by Touronaut on Wed, 19 Oct 2016 4:01 +0000
After weeks of searching the market for information on chips, modules, remaps and anything else that would bring my MK7 3.0 Invincible Auto to life, I took the plunge yesterday and bought a Steinbauer. It seemed the most intelligent and safest option.
First impression on test run was not the best as I suppose I was expecting to set off like I was running on nitro. After realising I was only going to get up to +25% at the very most I began testing it on my usual runs with a more sensible mind. I noticed less effort was needed to get the same speeds and the K&N filter made less noise, so I would say there is definitely less air being sucked in which would mean less fuel being used, maybe I am wrong.
The second time I went out I drove without fuel economy in mind. Not being too reckless with fuel consumption, I just gave it a bit more throttle. It seemed faster and smoother and was a more enjoyable drive. I had no trouble racing mopeds anymore, the local Vespa club will be well gutted now I thought.
Anyway I decided to try some overtaking and compare with pre-instalation and guess what? It actually happened, I put my foot down and flew past the traffic at ease, much, much better! I did one overtake on an incline while travelling at about 50mph and it took off like a rocket ship instantly, which took me by surprise! I thought I was going to beat NASA to Mars! The truck did have a bit of pork at the top end anyway, but this was different, engine was sharper and less laboured.
I put the setting on the factory 50%. I'm going to run a full tank on that and a full tank on 100% to see if there is a difference in mpg. And see if there is any difference in power. Anyone know if there is?
Did I make the right choice? I think so. I mean the wife can now stop pushing my truck when going up hills, which has been a problem for me when driving and texting and having to hold my own beer at the same time!
Just waiting for the traffic to die down and off I go again on my 3rd test run.