NefMoto

I recently purchased a 2014 Audi A7 3.0T TFSI with 100k miles. There are many tuning options available online (APR, ECS, IE, etc.) but I'm not a fan of how much they cost.

I'm willing to put in the work but I really don't even know where to start. I don't want to blow up my engine, I just want to tune it without spending an insane amount of money.

I have experience... I'm a software engineer for Linux-based applications so Windows is somewhat foreign to me.

I read through all the FAQ stuff, but I'm having difficulty following it.

hello i'm a noob too
but I will say:

learn and understand your car and how it works...sensors ..ect..find your number ecu number software...
find a software for extract your file...find a software+damos (maps)pour modifier
there are cards for injection, ignition, lambda...it all depends on what you want to do. more power on 3.0T? :o

Unfortunately, there isn't much as much information about these "later" model VAG ECUs here compared to ME7.x

To do it yourself costs about 5-6 times as much and probably won't be as good either.

Much cheaper to buy ready product. There's nothing cheap about DIY.

I understand, thank you. I just wanted to go the open-source route if possible.


Appreciate all the other responses too.

Unfortunately those days are over. ME7.x is really the only generation where this happened. I do not suspect it will ever happen again.

3.0 TFSI FR is posted here IIRC as is damos.
PCMFlash will flash them, it does a full flash OBD so it's possible to get my logger patch in.

But if you don't have calibration experience...