One of the reasons I'm asking is that I'm eyeing a 337 that has a Stage 1 APR chip on it already. The car has about 52K and looks to be in perfect condition but I wonder how much life has been taken out of the engine because of the chip.
Makes me a little nervous. Mark ----- Original Message ---- From: Chad Rebuck <[email protected]> To: Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, September 1, 2010 11:42:03 PM Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] chipping a 1.8T I don't know anything about a 337, however ... If you can hear pinging its bad for sure, but it isn't the only indicator of bad/over aggressive tuning. when purchasing a chip go with companies that have a good reputation with engine tuning. Don't necessarily go for the company claiming the most hp. Chip tuners should still need to be a bit conservative to have their chip work all over the world whether hot, cold, humid, dry, etc. A chip from a major tuner is probably cheaper than paying someone in your area to tune your car on a dyno. Perhaps tuners even offer chips that are more tolerant of extreme heat and humidity areas? I haven't kept up with what oem computers can be easily programmed these days. Honda, for example, was very easy to program for very little cost, and maybe VW has computers that can be updated easily now? On a sidenote - a friend of mine purchased an inexpensive usb cable, plugged it up to his wrx, and updated the stock ecu to give more boost, adjust the air/fuel, etc. You'd better trust the source of the data if you go that route :) Can this be done with vw systems these days? On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:18 AM, Mark Stanton <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess if there's no pinging... no problem, right? > Anyone know what stock boost is on a 337? > > GTI 337 HP TQ BOOST > ------------------------------------------------- > STOCK 180 173 ? > APR 215 242 ? > UNItronic 215 235 18PSI > > mmmm, that torque looks deeelicious! > > > Mark > > > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
