Arin, at last! Very happy to see you here! I have a question (well, tons of questions..!)
Does your stage 1 for the GTI have the ability to swap between stock, 93 and 100 octane fuel like the one for the mk6? This is the main decision-feature for me because I don't want to have "conflicts" with the pathetic vw garage if a problem occurs (you know, "your car is tuned, warranty is affected, you wouldn't have a problem if our car was untouched by a tuner" etc.)
They now have new advances, so currently, if software is on the ECU (even if you have program switching) it can be found. The exception would be removing the software at an APR dealer.
And another one. Does this 330hp we were told will be available in the program you will release? I mean, your final program will have that figure or you just made it as aggressive as you could to see if the engine (turbo, high pressure fuel pump, injectors -direct and indirect- etc.) can cope with the stress?
Well, we're testing all of that now. We've had software for quite some time and have been bumping up the power as we go along. Now we're to the point where we're running it pretty wide open and hard, testing it on the autobahn at wide open throttle for lengthy periods of time and getting some track time too. We'll have our car in the desert pretty soon at a whole weekend track event.
Our car is loaded up with sensors and probes to measure EGT's, back pressure and whatever else the engineers feel is necessary to ensure it can take it. We even have extra analog sensors to ensure the information coming out of our high speed data logger is actually correct. We have access to every item within the ECU at high sample rates with many variables logging at once. Here is a photo of the probes, wires, and fire retardant wrap around other sensor leads (the ones sticking out of the top if the exhaust gas pressure sensor):
This data is very important. Ultimately it will help us to dictate where we end up with power. I have a motto for the calibrators, and it's
Aggressive but not Risky. No one here wants them to take risks by overspinning or burning up turbos, or numbing knock sensors to get out a few more degrees of ignition advance. We also don't want to be too conservative such that you don't enjoy the software, but we do tend to take less "risks" up front without data to back our decisions to go further.
We'll arrive at a figure, backed up with data, and then we'll release it. After more lengthy long term testing, we'll likely bump up the power over the years and issue free updates. This will also come with more software development too. Sometimes we find way to make more power without being risky and often has nothing to do with being aggressive either. It typically comes with a greater knowledge of the system with more time working on it. This typically happens when we dig deeper into the code while developing our stage 3 kits, which are already up and running and will be on display at for a one of our special clients this weekend.
Will your intake increase the power (with your "bolt-on" algorithm as in the mk6)?
Yup! It's already showing a good gain. I'm not ready to share the results yet though. I'm holding off for now till I have our final calibration as the numbers will change with our requested output. Request more from the turbo (higher airflow requirements), and the gains between stock and our intake will increase.
Any torque figures? If the gen-3 on Jettas and Beatles produce ~42kgm what's the current figure you achieved in the GTI as it has valve-lift, dual cam-phasing, bigger turbo, etc? ~45kgm???
Let me say this, 300 Ft-lbs at the wheels was BEYOND easy and we're blowing those tuning boxes out of the water, big time! : )
holly crap 330hp 
