05-21-2018, 11:03 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-21-2018, 11:41 AM by RawrImAMonster.)
Last Thursday night I installed the stage 1+ ecu and stage 1 tcu tunes from Unitronic. The flashing process is a little stressful as it takes about 30 minutes and you have all sorts of error messages popping up on the cars display while it's happening, but it went by without any problems.
The car is definitely pretty quick now. If you don't ease into the throttle in second it will have no problem lighting up the tires. Having said that, traction issues are really not nearly as bad as I would have thought. If you ease into the throttle it hooks up well in second. This car is probably the most effortlessly fast car I've owned so far. I'm not saying it's the fastest at all, just that it takes no effort to accidentally be going 20 mph over the speed limit. It's kind of the opposite of the M3 in this regard. You have to rev the shit out of that to get it to go anywhere.
As far as the transmission tune goes, it doesn't really affect the manual mode which I use 95% of the time. The shift points and how it acts in drive mode has changed a lot though. It's not completely miserable to drive around in that now because it doesn't shift to a higher gear going up a hill with light throttle like it used to. I wouldn't have paid for this tune if it was me, but since I got it for free anyway, it's kind of nice to have the drive mode fixed.
Overall, the car is a lot more fun to drive now. The dsg shift noises are way louder and deeper, the diverter valve is way louder with the extra pressure. It's just better all around. My girlfriend also got her first hit of the go fast crack pipe with this thing and was giggling like an idiot. Before this she had never actually driven a fast car fast because she won't drive my manual cars.
The car is definitely pretty quick now. If you don't ease into the throttle in second it will have no problem lighting up the tires. Having said that, traction issues are really not nearly as bad as I would have thought. If you ease into the throttle it hooks up well in second. This car is probably the most effortlessly fast car I've owned so far. I'm not saying it's the fastest at all, just that it takes no effort to accidentally be going 20 mph over the speed limit. It's kind of the opposite of the M3 in this regard. You have to rev the shit out of that to get it to go anywhere.
As far as the transmission tune goes, it doesn't really affect the manual mode which I use 95% of the time. The shift points and how it acts in drive mode has changed a lot though. It's not completely miserable to drive around in that now because it doesn't shift to a higher gear going up a hill with light throttle like it used to. I wouldn't have paid for this tune if it was me, but since I got it for free anyway, it's kind of nice to have the drive mode fixed.
Overall, the car is a lot more fun to drive now. The dsg shift noises are way louder and deeper, the diverter valve is way louder with the extra pressure. It's just better all around. My girlfriend also got her first hit of the go fast crack pipe with this thing and was giggling like an idiot. Before this she had never actually driven a fast car fast because she won't drive my manual cars.
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2010 Nissan 370z | 2003 BMW M3
2005 Subaru WRX | 2010 BMW 135i | 1999 BMW M3
2002 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 | 2006 Mitsubishi Evolution IX SE
1995 Pontiac Firebird Formula | 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX | 1996 Pontiac Firebird