preface with links to your profile, this thread, and this site and made sure people will give you credit for the job and differentiated my notes from yours (having an English degree makes you paranoid of plagiarization and giving credit to sources). I did a few things differently because it worked for us, so I added notes on that too. I tried to be very thorough with this walk-through. I hope this helps! If you guys have any suggestions, let me know and I can edit it on the fly.
V I G I L
New member
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia
It really isn't that bad and certainly is decently quick. I wouldn't mind it so much if the paddle shifters responded faster since that's all I use. Oh well, it is what it is. At least my car is now making 300HP. It feels so good. I pulled on a E90 335i the other day so I'm happy now.
project92raddoslc
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- United States
Thanks for this guide. I installed with a mechanic friend in a little over four hours. The wastegate adaption gave us some trouble because it had set faults and I didn’t think to clear them before running the adaption with vcds. I’m running JB4 currently and it feels decently strong but I need to log and turn the boost up more before deciding on IS20 software.
As an English professor contemplating this turbo swap, I appreciate both your effort and your conscientious source documentation.
MeltedSolid
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Car(s)
- '15 Golf, e36 328i
Mine lasted about 12k miles after going Is20, thrashing on it the whole time and running e30 allowing for more power than the average IS20 tune. Also, that shudder is just you lugging your engine, try to avoid it as much as possible.
I try to for sure, hard to keep all that low end torque from pulling up low though lol. Looks like I'll be grabbing a used 722g unit today.
Would it be more worth while to get the APR IS20 file or a JB4 stack? Knowing myself with the JB4, I'll be looking into meth in no time ?. No plans to mess and mix with E30.
How the hell did this happen, the plan was to keep this a reliable daily for years to come lol
Would it be more worth while to get the APR IS20 file or a JB4 stack? Knowing myself with the JB4, I'll be looking into meth in no time ?. No plans to mess and mix with E30.
How the hell did this happen, the plan was to keep this a reliable daily for years to come lol
ive never dynoed my car but is20 on my golf was best thing .... i got JB4 only ...id prefer a flash tune because of the set and forget privilage ... but jb4 only does well as well.
MeltedSolid
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Car(s)
- '15 Golf, e36 328i
The IS20 file is definitely more worth while because it's cheaper for you. I should probably just get the IS20 file myself already, because I think people keep seeing my setup and assuming that it's somehow a good idea. The only reason I stacked a JB4 with stage 1 with my IS20 is because the IS20 file didn't exist at the time, I cannot stress enough that my setup IS NOT a correct setup.
snobrdrdan
former GTI owner
- Location
- Southeast Michigan