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The option to remove and send in the ECU is primarily for those who do not have an authorized APR distributor nearby. Nearly all APR tunes are port flashed by APR distributors.
 
Thanks. They have done all the ECU tunes for my VWs, Audis and Porsches. His daughter is my sons age and went to HS together. My son parked his GTI next to her Jetta GLI cause he noticed she had APR Tune stickers on her car. My son is now a senior in college in mechanical engineering and has interned at three German auto supply manufacturing plants here in SC. I promised him an Audi S3 or Golf R if he goes to college and graduates. It looks like I'll be paying the bet but its one I don't mind losing.😉
Love that story!
 
Has anyone tried this tune yet? I have an appointment with my local APR dealer to have this installed on my 21 S next week and was wondering what others have experienced.
 
Took mine in last Friday but my APR dealer had a hard time installing and gave up. Said APR had not posted the correct box codes. I contacted APR and they are supposed to relay info to my APR and reschedule the install, hopefully successful this time. You might want to contact your installer to make sure they can unlock the box codes.
 
sorry, mistyped. corrected.........Took mine in last Friday but my APR dealer had a hard time installing and gave up. Said APR had not posted the correct box codes. I contacted APR and they are supposed to relay info to my dealer and reschedule the install, hopefully successful this time. You might want to contact your installer to make sure they can unlock the box codes.
 
sorry, mistyped. corrected.........Took mine in last Friday but my APR dealer had a hard time installing and gave up. Said APR had not posted the correct box codes. I contacted APR and they are supposed to relay info to my dealer and reschedule the install, hopefully successful this time. You might want to contact your installer to make sure they can unlock the box codes.
I had a similar experience. I took my 2021 S in for a tune today and APR did not have the box code for my ecu version. A request was submitted and now I wait for a response from APR. tuning shop said it could be a few months based on experience w/ other new releases from APR. the shop won’t know if APR has your box code until they plug in, and try.
 
Well add me to the unsuccessful list. The local APR dealer checked my ECU this morning and said it was version 7 and the APR tune was for version 6. On the upside, they did say they have sent the file to APR and requested the tune to be updated. They said they'll call me to reschedule when they get the new file from APR. Guess I'll wait and see...
 
FYI--To help inform a purchase decision, I put together the following table comparing the 2.9L and 3.0L '19+ Macan engines.

3.0T EA839 (95B.2)
2.9T EA839 (9Y)
Macan Trims​
'20+ GTS/Turbo, '22+ S​
'19 - '21 S​
Bore x stroke​
84.5 x 89 (2995 CC)​
84.5 x 86 (2894 CC)​
Compression ratio​
11.2:1​
10.5:1​
Turbo layout​
Single Twin-scroll Turbo​
Twin Turbos​
Intercooler​
Air-to-air​
Water-to-air​
Boost pressure​
19 psi (2.3 Bar)​
22 psi (2.5 Bar)​
Stock output (APR measured)​
361 hp, 368 ft-lbs (Macan S)​
442 hp, 419 ft-lbs (Cayenne S)​
Tuned output (APR, 93 AKI)​
408 hp, 499 ft-lbs​
502 hp, 545 ft-lbs​
Torque a 2,000 rpm (stock)​
360 ft-lbs​
350 ft-lbs​
Sources
General engine info:

APR tunes:

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Went into independent shop today to get the APR stage 1 tune on my 2019 Macan S. No luck, they didn't have the box code so the shop emailed APR in hopes of installing in the future. Anyone have any luck in getting this installed on their 3.0L yet?
 
I have a 2021 S and had the same experience, no box code for mine. It has been over a month now. I’ve had the APR products on other cars and very happy. APR teased us w/ this release, and I have only seen posts about not having the box codes instead of reports on how great it is.
 
I have a 2021 S and had the same experience, no box code for mine. It has been over a month now. I’ve had the APR products on other cars and very happy. APR teased us w/ this release, and I have only seen posts about not having the box codes instead of reports on how great it is.
I've had their tunes on other cars as well and swear by them! Unfortunate how this is turning out, hopefully we all hear something soon.
 
I received a call yesterday from my tuning shop in SE PA that APR has released the ecu flash for additional box codes for the 95B.2 S. The APR flash for my 2021 is ready and my appt is scheduled for 6/3/22. For those waiting, call your shops to ask.
 
i had the APR flash loaded this past Friday. In the shop time was less than an hour. The S runs very strong and the turbo kicks in hard when summoned. From a rolling start it hits 70mph instantly, and you are immediately up the ass of the car ahead of you. I live near too much traffic and don’t have enough straight roads around to test the limits yet. Nothing violent about the tune, and when you’re driving around under 25mpg you really can’t tell it is pumped up. My feeling is a P dealer would not notice it driving around the service lot. A dealer would only see the ecu flash count which doesn’t necessarily mean a tune was added, b/c you could have had your car serviced at multiple dealers where required software updates were done…..At my first oil change the dealer said they had to do an ecu update.

With that said, the pedal lag is still there to some degree if you have a right foot accustomed to a NA car. I have a Roar Pedal and after driving around for a day w/ the Roar off and the APR flash, I adjusted the Roar Pedal to my favorite pre-flash setting. IMO I have found the happy place for the Macan S and it is so strong and flick-able now. I can aim it and fire like a laser. I’m a happy customer with an awesome suv.
 
i had the APR flash loaded this past Friday. In the shop time was less than an hour. The S runs very strong and the turbo kicks in hard when summoned. From a rolling start it hits 70mph instantly, and you are immediately up the ass of the car ahead of you. I live near too much traffic and don’t have enough straight roads around to test the limits yet. Nothing violent about the tune, and when you’re driving around under 25mpg you really can’t tell it is pumped up. My feeling is a P dealer would not notice it driving around the service lot. A dealer would only see the ecu flash count which doesn’t necessarily mean a tune was added, b/c you could have had your car serviced at multiple dealers where required software updates were done…..At my first oil change the dealer said they had to do an ecu update.

With that said, the pedal lag is still there to some degree if you have a right foot accustomed to a NA car. I have a Roar Pedal and after driving around for a day w/ the Roar off and the APR flash, I adjusted the Roar Pedal to my favorite pre-flash setting. IMO I have found the happy place for the Macan S and it is so strong and flick-able now. I can aim it and fire like a laser. I’m a happy customer with an awesome suv.
I have a 2019 S and was holding out for APR but finally went with the Cobb Accessport, I'm very happy with the result but would love to see some side by side comparisons with the APR tune. Enjoy and drive safe!
 
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!
 
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!
 
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