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Is the edition 30 engine the most tuneable
Madone:
Ah, thought they were the same ?, what's the difference ?
rich83:
The intake can I believe.
pudding:
--- Quote from: Madone on January 11, 2016, 09:03:00 am ---
General question really, I am really impressed with what can be extracted from the edition 30 engine, 370bhp ish for relatively little outlay, no new injectors or turbo etc. A real tuning goldmine. Are any of the MK7 engines tuneable in the same way for example ?, can the R make 400 with bolt ons ?. I can't think of another car in any brand where you can achieve such massive tuning gains as the Ed lump 220-370 ! :jumpmove:
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Old Saabs used to be the same. Capable of huge power with the standard engine!
I always take 300hp as the average ED30 power hike. Doable with a 0.4 bar increase in boost on an otherwise standard engine.
350+ seems to me it's running the turbo way past it's comfort zone, so long term reliability could be a question mark. I'm talking 50K miles, not just a few long distance road trips.
Madone:
Agree, pushing the ed30 to stage 2+ will tax the turbo, for me the price of getting that refreshed later in the future if needed is worth the ride. tbh it is so fast I can't drive it hard most of the time at all, but it's worth it for those over taking opportunities when they come.
Certainly doesn't look like the MK7 is as tuneable out of the box
AJP:
--- Quote from: Madone on January 11, 2016, 04:29:01 pm ---Agree, pushing the ed30 to stage 2+ will tax the turbo, for me the price of getting that refreshed later in the future if needed is worth the ride. tbh it is so fast I can't drive it hard most of the time at all, but it's worth it for those over taking opportunities when they come.
Certainly doesn't look like the MK7 is as tuneable out of the box
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I think the same principles apply to the mk7 R, it's just that the ed30 in particular is a somewhat detuned k04 engine (no doubt not to step on the toes of the R32 power/price bracket).
If you take the TFSI S3 for example, they're 260ish bhp? And map to 300. The ed30 is 230 bhp and... maps to 300. Practically identical k04 engine.
So the ed30 seems more tunable than other TFSIs/TSIs, but it's just that it has a bit more slack to be taken up.
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