greengeeker
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Huh? Have you ever driven a tuned tdi? They make power WELL past 4000rpm.
2015 Golf Malone Stage 2. DPF/EGR Delete with straight pipe
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workcar
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First off, this isn't for everybody, however the OP could make the argument that the car is better now for the small fee of only $2,000. Better being a relative word. In fact, some of the engineers who built this car may very well believe that the O.P. is making the car better. However, they are not allowed to tune in such a way to get optimal power and efficiency, that is a misconception. They are asked to tune the car to squeak by tight emissions requirements and then from there work on the power and efficiency. If you remove the emissions requirements, you are free to explore the possibility of actually increasing both power and efficiency. That is what the O.P. is doing. Also as a benefit, he is eliminating systems which can not break in the future since they are deleted. So his car is more simple and I look at that as a good thing.
Those are my 2 cents.
Can you expand on how a catalytic converter and a DPF make any care more efficient?
steve1479
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Love it!
Can't wait to have this all done with mine. I'm waiting for Rawtek to come out with a full system so I can pay them a visit and have it all done.
Can't wait to have this all done with mine. I'm waiting for Rawtek to come out with a full system so I can pay them a visit and have it all done.
adjat84th
Veteran Member
How is the clutch/dmf after the tune? No slippage or shuddering under full boost and high gear? Will be looking to get our '15 tuned, but it's the wife's daily driver and would not want to mess with upgrading a clutch on a brand new car!
Just started getting dmf shuddering in 5th/6th gear if I slam it to the floor around 2k rpm...
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nkgagne
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Sometimes downshifting is good! (But usually not on your mind when the semi-truck beside you starts to steer into your lane...)
UFO
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I won't speak for anyone else, but there are two reasons why I'd do it. It will increase fuel efficiency as you will no longer inject extra fuel to burn out the DPF. More importantly, it would allow me to fuel with B100, which is environmentally sustainable and reduces big energy influence.
whesselton
Member
Since you removed the DPF/EGR and blocked-off the add-blue injector, are you going to remove the add-blue tank and torsion bar as well and install an IRS setup? That's my plan. I just got Malone Stage 2 on my 2015 Golf Sportwagen DSG. The torque is amazing... with all of this stuff (DPF/EGR etc., etc.) still on. Can't wait to take it off and really stretch her legs.
Turns out your car wasn't in compliance anyways
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/b...00-vehicles-over-emissions-software.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/b...00-vehicles-over-emissions-software.html?_r=0
UncleRusty
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This here is awesome! I've been wanting to do this here since I bought my TDI, to turn it into a superfast, and super-high MPG rocket, while getting rid of all the EPA BS that's installed on the car from the factory.
It sounds like you'll need to be getting a new clutch/flywheel to support the extra power, but I'd think once you take care of that the car should be golden for a daily driver. I'd love to purchase one of these kits once it's out of beta. Did you do the install yourself, or did they take care of it?
It sounds like you'll need to be getting a new clutch/flywheel to support the extra power, but I'd think once you take care of that the car should be golden for a daily driver. I'd love to purchase one of these kits once it's out of beta. Did you do the install yourself, or did they take care of it?
I got it installed by the guys at German Diesel Motorwerks in PA.
Yea I'm contemplating on the single mass flywheel upgrade but I'm not sure how much it costs yet..
UPDATE!!!
Many of you have asked what I paid for this. Since I was the beta test car for this I had a huge discount.
I recently asked Les how much he would charge full price for this same setup. He said for parts/tune/ and labor the total would be around $2600.00. I'm not sure how this whole VW Emissions scandal is going to affect our cars but it won't affect mine.
Many of you have asked what I paid for this. Since I was the beta test car for this I had a huge discount.
I recently asked Les how much he would charge full price for this same setup. He said for parts/tune/ and labor the total would be around $2600.00. I'm not sure how this whole VW Emissions scandal is going to affect our cars but it won't affect mine.
sandmansans
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F you and your awesome baddass tuneUPDATE!!!
Many of you have asked what I paid for this. Since I was the beta test car for this I had a huge discount.
I recently asked Les how much he would charge full price for this same setup. He said for parts/tune/ and labor the total would be around $2600.00. I'm not sure how this whole VW Emissions scandal is going to affect our cars but it won't affect mine.
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F you and your awesome baddass tune
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No need to hate haha
Yes the tank is no longer there.
sandmansans
Veteran Member
Haterade was on sale at my local Costco...I'm very jealous lol ha
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charley654
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NOt right at the minute, until.... or/if they make a federal mandate to have all effected TDIs (per vin number) ECU/PCM flashed by the dealer or the registration /plates won't renew...and states start to emission test diesels.UPDATE!!!
I'm not sure how this whole VW Emissions scandal is going to affect our cars but it won't affect mine.
Sadly, what you are doing further tarnishes the TDI badge.
I am also guessing that Malone and other "tuners" soon be out of business if EPA focuses its attention on diesels.
Or maybe not, maybe diesel tuning will be big business- highlight of new job creating franchise.
Until then ... enjoy your car.
No hating, (was not on sale at Cosco)....but I would not want to be behind you in traffic smelling that raw diesel soot
workcar
Active member
I'd rather be behind the OP, than a politician in a Prius!
sandmansans
Veteran Member
Highly doubt that would happen. You have a better chance of Obama being re elected for a 3rd term before that would happen. You many variables per state dmvs. Federal mandates handed down to the state level tend to be pretty inneficient.
And not to start an e-argument, but please. I highly doubt anyone on this forum purchased their tdi for its clean emissions. If that was the primary concern for the buyer, most likely they/you would have gone for a hybrid or ev. Independent studies have shown this, highlighting the stark differences between hybrid/ev buyers vs that of diesel powered cars.
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sandmansans
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gnuworldorder
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how long did it take them to do this? this is pretty close to my parents place and depending on how this whole dieselgate thing goes i might be interested in itUPDATE!!!
Many of you have asked what I paid for this. Since I was the beta test car for this I had a huge discount.
I recently asked Les how much he would charge full price for this same setup. He said for parts/tune/ and labor the total would be around $2600.00. I'm not sure how this whole VW Emissions scandal is going to affect our cars but it won't affect mine.
It took longer because they had to design a new pipe and weed out all the codes that kept popping up. I'm guessing it would be a day or 2.
Exactly^^ if they wanted a car with low emissions they should have purchased a Prius. Also, if I remember correctly, the smog rating on the 2015 was like a 5/10.. They are plenty more emissions efficient cars out there.
I would prefer people not post on this thread if they are just going to cry about emissions.
sandmansans
Veteran Member
Lol seriously. I have the unfortunate burden of having to work in NJ and reading some of these threads, almost in a way reminds me of hurricane Sandy fraudsters. The second they heard there was federal relief funds, everyone and their grandmother in this crap hole state claimed they had suffered damages. Lol. Just looking for a free lunch
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That's the problem with people today. Everyone wants everything handed to them. I'm only 20 years old so I don't wanna hear anyone say it's just the "younger generation".
gnuworldorder
Well-known member
i went to jersey city a week and a half after sandy for work and my clients building had 4' of water in the main lobby and my friend's car was under water so a lot of people definitely got their **** ruined
sandmansans
Veteran Member
First off, my congrats on making it in and out of that dump jc intact.
Second, I think you missed that I was talking about the fraudsters. Yea there were a quite a bit of folks that were affected, but there were a ton of fraudsters as well. It would be in the papers all the time about how someone was going to jail for defrauding the Sandy relief fund. Lol it was so bad that the state had billboards on rt80 by Hackensack, rt3 by Lyndhurst and 95 close to the gw reminding folks how it was a crime to commit insurance fraud.
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