Ok, having had this on for nearly 3 months and covering nearly 6k miles I can confirm the following;

Mpg, use car for work so do a lot of miles on various types of journeys, best long distance mpg pre map was 50.3, however best I've seen thus far is 44.5 post re map. In all honesty it generally hangs around 35 mpg as it's just too easy to use all that power.

Mine's a DSG and the power is just intoxicating from right across the rev range, however in gear is now in another league. I have winters on at the moment and can get the wheels spinning at 80mph (not so much when summer tyres were on). The torque is just immense, however it is still very sedate when you want it to be but with oodles more usable power.

0-60 have improved as has 0-100, 30-70, 70-90 and so on, very strong in all aspects.

What I like about this map is it isn't all out a big bang, it's progressive.

Highly recommend it for this engine as VWG have a peach of an engine that seems to be a big leap over the one it replaced.

Is this the bluefin?

From the torque curves I have seen, Revo, APR (low torque map), and Superchips all seem very very similar. APR's standard (high torque) MAP is simply bonkers and may seriously reduce the lifetime of the turbo.

 

Revo - +60-70bhp/+70lb/ft

APR low torque - +60-70bhp/+70lb/ft

Superchips - +60bhp/+70lb/ft

APR standard - +80-90bhp/+100-110lb/ft

 

Bluefin is not available for the VRS III TSI. All remaps are performed via the OBD port and you must take the car backwards and forwards to the tuner for updates or rollbacks.

Great summary Orville, thanks.

Hi,

 

I installed APR stage 1 on my Octavia VRS 2.0 TSI 6M just last year in December with 20.000km and now it is 42.000km No problem what so ever. It is worth every cent. Performance:

• 0-100km/h 5,8 sec.
• Top speed (98 Octane) 277km/h (tachometer) / 271km/h GPS (http://www.viderma.co.rs/site/assets/files/1010/271_kmh_top_speed.png)
• Fuel consumption: as declared by factory, no change, though at hi speeds...sure goes to 13lit/100km

Here are few videos that I made. Since it is 6M I had difficulties in holding a steering wheel with one hand and camera with another, so I made in 4th & 6th gear only:

 

https://youtu.be/lu_wayhyJoY
https://youtu.be/mi2UIuy76u4
https://youtu.be/qfg6DNU6G2Q
https://youtu.be/mjeEzmd1pVc

Edited 18 September, 201510 yr by PowerUp