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Old 05-04-2007, 11:06 AM
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Default 5000 mile service ECU reflash by dealer.......

and oddly enough the car does not seem as slow as I thought it was before my APR 91 upgrade. Does that mean my upgrade was more imagined than real or does the Audi reflash make the car stronger than it was before, so after I get the APR 91 on the new Audi software the car will be stronger than after the first APR flash. The dealer said nothing about the APR software. I was concerned because I did not have the APR security lockout feature. So I wondered if they would ask me to sign the release form posted here a month or so ago.
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Chip = placebo.
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I felt the same way when I got mine back a few weeks ago
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I didn't, I couldn't wait to get my torque back
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Default Ballzo and JoeC... let me guess APR 91 Oct?

I am saying that because the dyno plots I have seen on APR code show it to be pretty modest in low RPMs. Its a nice / smooth graph, but it just does not have the same torque as Revo. I actually like the linearity that APR programs in, and I ended up reducing my Revo boost to behave more like the APR chip. Nice feature of the Revo software - adjust ability.

I just do not believe that the 2.0T should come with a KO3. Audi needs to give us a bigger snail. If they fail to do that in the B8, I will be disappointed.
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3rd and APR 91
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Default No way that the APR upgrade can be "imagined".

Absolutley definitive that the car is faster with the APR than without.

Unlikely as it could be, I would worry that the dealer didn't do the flash if you think that the car is running as fast as it was with the APR.

And, IIRC, the APR security lockout would not have prevented the dealer from flashing the car. The lockout is to prevent someone from using the cruise control button to change between your programs.
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Default On the work order, it says "I3" campaign softare updated...

although it does feel stronger at 3500 rpm. Little slower at start. Certainly miss my APR.
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No way, had both 1.8T and 2.0T chipped. both noticable, but much more on the 2.0T


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