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Start of the slippery slope - is there any difference between Revo & APR?

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john_o:
Hi,

you open a can of worms discussing remaps on any forum and often its difficult to determine the wood from the trees as everyone says 'my map is best'  :signLOL:

depends on what car you have, looks like a K03 GTI from your profile, in which case my advice would be different.

K03 GTI : go REVO ,I dont think the APR tune for the smaller turbo gives as agood results

K04 GTI (Edition 30/Pirelli) : APR or REVO both good.  headline figures for stg2+ cars definitely better for REVO.
APR dyno midrange boost dip (for stg1 cars at least) is to stop compressor surge which APR believe happens, REVO dont

my ed30  APR stg1 review is http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3567.0.html
works perfectly for me. cruise control stalk + switching is a huge plus. As it turns out i havent modded any further for a while so non adjustability hasnt been an issue.

depends on your location to the nearest REVO/APR dealer too   :happy2:
ability to adjust params on the REVO switch is really nice, and works briiliantly for stg2+ cars (fuel pump/map/etc)
Cars have a lot of variance (sensors etc) so this means you can tweak it up or down to sort your car.

are you manual or DSG box? as REVO may have the edge if you have DSG then you can get a matched software set for only 1 supplier (engine and dsg maps  :laugh:)

still worth considering other tuners as they may have advanatges for you too. but in general they dont give as good results or have had as much testing! Superchips handset works well if you are distant from a tuner and want to do it all online.
I would stick with APR or REVO though  :happy2:

joesgti:
REVO for me, but if i were to choose, id seriously be looking at GIAC as another contender!  :happy2:

KRL:
Some good people to have a chat with about this would be JKM.  They supply both APR and REVO and have real world experience with both on the MK5 platform.

nc35:
Thank you for all your answers.

Yep I have an AXX K03 only mod is a panel filter. All my cars/bikes get a panel filter. But that's just me.

I live in Leeds but seem to be spending more and more time working in Manchester.

Gone for the APR trial. Which seems really good, better than the REVO K03 I drove.

Would there be any problems getting a revo trial now?

john_o:
nice one  :happy2:
surprised , must have been something wrong with the REVO K03 you drove then  :grin:
APR is still great software (I run APR FFS  :signLOL:)

YES , if you get a trial , you need to get flashed back to full stock VW software (NOT stock like!) either by the trial supplier or by VW BEFORE getting another trial.
Otherwise it can and does cause issues...

If you decide to stick with APR and get the full version then there is no problem  :happy2:

If you are over in Manchester come over say hi to me and a few of the Cheshire posse  :happy2:

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