RS6 Revo Tune issue.

[cjargo]

I'm definitely interested in additional software. Revo's torque curve is to jagged for my taste, and a more elegant torque curve is what I'd tailor into the ECU. Since I'm new to the sandbox of "FLASHING", the short hand is cryptic and I have no clue where to begin, beyond the ross-tech goodies. Any direction would be appreciated.

[makaveli42]

Send your TCU and ECU to Rich at Viper or go with MTM

[lswing]

I'm definitely interested in additional software. Revo's torque curve is to jagged for my taste, and a more elegant torque curve is what I'd tailor into the ECU. Since I'm new to the sandbox of "FLASHING", the short hand is cryptic and I have no clue where to begin, beyond the ross-tech goodies. Any direction would be appreciated.

It's super smooth on my car, was rough last year when it was pulling timing because the tune was too aggressive. Just read up on the sps details. What are your settings?

[hahnmgh63]

Overall I was happy with my previous REVO tune. For the price at the time they were the best bang for the dollar, back when everyone else wanted $2.5K plus for a tune they were down around $699. In order to fine tune REVO though when using the higher end of their recommended Boost levels you needed to add a little more fueling which to adjust the REVO also required the use of a REVO SPS tool which cost more money, and also the use of an old REVO freeware program called Lemmiwinks to add the fueling. Through E-mails that Lswing received REVO didn't seem to want to acknowledge that their tune would run a little lean, which at lower Boost levels wasn't a big problem but the fueling wouldn't keep up at the higher Boost levels. In the end, besides going to Catless Milltek downpipes (better that gutting stock IMO, smoother and about 1/4" large dia. than stock), I also removed my complete SAI system. Revo would sell or give me a tune to code out the rear O2's but they didn't do anything for the SAI system so that made my decision to go with Eurcharged. I had my problems which weren't related to the Eurocharged tune but my own embarrassing fault but now I'm very happy with it. Jerry has supplied me with a couple of tunes with different Boost levels and I get no O2 or SAI system faults and the logs show a more richer mixture without any tweaking that I was getting with the REVO. Right now in the RS6 software realm I think Eurocharged & Viper are the two to go with, especially if you want something custom like the O2 and/or SAI system coded. Jerry coded out both for me without charging any extra over their off the shelf RS6 tunes.

[cjargo]

It's super smooth on my car, was rough last year when it was pulling timing because the tune was too aggressive. Just read up on the sps details. What are your settings?

The numbers are in the following order: boost timing fuel

Default 6 2 9

Performance A 7 1 0

Performance B 9 5 0

Performance C 9 9 0

Since you're farther up the bell curve, what are your settings, and what would be your suggested settings? FYI: Tomorrow I'll read up on "How to log" with the Ross VAG-COM and study the Lemmiwinks as well. Any heads up on any of the software goodies would be appreactiated. Cheers!

[lswing]

Yea the REVO default number is ridiculous, way too much boost for my car at least. Running 3-5-9 for me, try maybe 3-3, nice and safe. Remember the last number does nothing. Also, I've got the water meth kit, and adding extra fuel with another program. I'll get you more info later if you need. My car does seem to boost high as it's about maxed out for decent boost at 16psi, that's set on three, it will run 19psi when turned up, but does not perform as well. Log your timing-3, egt-112, boost-115...