Karma Vs Malone dsg tune

oddytdi

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Sorry I wasn’t clear. I want to know if I can do kerma dsg tune and then get a Malone stage tune 1?
 

JELLOWSUBMARINE

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So you want to run the Karma DSG with the Malone? Why would you do that, even IF you could
 

Hinzipwo

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i thought that when you get your dsg tune it works together with an ecu tune? if thats the case then you would have the dsg tune not knowing how to work with the ecu tune. i could be wrong though
 

Lightflyer1

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You probably can do that but why would you? I think they both do both the DSG and engine tunes. It would make sense to stick with one tuner but you may not have to. That would be kind of weird to me to do.
 

JELLOWSUBMARINE

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But I will mostly go with Malone bc I wanna do dpf and egr delete
That was my concern but I decided non delete + it seemed Kerma concentrated more on soot reduction. At first they were great customer service, even walked my wife thru the install. Since then they've had some turn over of my favorite techs.

Not sure why they have changed (for me at least). On one TDIclub thread I mentioned something about not hearing back on updates? An immediate Kerma P.M. asked me to remove the post, which I did. The promise was made to send an update but I haven't heard a peep since over a year ago. Will I follow up on it? No, probably not, I dont want to chance the cook spitting in my food.

If you can delete... do it. your car and wallet will thank you. Does Malone do DSG's?
 

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