Got my tune applied today and all I can say is wow, what a joy to drive! This is my second car with an APR tune and the car honestly drives better with the tune than it does stock. Highly recommend to anyone considering.

 

Just looking for some advice. I have a 19 macan S with pedal commander. What bugs me the most about the macan is the responsiveness. I’m not sure if it’s really turbo lag but between 2-3 gear is where i notice it the most. I usually have set on city +3. Sport +2-3 gets the car going up in speed real quick but still has the same lag.

will Ecu remap/tune fix this? If so, what is the difference between Cobb and APR tune other than being able to reflash map yourself with Cobb?

is the APR tune more agressive?

Thanks in advance!

 

There are many discussions about the Cobb tune.

I am merging this thread with the other APR Tune threads.


OP: You need to read the Cobb threads and the APR posts in the merge in order to make a decision.


Good luck!

 

Cobb Accessport is a huge advantage.

 

Any update on the 2.9 tune?

 

Fwiw I spoke to an APR rep today and they state the tune is still in development. Pretty cool they have an upgraded HPFP so this thing can run a more aggressive e85 tune.

 

Is the Macan able to run e85?
The overwhelming majority of newer vehicles are good up to around e25. e85 is another story while some cars/trucks/SUVs are flex fuel and some are not, big difference.

 

My tt-rs handles e85 bone stock. The 2.9t can run a stage 1 tune on a stock hardware, their stage 1+ requires a hpfp upgrade they sell. The tune is not flex fuel, it's an e60-85 tune.

 

New ECU released for 95B.2 APR ECU-30T-EA839-95B2 APR ECU Upgrade - 3.0T EA839 V6 (95B.2) (Macan S)

 

Bumping an old thread…any 95B.2 guys running the APR tune? Would love some feedback, can’t find much.

 

Agreed, I was hoping to hear some reports on that one myself.

 

Any updates? Just picked up a Macan and the APR tune seems to raise HP/TQ numbers well above Cobb.

 

I got the ultralink to install the tune myself at home for my 2019 Macan S. ultralink was 129 then the tune itself was 899.

To be completely honest, I personally do not feel much of a difference in power... The S is plenty fast and unless you are planning on upgrading the turbo, fuel injectors, meth, HPFP, intercoolers... I would save the money.

 

Thank you! It's insane to charge 899 on top of the Ultralink

 

This is with the EA839 engine right?

It does seem to be a pretty substantial upgrade at least on paper for a stage 1.

 

This is with the EA839 engine right?

It does seem to be a pretty substantial upgrade at least on paper for a stage 1.

yes this is for the EA839 engine

 

yes this is for the EA839 engine

I should have listened to you but I couldn't control myself - I agree I do not feel a big difference at all.

 

I do wonder how safe the tune Is… I have been thinking of getting my 2.5 GTS tuned with APR as well. Insane numbers for that engine.

 

I've had APR tunes on many cars with no issues. I'll let you know if my S blows up haha

 

Interesting because on the dyno chart, the gains seem massive starting at 2,000 rpm.

Is there a difference with Sport mode on/off?

 

It feels faster in Sport once you get moving - but I was hoping for more low end torque. I guess at the end of the day this is still a small SUV with a restrictive exhaust setup. I suspect a downpipe etc would help a lot but Stage 1 in other cars I've owned was a much bigger difference.

 

I find that when I drive the Macan, I press sport and manually shift the car. I have to admit, once the boost comes on, you feel the punch in acceleration but thats only if you push the gas pedal more aggressively. For the most part, driving around town, the boost barely comes on which is why it is a smooth ride.

I do wish there was more umph on the low end but there is really no fixing that. I was thinking about upgrading the turbo to the GTX3582R which i think is the same as pure turbo's 750 but this would only make the mid/high range even more aggressive.

I have not ecu coded the boost gauge in the dash to 1.6 - 3 bar so I'm only seeing the max out at 15PSI. I wonder if we actually get 20PSI+ with the stage 1 APR ECU tune...

 

Try pedal commander or roar pedal.

 

as an update, I reached out to APR to see if they offer a custom tune if I decided to upgrade my turbo. They said unfortunately, they do not. So those of us that already have stage 1 APR tune... that is as good as its going to get.

 

That sucks

 

Pretty frustrated - I bought the Ultralink to flash my '21 Macan base at home only to be hit with the 'can't detect your control unit' error. According to the APR website the base '21 Macan has a tune mapped, but for whatever reason it doesn't recognize my car to start the process.

Perhaps any other '21 owners here with APR Stage 1 that can confirm they got it going My box code is 95B906259S/0002

Thanks!

 

I had this issue and after disconnecting/reconnecting the dongle from the car/laptop several times it finally worked

 

Thanks @UncleMacan

I just got an email from John at APR, who confirmed they do not have a tune for my specific box code, and they can't provide any sort of timeline for when/if they will. To add a cherry on top of this bad experience, I paid for expedited shipping and am now being told not only will they not refund that, but I'll be responsible for return shipping as well. I can't believe how poor the customer service from APR is. They know which box codes are not covered, yet don't include that information for the buyer prior to purchase. They only list model and year, which clearly doesn't cover the necessary information for the consumer.

It would be really great if they published that information on the product page, or at least did the right thing by their customers and offered to cover return shipping since the issue was created by negligence/information gatekeeping on their part.

This experience has been highly disappointing and honestly I think it has put me off of APR, which is sad, because I've been running their tunes, coil packs, plugs, and other various hardware from them for over a decade. I just thought they were better than that.

 

Wow that's ridiculous

 

If i knew there were so many limitations with APR tune, I would have went with Cobb and purchase pro tune for more customization.

 

Anyone recently had a APR tune on a 2021 GTS, they are having a Christmas sale at the moment.

 

Live in a non-emissions checking state, I wonder if the APR tune will adjust for mods I do to the exhaust.