Table of Contents Dyno and Rolling Road Terms Gearbox and Drivetrain Terms Remap and ECU Terms Turbo and Airflow Terms Stage Comparison at a Glance Talk to Someone Who Actually Tunes These Cars VW tuning seems to have a language of its own, and half the confusion out there comes from terms getting thrown around without anyone explaining what they actually mean. Someone mentions a stage 1 tune, someone else says TCU remap, a forum thread argues about torque caps, and if you're new to thi …

A VW Golf GTI stage 1 tune is the mod that gets talked about more than almost anything else in the GTI world, and it's usually the first thing owners ask us about when they walk through the door in Manchester. Everyone has an opinion on which stage and which route gives the best return, and a fair bit of that chat online is more confident than it is accurate.    We've been remapping and building VW, Audi, SEAT and Skoda cars since 1989, so here's a straight answer on what a st …

A stage 1 tune is often the first proper mod any VW owner makes. It's the moment a car that's always felt like it's holding something back finally gets to show what that something is, without a single spanner going near the engine bay.  The trouble is, the second you start reading up on it, stage 1 gets tangled up with stage 2 pretty fast, and forum threads don't always help. One post says stage 2 is just stage 1 turned up a notch, the next insists you need a full parts list before you e …