Planning my conversion for this winter.
Called EPL and they do not tune the manual conversions anymore.
I want to upgrade the turbos (Scroll Products) while I'm in there and have it tuned accordingly.
Any suggestions?
Planning my conversion for this winter.
Called EPL and they do not tune the manual conversions anymore.
I want to upgrade the turbos (Scroll Products) while I'm in there and have it tuned accordingly.
Any suggestions?
03 RS6 Daytona Grey - EFI Express - 01e - SRM K24 - Aquamist - 495whp/580ft-lbs
SteveKen in PA, not sure if he does the tuning, but he's the source for all 01E knowledge.
10SecS4 I believe may be even closer to you, he tunes, but not sure if he's got the 01E covered.
That should get you started
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No, I am not the board admin - that's Erik (from Sweden), I'm Other_Erik (from the US)
I wanted to do a one stop shop with EPL (turbo upgrade, 01e tune, and tuning for the upgraded turbos), but they won't tune any RS6's with o1e's in them...kinda weird IMO.
So, I am fine with shipping the ECU to AMD for the 01e tune, but really want the car tuned for the upgraded turbos.
That's my dilemma...
And I have an email into Sean at Scroll Products for the rebuilds.
03 RS6 Daytona Grey - EFI Express - 01e - SRM K24 - Aquamist - 495whp/580ft-lbs
So you doing the Scroll upgrade to bigger impeller(s)? Around $2k right, have to cut and weld exhaust housing, something like that when I spoke to him.
I just did the stock rebuild, but had the impeller shaft oil flow increased for $200 or so, he said they would stay cooler, spin better, they do work great.
Ace/Edge TC - Tozo Trans - MTM TCU - REVO/ME7 tune - Wagner IC's w/ Venair Hoses - Aux Radiator delete - Hotchkis Sways - Hawk HPS Pads - Koni Sport Struts - Scroll KO4 Turbos - Devil's Own WM - 421whp/452wtq on Mustang Dyno - http://www.audirssix.com
Yes, while I have them out, I want to go with the larger compressor wheels and turbine wheel mod, hence the need for some custom tuning for optimization = my dilemma...
03 RS6 Daytona Grey - EFI Express - 01e - SRM K24 - Aquamist - 495whp/580ft-lbs
I'm really surprised that EPL won't do it... There are west coast shops that you can send your ECU to, but up this way I'm not sure. Might be worth asking on the Audizine forum as I'm sure there are some people in the Northeast that have 6MT swapped other Audis; where the RS6 is such a low production car there just aren't a lot of people working on them.
2017 Subaru BRZ Limited w/ Performance Pack 6MT
2003 Audi RS 6 quattro 5AT - sold
Without pissing in anyone off too much, I can say that I've been there ans done that with just about every tuner out there since 2009 on this, EPL included.
While EPL might be a spectacular tuner, getting the RS6 ECU right for a 6MT car 'ain't tuning'. The amount of gray matter is another order of magnitude.
If they would take time to learn and do it properly, it' wouldn't be lucrative enough for them or affordable for the end user.
I don't' mean to single out EPL, as the same can be said for a lot of other tuners as well.
Props to AMD, ddillenger, EFI Express, prj for essentially starting with nothing to get it where it is currently.
2012 Q7 TDI S-Line - 2010 GTI - 2007 A3 3.2 S-Line - 2003 RS6
2001 Honda S2000 - 1977 Honda CBR 750-F2 - 1965 GMC 1500 WideSide
I'd try to contact ddillenger. I have no experience with him but have seen his name tossed around and he's got his own 6MT RS6 in the works.
03 RS6 Avus/Ebony #905593 resurrected 6MT, 04 Avalanche Z71, 87 T-Bird Turbo Coupe (351W T5), 04 Aprilia RSVR Factory
Just to add to it, I wonder if anyone really does a complete 6MT tune and clears out all the gray area issues? I know the last I heard from one of the AMD owned cars was that they were still experiencing CEL or other lights related to the tune, and not getting follow up support. Maybe it was another issue though, and not to single them out. Heard many good things and as SK said, it's great these guys take it on.
Yes, ideally you would find a local tuner where you could get on a dyno and match the tune to your turbo's ability.
One idea, and I did this with my WRX, is remote tuning. Basically you get the tune, flash it, then you go log data. Send the file back to the tuner, they perfect it. 2-3 tries and you should have it dialed in.
Ace/Edge TC - Tozo Trans - MTM TCU - REVO/ME7 tune - Wagner IC's w/ Venair Hoses - Aux Radiator delete - Hotchkis Sways - Hawk HPS Pads - Koni Sport Struts - Scroll KO4 Turbos - Devil's Own WM - 421whp/452wtq on Mustang Dyno - http://www.audirssix.com
Just emailed VAG Autowerks, he's located in Albany with is local enough for me.
Hopefully we can work something out. I'd really like to get the car setup right.
I've done the remote tuning route on my gt3071 viggen, and it came out pretty good. Remote tuning may still be on the table for me.
03 RS6 Daytona Grey - EFI Express - 01e - SRM K24 - Aquamist - 495whp/580ft-lbs
lswing: I think the AMD owned car you're referring to may have been mine. I did have an issue where for some reason my instrument cluster though it was still an automatic (not the original RS6 auto though, oddly) and showed PRND432, with P always highlighted. It also would read "Press brake pedal to select gear" upon startup. Turns out it was just an adaptation value that had to be changed, I figured it out on my own with VagCom.
AMD is certainly not the best at communication, but with their tune my car has no "handicaps" as a manual, everything works as it should: ESP, ABS, cruise, cluster, etc. No warning lights, no residual error codes, nothing. Just a 6 speed RS6.
RS6 #1, 01E, 2.5" straight pipes, AMD Stage 1 6MT tune, 460awhp/530awtq on AMD's Mustang dyno. TOTALLED.. RS6 #2, Ebony Black Pearl on black/silver combination with carbon, up and running with 6 gears and AMD tune.
Thanks for confirming! I should have stated that I have no idea how good they are and was propagating internet hearsay I would be awfully tempted to try remote tuning through them. If they have all the gray area sorted as stated, then it's just a few flashes, or maybe sending the ecu back and forth, to exact the performance part of the tune.
Ace/Edge TC - Tozo Trans - MTM TCU - REVO/ME7 tune - Wagner IC's w/ Venair Hoses - Aux Radiator delete - Hotchkis Sways - Hawk HPS Pads - Koni Sport Struts - Scroll KO4 Turbos - Devil's Own WM - 421whp/452wtq on Mustang Dyno - http://www.audirssix.com
No problem! I think they do a great job tuning, the only problem I could see with remote tuning is getting ahold of them when you need to.. Other than that I'd say it's a great option. To be fair, once I did reach Jason the first time and got my appointment set up, I was able to reach him in the interim just fine too. It was just that first contact that was problematic.
RS6 #1, 01E, 2.5" straight pipes, AMD Stage 1 6MT tune, 460awhp/530awtq on AMD's Mustang dyno. TOTALLED.. RS6 #2, Ebony Black Pearl on black/silver combination with carbon, up and running with 6 gears and AMD tune.
I can 100% confirm that AMD has had a 6MT tune that has no issues. I've been running their stage one making a very reliable 475/575 HP/TQ for over a year. No issues at all. It's perfect as far as I'm concerned.
I've also used a VAG Motorwerks (ddillenger) ECU for initial shakedown and feedback reporting and have all the confidence that it will be comparable to the AMD tune and probalby with more configurability, as they are more remote-tune friendly and can work through some iterations to match the tune to your mods.
2012 Q7 TDI S-Line - 2010 GTI - 2007 A3 3.2 S-Line - 2003 RS6
2001 Honda S2000 - 1977 Honda CBR 750-F2 - 1965 GMC 1500 WideSide
Ace/Edge TC - Tozo Trans - MTM TCU - REVO/ME7 tune - Wagner IC's w/ Venair Hoses - Aux Radiator delete - Hotchkis Sways - Hawk HPS Pads - Koni Sport Struts - Scroll KO4 Turbos - Devil's Own WM - 421whp/452wtq on Mustang Dyno - http://www.audirssix.com
If I wasn't the only manual RS6 car up this way, at the time, EPL may have spent some more time. My car was 99.99% there, just some code issues. As has been said, it takes a tremendous amount of time to perfect these types of "problems". EPL chooses to R&D current model offerings, to a more MASS market, rather than spend a tremendous amount of time for a few of us pioneers.
2003 RS6//Fully Adjustable Suspension//VIPER ECU&TCU//Daytona Gray-Black
Fully straight piped from the turbos to tips!
Apikol Intake and D.O. Dual Nozzle Stage 2 Meth Kit
AMD has ALL of the issues sorted on the conversion tune, has for some time now.
2001 S4 Avant 6mt: AMD tuned, Stasis Streetsports.
2003 RS6 Sedan 6mt: AMD tuned, 515awhp/635awtq, PSS9's, 4:1 Diff
2006 Carrera S 6mt: EvoMS tuned, Sharkwerkes Exhaust, Numeric shifter, Fuchs Reps