Burpod Tuning

GlowBugTDI

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2001 Beetle GLS TDI (BIODSL). 01 original Glow Bug TDI (sold)
Awesome. It's got an ancient Upsolute Chip in it now. Rolls so much coal it will blot out the sun on just .205 Sprint nozzles. It was fun 20 years ago but it's just embarrassing now.
You'll be in for a real treat with a tune from Burpod. If you though upsolute was fun wait till you feel some real tq to the wheels with the same hardware.
 

kballtdi

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2000 G, 2003 NB, 2004 JW, 2010 JSW, 2015 GSW
I'll second that.

Burpod's tune with the following set up has a very high giggle factor.

1856 Xman turbo
0.215 Injectors
10mm Injection Pump
Darkside FMIC (using euro crash bar)
EGR Delete with Race pipe
Kerma Old Man Intake
South Bend Stage 3 Daily Clutch

No turbo lag. An unbelievable amount of torque. Low smoke. It is hard to believe it is the same car.

Burpod was dedicated to the task. He helped us sort through a ton of issues (to a point of embarrassment on my part) until we got it dialed in. Lots of log files and one on one time behind the wheel. You simply will not get that level of interaction with another tuner. Can't recommend his work enough.

Can't wait to swap in an 11mm pump and 0.260 injectors. Should be a blast.
 

braddies

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America
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03 golf ALH
Burpod made this 270k mile 03 alh golf run better than it ever has. He smoothed out the jackhammer idle, reduced smoke throughout the rev range, increased power everywhere and I've found myself double checking what gear I'm in because 5th pulls like 4th used to, 4th pulls like 3rd used to, 3rd wants to break a tire loose and FLIES.

260's with a leaky head gasket for a win.
The car has been pressurizing the coolant ball for the last 70k miles with stock nozzles, he had the old injectors out in 45 minutes and dialed the .260s in right away. The car has more power than ever while also Coolant temps stay reasonable as long as I keep my foot out of it in 5th. Pretty awesome for a "baby it until we can swap the head gasket" tune.
Lady friend was also impressed. We took a ~200 mile trip and for the first time we could have a conversation on the highway and the engine was only a lightly perceptible background noise, and it smelled fine the whole trip! I used to get exhaust smell in the cabin when letting off the throttle but no more.
11mm, .260, bv39
 

burpod

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Location
cape cod, ma
TDI
82 rabbit vnt ahu, 98 jetta vnt ahu, 05 parts car, 88 scirocco.. :/
Burpod made this 270k mile 03 alh golf run better than it ever has. He smoothed out the jackhammer idle, reduced smoke throughout the rev range, increased power everywhere and I've found myself double checking what gear I'm in because 5th pulls like 4th used to, 4th pulls like 3rd used to, 3rd wants to break a tire loose and FLIES.

260's with a leaky head gasket for a win.
The car has been pressurizing the coolant ball for the last 70k miles with stock nozzles, he had the old injectors out in 45 minutes and dialed the .260s in right away. The car has more power than ever while also Coolant temps stay reasonable as long as I keep my foot out of it in 5th. Pretty awesome for a "baby it until we can swap the head gasket" tune.
Lady friend was also impressed. We took a ~200 mile trip and for the first time we could have a conversation on the highway and the engine was only a lightly perceptible background noise, and it smelled fine the whole trip! I used to get exhaust smell in the cabin when letting off the throttle but no more.
11mm, .260, bv39
can't wait to give it a little in-car rebuild - hone, maxpeeding rods + new rod bearings + the ported head w/stage2 cam. it will drive like a dream :)
 

J_dude

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SK Canada
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2003 1.9l “Jedi”
Burpod made this 270k mile 03 alh golf run better than it ever has. He smoothed out the jackhammer idle, reduced smoke throughout the rev range, increased power everywhere and I've found myself double checking what gear I'm in because 5th pulls like 4th used to, 4th pulls like 3rd used to, 3rd wants to break a tire loose and FLIES.

260's with a leaky head gasket for a win.
The car has been pressurizing the coolant ball for the last 70k miles with stock nozzles, he had the old injectors out in 45 minutes and dialed the .260s in right away. The car has more power than ever while also Coolant temps stay reasonable as long as I keep my foot out of it in 5th. Pretty awesome for a "baby it until we can swap the head gasket" tune.
Lady friend was also impressed. We took a ~200 mile trip and for the first time we could have a conversation on the highway and the engine was only a lightly perceptible background noise, and it smelled fine the whole trip! I used to get exhaust smell in the cabin when letting off the throttle but no more.
11mm, .260, bv39
Did you have a Malone tune previously?
 

burpod

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cape cod, ma
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82 rabbit vnt ahu, 98 jetta vnt ahu, 05 parts car, 88 scirocco.. :/
Source unknown mystery tune. Car also came with pvc intake piping, wish I kept a pic
it wasn't a malone tune.. not 100% sure who's tune it was, but it wasn't much of a tune. the only thing done to it was raise up the torque limiter a bit, fudge the pump map a hair, and fudged up boost map a bit. other than that stock tune. the timing maps were just left as same as stock 10mm/.184. the tune was "for" 11mm/.184
 

braddies

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03 golf ALH
Update on 03 alh with head gasket pressurizing coolant; now that the 260s are in coolant temps have been great, even with the (edit: ambient) temps in the 90s haven't needed to turn the heat on to keep coolant temps down like used to. 200° cruising at 75.
We wondered whether it might be a terrible idea to swap to bigger nozzles with the head gasket on its way out, but with burpods dialing-in it's definitely a good combo.
 
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GTiTDi

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Update on 03 alh with head gasket pressurizing coolant; now that the 260s are in coolant temps have been great, even with the temps in the 90s haven't needed to turn the heat on to keep temps down like used to. 200° cruising at 75.
We wondered whether it might be a terrible idea to swap to bigger nozzles with the head gasket on its way out, but with burpods dialing-in it's definitely a good combo.
Have you been by my shop before? Pod mentioned that you might have?
 

luibags

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BOSTON
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02 Jetta 5 speed, 02 Jetta auto, 02 golf 5speed, 81 caddy 1.9 5speed
I’m New to the Tdi world. I was clueless when it came to upgrades and tuning and what to do with my car that’s until I met Burpod. On the forms, if your in search for a tune and want everything to come out correctly and want to speak with somebody who knows his stuff, who won’t leave you hanging someone who will respond to you as soon as they can. Burpod is your man. He explains everything in detail and doesn’t get annoyed, no matter how many questions you asked and believe me, I asked a lot I’m very pleased and super happy with the tune. I never expected to get so much power out of a little Tdi engine and now I want more lol,
 

yeahkkyle

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Oct 23, 2016
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Elysburg, PA
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2003 Jetta 5 speed
Installed 11mm/.260's about 3 weeks ago that I got through Burpod and after a not so easy 740 miles I filled up today and netted 51mpg. Previously I was running 10mm/205's, also tuned by Guthrie, with a best mpg of 56.9mpg. Have some minor n75 adjustments and curious what some easier driving on this tank will do. Car is running great as usual with plenty of power and basically no smoke.
 

garciapiano

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1997 Jetta TDI (1Z)
That's really impressive. I wish I could hit the 50s... the bumper to bumper traffic in Los Angeles makes that nearly impossible in my day-to-day driving though.
 

03TDICommuter

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01' NB, 5spd
Update on 03 alh with head gasket pressurizing coolant; now that the 260s are in coolant temps have been great, even with the (edit: ambient) temps in the 90s haven't needed to turn the heat on to keep coolant temps down like used to. 200° cruising at 75.
We wondered whether it might be a terrible idea to swap to bigger nozzles with the head gasket on its way out, but with burpods dialing-in it's definitely a good combo.
Wait, so you have more power and not pushing combustion gases into the coolant? I plan on replacing my head this Christmas to use my 0.205 nozzles and hadn't considered trying the nozzles while I have this head lift/gasket problem.
 

burpod

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cape cod, ma
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82 rabbit vnt ahu, 98 jetta vnt ahu, 05 parts car, 88 scirocco.. :/
Wait, so you have more power and not pushing combustion gases into the coolant? I plan on replacing my head this Christmas to use my 0.205 nozzles and hadn't considered trying the nozzles while I have this head lift/gasket problem.
that will only make it worse on a malone or other tune ;) it only works because of changes in the tuning at the same time. your tune has too much advance...
 

03TDICommuter

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why delay? :p gives me stomach pains thinking about whats going on in there lol
I'm confused how I could get more power out of the engine and not lift the head/push through the gasket vs what it is already doing. More power = higher combustion pressure right?
 

garciapiano

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1997 Jetta TDI (1Z)
I'm confused how I could get more power out of the engine and not lift the head/push through the gasket vs what it is already doing. More power = higher combustion pressure right?
Yes, but also no. High PEAK cylinder pressures are the thing you are trying to avoid.
 

burpod

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cape cod, ma
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82 rabbit vnt ahu, 98 jetta vnt ahu, 05 parts car, 88 scirocco.. :/
I'm confused how I could get more power out of the engine and not lift the head/push through the gasket vs what it is already doing. More power = higher combustion pressure right?
We wouldn't necessarily put out more power, it would just have far more optimal and healthy matched timing/boost maps that would stress the already compromised engine less. It might feel torquier but will actually be less stressful on the head
 

burpod

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82 rabbit vnt ahu, 98 jetta vnt ahu, 05 parts car, 88 scirocco.. :/
... In other words, you're running around in a constant state of way too much advance. That is not good especially if your head gasket is already leaking
 

dieseldonato

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You really only need advanced timing when you have long (ish) durations and are at higher rpm when the time angle window is really short. Super advanced timing actually works against torque production at lower rpms and increases stress on the head and rods from having peak cylinder pressure before or very close to TDC.
 

starrd

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Canada
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1996 Passat
I finally was able to get my son's car today to install the new Burpod tune and the new 0.260 injectors we have had for a while. I was delayed because my spare GN ECU would not run on my son's car unless I did an immobilizer delete and I wanted to maintain the immobilizer. I managed to find a spare FN ECU at the pick-n-pull for $50 CAD and when I loaded the same flash and eeprom file - it worked just fine with this ECU. Anyway, now with a backup ECU, in case I needed it, I installed the new injectors and flashed the cloned FN ECU with Burpod's tune for a stock 2003 Golf TDI with 0.260 injectors. It was one of those days where everything went right - no broken bolts, stuck injectors, flash file that didn't load. The engine fired up easily and is noticeably smoother at idle. It also accelerates well and scoots right along on the highway. I am very pleased! Hats off to you Burpod and thank you for your customer service - above and beyond!
 

mrchill

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Timing advances with RPM to account for ignition delay. This refers to the delay time between injection of the fuel (SOI or start of injection) and when it actually starts to burn (SOC or start of combustion).

The Bosch literature states the ignition delay in all diesel engines is right at 1000 microseconds. Of course this changes somewhat based on stuff like injection pressure and fuel quality and more, but 1000 usec is a pretty good rule of thumb. So for all practical purposes, it's safe to just say Ignition delay is 1000 microseconds, as Bosch specifies.

If 1000 microseconds is "the" ignition delay, then each 1000 rpm of engine rotational speed requires another 6 degrees crank advance to SOI to achieve the same SOC. That's because the engine's rotation covers exactly 6 more degrees per millisecond if the engine is spinning 1000 rpm faster. (do the math: 60 sec/min, "X" rotations per (milli)second, 360 degrees per rotation) You see this 6 deg/1000 rpm all over the maps when you start to look for it. (Though ALH/AHU are based on injection pump rotation speed so it's 3 degrees/1000 rpm)

FWIW
well said.
 

akal65

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Alaska
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B4
I have a 96 Passat B4 that I have been fixing up and Burpod has done more for me than any other chip I have used. I now have a smoother running engine with excellent mpg and great power also. he is not done yet and is going to fine tune it for maximum effect. I would say if you are looking for a tune Burpod is the go to guy.
 
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