best tuner for elevation

[toastyjosh]

Hey I have a bone stock 2003 golf and I live about 7200 ft. This car sees elevations from 100ft to 12,000ft. So I want to get a chip stage one or two which tuner would be the best to work with? Also planned mods will not be to much more other than removing the muffler and some intercooler pipe mods.
Thanks

 

[Farfromovin]

Id think that any of them would suffice but id recommend one that offers flash tools for sale or rent. That way you can ensure everything works as it should at the varying elevations without having to mail your ECU back and forth to the tuner. I know how differently cars act at sea level and 5k ft. I can only imagine 12k... Must suck lol.

 

[toastyjosh]

Yea i guess i really dont remember sea level, I only go there once a year. Even at 7k It does not really feel that different. Going over the High 12k passes it still goes but it is a bit laggy.

 

[JFettig]

Malone had asked me about my elevation for my last set of chips - it sounds like he can do some stuff with it to make sure you're safe.


Jon

 

[toastyjosh]

Thanks I will look in to malone, and kerma the are up in vail co.

 

[toastyjosh]

Anyone else live at high elevation that has a chip?

 

[TdiTaff]

I'm in Aspen, CO.
Have Malone stage 4 tune, still tweaking but works well.

 

[runonbeer]

Go see aNUT www.dieselland.net

He tunes em all day long at elevation.

 

[Mark@MaloneTuning]

Elevation is mentioned in this page: http://malonetuning.com/?page_id=272

I tune a lot of Vanagon TDIs (we have two dealers that are dedicated to Vanagon & Eurovan TDI conversions), quite a few of which see at least 10,000ft elevation. These TDI engines work harder in vans than in a much lighter and more aerodynamic VW Golf or Jetta. Reliability is flawless so far.