Audi TT RS with 551 Nm by Superchips

By Anthony Crawford | June 29th, 2010

Powered by five-cylinder 2.5-litre turbocharged direct injection TFSI engine coupled to Audi’s trademark quattro four-wheel drive system, the TT RS is anything but slow.

In fact, it’s the most powerful TT Audi has ever built, but according to Buckingham based performance electronic experts Superchips it’s not quite fast enough.

After a detailed remap of the TT RS’s Bosche ME9 ECU by the Superchip wizards, power is up from 252 kW to 300 kW and torque rises from 466 Nm to 551 Nm.

Not convinced? Did I mention that 500 of those Newton-metres are available between 2500-5700 rpm?

These are substantial upgrades, which should see an increase in acceleration over the standard 4.7second 0-100km/h sprint time, but it begs the question of reliability and general day-to-day usefulness around town.

Superchips are quick to point out that their ECU remaps place a strong emphasis on drivability and user friendliness and the TT RS project is no exception. Hence, the factory spec top speed of 250km/h has been left unchanged for safety reasons.

The company also says that if the car is driven in a ‘like-for-like’ manner with the standard TT RS, then owners should see no change in the car’s fuel consumption, despite the extra performance.

The actual implementation of the ECU remap does not need any particular skill set and is simply a matter of plugging a bluefin handset into the Audi TT RS’s OBD11 port and following the on-screen instructions.

The original factory settings are also stored on the handset and can be restored to the car in a matter of minutes, says Superchips.

The cost of the Superchips remap is £445 and is available from any of the 100 dealers in the UK.

The company also covers the car with a customer service guarantee and a full 12-month/30,000 kilometer supplementary warranty.

JEKYL & HYDE

WOW,

Who needs engine/exhaust mods when that sort of boost is available simply by remapping.anything like that is aus?…

JP

True, though chucking in a high flow cat/better exhaust, slapping in an aftermarket CAI, and not only will it be more powerful again, but also more efficient.

Reckless1

A matter of minutes – not really, it takes 30 minutes.

Pretty much any of the VAG turbo engines can be remapped for a little more boost and a bit more fuel without reaching the limits of the high pressure fuel pump and injectors.

Longevity is not affected, the engines have very strong internals.
Reckless1

Forgot to mention – the Golf R should have got this engine

john

I agree the Golf R would be a monster with this engine but then the car would be closer too $100k than $55k and $100k for a golf would be totally ridiculous!
If I had the money too look in the $100k – $150k bracket I would seriously look at the TT RS over the benchmark cayman S. I know the cayman S may be a better drive and has the porsche badge but the amazing offbeat sound of a 5 cylinder audi would be enough for me!

Shak

Stretch a bit more and go the GTR.
Reckless1

Yes, Audi would fiercely resist the use of this engine in a “lowly” brother. I don’t think it would cost an extra $50,000 for one more cylinder, though.

But it’s not that outrageous a possible combination, since the Focus has a 2.5 5 cylinder (which is tuned to rubbish output)
JP

Correct me if i’m wrong, but this would be the same T5 engine from Volvo yes? The one that features in the Focus/Mondeo XR5, as well as Vovo T5 & C30 i think.

Shouldnt cause the price to jump that much, as the cars its already featured in a decent priced so i dont see how they could justify the huge price jump.

john

According too Stephan Giel (chief of audi quattro) the TT RS engine came from a US market only spec VW Jetta, not a very exciting base but look what they have achieved with it!. I agree that $50k for this engine alone is not realistic however what I was pointing out in my earlier post is that there is no way in hell audi would allow this engine too be put in a car that is over $70k cheaper so the Golf R would have had too rise steeply in price and I would assume $100k would be about right and that sum for any golf is outrageous!

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Yummo
skodite

Supechip are good to deal with but I recommend anyone who remaps their ecu should get their car dyno checked.
I remapped my skoda 1.8tsi via bluefin – however a dyno run showed that it was very lean on boost up. I sent a copy of the dyno graph to superchip and they gave me another remap
which increased the mixture strength at boost up. VAG engines apparently rely on slightly rich mixtures for cooling.

Apparently the TTRS engine is to appear next in the A3 RS
Qikturbo

Bluefin offer a number of re-maps for VAG cars.I’m sure the car can cope with the extra power and torque however,in the long term I believe trouble will eventually follow because of the added stress on engine and transmission components.One must remember the TTRS is already highly tuned from the factory.There is only so much you can do before physical components need to upgraded for the car to remain reliable at the quoted amounts of power and torque.
I can understand why re-maps are needed for cars such as Golf GTIs because they are quite pitiful in terms of real performance.Infact the Golf R will need a remap because of it’s very,very ordinary 188 kw and 330 Nm.

Reckless1

You clearly have never seen the internals of a VAG engine.

First the legendary 1.8 engine used in many Audi and VW, and then the 2.0 again used everywhere. The R32 Golf engine requires only minor internal changes to accommodate a turbo and 590bhp.

You are wrong about “trouble will eventually follow”

The only “trouble” that affects any DI petrol engine (not only VAG – all DI engines) is the buildup of gunk in the inlet tract due to the fact that no petrol ever passes through to clean out the PCV fumes that settle.