THANAS Blog - Teddy Killer Project Mk5 GTI DSG

Blame The Tune

Moderators: THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS, THANAS

User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

THANAS Blog - Teddy Killer Project Mk5 GTI DSG

Post by THANAS »

Image

LATEST BLOG WILL BE ON THE LAST POST OF THIS THREAD <3

During this pandemic period we've been focusing on tuning development on new platforms as well as finishing off our new blog section on our site. We've seeded it with a few threads, and will be adding a new blog post every day, please check it out and if you have a moment, sign up, either with your thanas.co.za details or with your Facebook details and leave a comment, question or drop a like directly onto the post itself!

Let us know what kind of technical threads you would like as well. Here is the link to our blog section, and a link to some of the existing threads as well!

thanas.co.za blog

Our Mk7 GTI Stock to Stage 3 build thread: Mk7 GTI Stock to Stage 3

Manila Moo Mk1 Garage restoration build thread:
Manila Moo Mk1 Resto

A short intro on how we custom tune a modern ECU:
Modern ECU tuning

January 2020 meetup: Jan 2020 meetup and night-run
ImageImageImageImage
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

New blog posts loaded, we'll be uploading at least one new post/detailed write up of a vehicle we've tuned or built daily!
User avatar
kingr
VWCSA Member
Posts: 3395
Registered for: 16 years 7 months
Car Make: VW, Mini, Slowyota
Car Model: Mk1 2 Door, Hilux D/C
Membership No: 3337
Location: Groot Gat

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by kingr »

I read the posts & like the story telling part of the content.

Nice work!
Kurt #3337

Current:
- 10" Mx5 NC2 (main daily)
- 12" Toyota Hilux D/C 2.5tdi 4x4 (tow car / vacay)
- 2020 Mini Cooper S Clubman (swambo)
- 80" VW Mk1 2 Door Golf 8vt project 192wkw/314nm

Ex: 07" G5 GTi, 13" ST180, 03" Mk4 2 door 1.8T Stage 2, 07" Velo 1.6, 83" Mk1 GT 2.0 8v MP9, 87" Mk1 1.6 CitiSport, 88" Mk2 2.0 16v, 83" Mk1 GT 1.6 + 40 webers
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

kingr wrote:I read the posts & like the story telling part of the content.

Nice work!
Thanks for the support! We'll be doing 1/2 posts daily so check in for new content :}

Image
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

Checkout Calvin's M135i, Dayyan's 9N3 GTI and Nico's Audi 8V S3 recently added to the blog :)
Image
Image
Image
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

Ziyaad's Stage 2X Ibiza Cupra build and tune published earlier Image

Image
User avatar
Jetta2
Field Marshal
Posts: 14929
Registered for: 17 years 3 months
Car Make: VW, VW, Aprilia
Car Model: Mk3 Golf VR6, Mk4 Caddy, RSV4
Membership No: 1087
Location: Menlo Park, Pretoria

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by Jetta2 »

Your blogs are worth the time to read. Well done, Thanas.
Ryan Demoser

1996 Mk3 Golf VR6
2017 Caddy Maxi Crew Bus 2.0 TDI
2013 Aprilia RSV4 track toy
2021 Aprilia RS660 road bike
User avatar
lil Indian
Cadet
Posts: 135
Registered for: 12 years 10 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: 1982 Golf L
Membership No: missing
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by lil Indian »

Nice content. Awesome blog
Image

current, daily drive - mk1 2 door
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

Jetta2 wrote:Your blogs are worth the time to read. Well done, Thanas.
Thanks for the kind words :)
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

lil Indian wrote:Nice content. Awesome blog
Appreciate it, thanks!
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

Turn on notifications to be notified when the latest post is released and thanks again to all those that have been following! Image
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

Short PSA on avoiding low quality, u-flow intercoolers! Image
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

Short write up on pops and bangs from a tuning perspective. Image
User avatar
AyaThatGuy
Cadet
Posts: 596
Registered for: 9 years 9 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: MK1 Golf
Location: Johannesburg

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by AyaThatGuy »

Nicely done gents, i have been to the page. It is well setup
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

AyaThatGuy wrote:Nicely done gents, i have been to the page. It is well setup
Thanks, Aya.

Today we have Gerben's forged BT Mk5 GTi:

Image
User avatar
kingr
VWCSA Member
Posts: 3395
Registered for: 16 years 7 months
Car Make: VW, Mini, Slowyota
Car Model: Mk1 2 Door, Hilux D/C
Membership No: 3337
Location: Groot Gat

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by kingr »

I’m digging the G5 content & I’m surprised at how many people are going BT on this platform.

Looking fwd to the latest post.
Kurt #3337

Current:
- 10" Mx5 NC2 (main daily)
- 12" Toyota Hilux D/C 2.5tdi 4x4 (tow car / vacay)
- 2020 Mini Cooper S Clubman (swambo)
- 80" VW Mk1 2 Door Golf 8vt project 192wkw/314nm

Ex: 07" G5 GTi, 13" ST180, 03" Mk4 2 door 1.8T Stage 2, 07" Velo 1.6, 83" Mk1 GT 2.0 8v MP9, 87" Mk1 1.6 CitiSport, 88" Mk2 2.0 16v, 83" Mk1 GT 1.6 + 40 webers
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

Thanks, yeah the EA113 platform is still very far from dead :)
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

Join us as we go through the before and after setpoints of a stage 1 ECU tune.

Image
Fantastical boost and how to find it
User avatar
kingr
VWCSA Member
Posts: 3395
Registered for: 16 years 7 months
Car Make: VW, Mini, Slowyota
Car Model: Mk1 2 Door, Hilux D/C
Membership No: 3337
Location: Groot Gat

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by kingr »

THANAS wrote: Fri May 15, 2020 7:51 am Join us as we go through the before and after setpoints of a stage 1 ECU tune.

Image
Fantastical boost and how to find it
This is the type of detail car enthusiasts don't get from tuners, well-done Thanas. Will be reading this as bedtime content over the weekend.
Kurt #3337

Current:
- 10" Mx5 NC2 (main daily)
- 12" Toyota Hilux D/C 2.5tdi 4x4 (tow car / vacay)
- 2020 Mini Cooper S Clubman (swambo)
- 80" VW Mk1 2 Door Golf 8vt project 192wkw/314nm

Ex: 07" G5 GTi, 13" ST180, 03" Mk4 2 door 1.8T Stage 2, 07" Velo 1.6, 83" Mk1 GT 2.0 8v MP9, 87" Mk1 1.6 CitiSport, 88" Mk2 2.0 16v, 83" Mk1 GT 1.6 + 40 webers
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »


kingr wrote:This is the type of detail car enthusiasts don't get from tuners, well-done Thanas. Will be reading this as bedtime content over the weekend.
Thanks, we try give as much insight as possible!
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

A review and FAQ of our Mk7 ram-air styled airscoops! Image
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

Some ST180 Content! Making some proper power. Image



User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

Been a while, the blogs are still very much alive though:

Low Blow: Don't put a BOV on your car

Give it a read and drop a comment below the blog post if you can.

:hi:
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

Been a while!


Image

(click the pic for the link)

Smurfy 1.2 TSI makes some jam with a custom THANAS Stage 2 Dyno Tune!
User avatar
THANAS
Forum Advertiser
Posts: 4660
Registered for: 10 years 8 months
Car Make: VW
Car Model: AW Polo GTi
Membership No: 2035
Location: Cape Town

Re: THANAS daily blog now live!

Post by THANAS »

Check out our latest blog post on our ECU and TCU tune on Zahier's K04-064 Mk5 GTi:

Image

Zahier's K04-064 Mk5 GTI Goes THANAS/STG3-K04
Post Reply