mischami

Thanks all for your contribution to this queste. I just went off the path of the dual remapped 1.8TSI DSG and am going to see a manual vRS (2018, 230hp) tomorrow. 😉 Sometimes you just have to be good to yourself 😜

Yeap, that's what several tuners around here state. It's also not really such a surprise. An increase of power and torque in the range of 25-30% is pretty normal. Thanks guys ! I found a very nice 1.8tsi manual, but these people don't want to sell it to me as I don't live near them, so they won't benefit from my service-visits. ****ed as hell I started calculating on the difference to my previous favorite and the 1.8 and the differences are minimal. I'll probably step op a notch and get me a vRS with a manual transmission 😉

Thanks for the reply. This will only be a different story when having it connected to the 1.8TSI after a remap. Then it will have about 240HP and 370NM of torque. For the DQ200 they limit the torque on this remap to 330NM. I found a nice Octavia 1.8TSI with a manual gearbox and low milage that I'll go check this week. I'm not obliged or limited to have an automatic as I drive manual for about 30 years now and only had the comfort of an automatic for roughly 3 years now. Don't mind manuals and can drive them. Thanks again, I'll keep this nice forum posted with an update after I purchased. 😉

Dear all, I'm orienting for a replacement for my Golf 6. Candidates are the Octavia 5E (bigger booth for my doggie) or the Leon 5F. Apart from that, there's the choice for the 1.8TSI or the 1.5TSI. Last there's the choice for the manual gearbox or the DSG. My main question is regarding the gearbox-choice. If I check gearboxes available for the 1.5 and 1.8 engine, only the DQ200 (DSG-7) is available. Who hasn't heard about that one? As I want to remap the car, whatever engine it's gonna be, in the end, I'm going to destroy the DQ200 gearbox because of the increased torque if I don't remap the gearbox too. Now my questions: 1. What's the problem with the DQ200? Is it the increased torque or is it just a crappy gearbox? 2. Is the DQ200 getting more reliable if I have the engine AND the gearbox remapped? 3. Isn't the problem as big as it seems and I'm worrying without a reason? If the DQ200 is just crap and prone to failure, I'll just go look around for a 1.8TSI with manual gearbox. I recently drove in an Ibiza with a remapped 1.5TSI with a manual gearbox and I was pretty impressed how that was moving forward considering I before had a Focus 1.5 EcoBoost Automatic. I hope my questions are a bit clear. Thanks for taking the time to read my "problem of choices". Best regards, Mischa