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Yeah my research tells me the same, stay away from DTUK. JB4 seems to do much of what the ABT unit claims to do. Its able to read diagnostic data via OBDII and make adjustments / corrections in realtime. George, the guy who supporns JB4 for VAG, seems to be incredibly helpful and an absolute...

Update here: I've decided to abandon the ABT idea. Even with a discount deal they have going currently, the total cost would be around 2500€ with a years worth of them taking the Werksgarantie over. Absolutely not worth it unfortunately. I might investigate the tuning-box route, I've heard good...

Are you a Are you able to share with us exactly what was changed in the conversion? I'd still be concerned that the standard fuel system will degrade over time - however, that is just a semi-educated guess. I'd love to do this if E85 was readily available where I live.

This is exactly how I see it. On one end of the scale, there is a stock engine. On the opposite side are your ECU remaps (APR/Revo/etc) which give close the maximum amount of power these engines are capable of delivering. ABT sits somewhere in between; significantly faster than stock, but the...

ABT pick the warranty up from Seat, at least for the drivetrain. Technically it does still void the vehicle's 'Weksgarantie' as far as I am aware. This is my point exactly - I don't care about dyno numbers in the slightest. I'd never bother to dyno the car - Real-world driving enjoyment is what...

I see your point, however ABT comes out to around 'only' 300€ more than the equivalent APR Stage 1 tune, and the warranty / removable nature of it is what appeals here. My car still has 18 months left! Also worth noting that if I went with ABT, their 'old' 370ps / 460nm tune would apply because...

That is technically still possible, but highly unlikely; I finally got in touch with ABT themselves and spoke to one of their reps in Kempton at their HQ earlier today. A summary of what I learned: Each ABT AEC device is indeed locked to some sort of unique identifier from the car on which it...

Well, I wrote Richter, and this is the response I got: Womp Womp, back to the drawing board :censored:

Could potentially have been something as simple as the ECU ID or revision. I'm sure they record all such IDs for warranty and logging purposes. We'll have an answer once the often terrible German post delivers the goods!

I reckon the degradation caused by that lower an ethanol concentration would be negligible (ish). Did you notice a significant power increase? I'm guessing it enabled the engine to advance timing as far as allowed in certain conditions. I'm presuming you also experienced a loss of economy as well?

An update for those interested: I've since found some content which suggests very strongly that the ABT AECs are NOT locked to the ECU of the first install, at least not those from around 2015-2016. I'm getting more sure that this is going to work. Hurry up DHL!

Grave digging here, I know... I was curious about runing E85 on an EA888 Gen 3 car a while back, and can confirm that the fuel systems in these cars won't cope with E85 for long. To do it properly, you'd need to overhaul the fuel system completely, APR produce a kit to do so, but it's very...

Thanks mate! Parts of Germany are very picturesque I agree, some great driving roads too - not to mention the Autobahns :flag:

Thanks for the link @Slickric21, very informative. Some of the best info I've read yet. I'm also inclined to think it's more than just an interceptor device. Luckily I didn't pay much for it, and the guy I got it from lives in the same state as I do, and will have had access to exactly the same...

It's in the post on its way to me still! I'll report back once it arrives and I've had a chance to plug it in and see if it works

Thanks @Seastormer, looking forward to some solid road trips in the car, and some good knowledge sharing / banter on the forum

Thanks for your reply I've heard the 'tied to VIN' rumour myself, not sure if it's true though. I've not received the unit yet, will give it a try once it arrives. The reseller route is a good idea, I know there are some ABT resellers in my area. Will see what I can find out.

Thanks for your responses mate... Not OBD, just harness as far as I can see. You're saying it's not tied to the cars ECU if the OBD port isn't involved? I'm a relative newbie with piggy-back tuning, have only done remaps until now

I've heard conflicting reports; ABT say that the device somehow connects to the CAN bus of the car, but a guy who teared one down in Australia a while back claims that they're more basic in their operation than a JB4. Yet somebody else has mentioned that they're somehow tied to the car in which...

Hi! Purchased a Leon Cupra ST 300 4Drive with DSG a couple of weeks ago as a small but fun family wagon. Stoked with the car, but hoping to extract a bit more torque from it via an ABT AEC. Have also ordered an OBDEleven next gen device which is on it's way, very curious to see what can be...