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01/11/2026

🏁 A health based update from NET 🏁

I'm not dead yet which is good and slowly but surely I am getting back into the work flow and managing to get the odd full day in the workshop.

With the support and help from friends and a very steady but constant stream of work trickling in I've managed to stay ticking over.

There's been a LOT of work I've turned away, a LOT of jobs which just haven't presented themselves as being of value to me or the business and a lot of my less frequent trade customers have been passed away to friends or people in the dealer network. But the core of customers both retail and trade have stayed true and supportive. I'm really thankful for this because it's been a lifeline and kept NET going. 🙏

This more relaxed pace has made a massive improvement to my physical and mental health and for the first time in two years my liver function and my general health is on the up again. 🥳

November and December are slow months in this industry and things are cooling down naturally. It's also Adblue season now the weather is getting colder. 😂

The diary is open and has booking limitations in it to allow a job a day and two jobs on Saturdays. If we've been chatting, you've had a quote, or just know you have a bread and butter job you can book in using the following link - https://northeasttuning.as.me

Over the last few months the North East Tuning file service has been the bread winner and is whats kept the doors open. If you're a tuner and want to use us for tuning, solutions and support you can join here - https://northeasttuning.tuningfileportal.com/

One person in particular who knows exactly who he is deserves an enormous thank you for his help and support in keeping the file service active over the last couple of months. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 🙏

Lets see if I can get back to work in November and get the momentum back up a bit. Then I can spend all of December moaning I've worked too hard and I'm ill again. 😂

01/11/2026

Here's a Cupra Ateca 2.0TSI 300 we tuned recently.

A lot of people are quite lazy when they tune these, because they share software and hardware with similar cars like a Golf R or an S3. You CAN just flash across a stage 1 tune off a Golf R or similar and it'll drive alright.

But a jacked up SUV isn't a Golf R and you drive them very differently. They serve a completely different purpose and generally attract a different owner.

Which is why I've developed, customised, tweaked (or whatever you want to call it) software versions and tunes in our database specifically for these vehicles. They start out as good quality base files from similar vehicles then after road testing and taking on board customer feedback and my own expectations from driving them I improve and adapt them to deliver the results required for one of these.

The hardware and software is the same so you already know the hardware limitations.

In a way you almost want these to drive like a big fast diesel, smooth and powerful with bags of torque and mid range punch, but the power at the top end for when you want to nail it at the traffic light Grand Prix.

That's generally what we achieve with these. A nice rounded 500nm and 370hp is a very balanced place to end up if you want to talk figures. A good peak of torque and an appropriate power figure up top.

Then bang it into Eco and you've got a standard car. 👌

I probably don't need to bang on about these 7 speed gearboxes anymore, they're lazy, always in the wrong gear and slow to change gear unless you're nailing it. I fix all of that and get the gearbox working with the car.

Our stage 1 ECU and TCU package for these Gen 3 cars is ridiculously cheap, £449. I can only offer that price because I've done the R&D on previous cars. You're buying my health checks, time and database if you book in for a stage 1 tune.

The custom tuning jobs help refine and funnel that database for future use. Makes sense, doesn't it?

You can take advantage of this R&D and book your Gen 3 2.0TSI in through our booking system - https://northeasttuning.as.me

Drop me a message if you want a more personalised quote. 😘

31/10/2026

When does a simple stage 1 tune turn into a custom tune? On a Saturday morning of course! 😂

This was a very well presented Edition 35 Mk6 Golf, with a DSG gearbox. The owner had been in with a couple of his mates recently, and being handy with the spanners he did give me a nice healthy car to tune.

But foolishly, as I do sometimes, I forgot the golden rule. A rule I bang on about all the time...These aren't new cars anymore.

Every one is a different flavour and they've all got their own limitations, wear and tear, quirks and differences.

Initially health checking and road testing it I was quite happy it was healthy enough to tune and standard to start with. So as I always do I dipped into the database,.found something that had worked well on a previous Edition 35 and went out for a log. It's just a "stage 1" tune, we aren't exactly sending a rocket to the moon here.

Everything seemed perfect and logged well. Then just as the tool was refreshing to take a new log, it started to hesitate and give a very light misfire. But I wasn't recording. 🤦‍♂️

VCDS at the ready, log again. It wasn't over boosting. But this time it was pulling fine.

Another log, it was pulling a little timing but not anything crazy. Again, it was pulling fine.

Another log, it wasn't dropping fuel pressure. AGAIN, it pulled cleanly to the redline without a hesitation.

Another log...It was running lean and lambda was miles off setpoint. We had caught the intermittent hesitation in action and could see the cause.

Another log back on the fuel pressures, it was running perfectly again.

LEAN on a CDL? Pfft. Not on my watch!

So we went back to base and at this point it was a case of some assumptive diag work, logging channel 231 and 230 (cheers Pip, I'd have clicked through 230 channels to find that! 😂) I could see the duty cycle of the in tank pump looked fine. The rail pressure was fine too...

So at this point I second guessed myself and actually bought in a couple of tunes just to do some digging and comparison. No change.

So I rattled together something a little less aggressive, keeping clear of any fuel pressure changes and focusing on getting everything running as efficiently as it could rather than trying to push any hardware.

The result was fast, smooth, responsive, everything you'd want an Edition 35 to be. Which wasn't running lean under any condition, after three lengthy road tests.

The DSG gearbox was transformed and had forgotten it's habit of racing up to 6th gear all the time, gear changes were faster and smoother and downshifts a little higher up the rev range to keep the engine responsive.

The car was sent away with a 90% clear bill of health and a suggestion to get down to Pip for an inlet clean and injector cleaning. Which I think will work wonders on this car.

I was 50/50 on the turning the car away front, but sometimes you do have to accept things won't be perfect and a valuable result can still be obtained. The owner isn't going to skimp and will tick the work off, I can trust him to be sensible in the meantime and come back for a road test and review once he's done a few jobs to get it to 100%.

Plus, there's more on the table for when the lad comes back with a downpipe and an intercooler upgrade now. So the future looks bright. 😉

27/10/2026

Can you remember when I put a post up about NOT doing "stage 3" jobs and did an FPV of how I was tuning an IS38 swapped Polo?

If you can't, here's a reminder -

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1MDNE6mwxF/

Well that IS38 swapped Polo went on someone elses dyno recently and the graph looks exactly how the car drives. Smooth, tractable, safe and balanced.

370hp-ish and 475nm-ish, that'll do pig. 💪

I'm told by a few people, that this thing is relentless on a B road...

27/10/2026

Here's a 2022 Audi TTRS was had in for an ECU and TCU tune recently. 🏁

I've got really good experience with these 5 bangers, so when they come in I love getting my hands on them!

The brief with this was the same as always. The customer wanted a sharper throttle response and initial pull, more torque which was easily accessible, power which built through the rev range smoothly and a gearbox that was responsive and intuitive. Being in the right gear all the time would be a bonus. 😂

As alwyas I started off with an initial road test and datalog. This gave us a comprehensive view of how the vehicle was running, checking individual ignition angles for each cylinder and checking for any knock or misfire, boost control and regulation was checked, calculated temperatures and airflow was logged, exhaust temps given the all clear and generally speaking we had a tip top 5 pot ready for some tuning!

As part of the road test we always get the brief from the customer too, find out what they want and make sure we have got their goals right.

So we've worked out what the car is doing and we've got a goal on where we want to take it.

At this point I lean on my database, we've done pretty much every software version imaginable for these so I start with a base tune then massage it to get the best fit for the car and customer. More time on the road, more time getting to know the customer, more time refining our database. 👌

The DQ500 gearbox is a flash and dash at this point, I know what works and I'm not messing with that recipe. So I flashed in my special spicy stuff DSG tune, which gives a shorter time during the gear shift, increased operating pressures, revised gear shift points and higher torque limits.

Once you've got one of these right they really sing. They feel light, responsive and the power feels effortless.

Do I need to say it...?

Just like it should have left the factory. 😂 Even with the light and controlled crackle on over run in sport mode.

We charge £649 to tune the ECU and TCU on a 5 pot. Doesn't matter if it's a TTRS, RS3 or RSQ3. But please note, we can't do the new new ones in house and some of the new new gearboxes are locked.

Throw a set of spark plugs in it, give it a good service and a tank of good fuel then you can book yours in by following this link - https://northeasttuning.as.me

21/10/2026

The hacking saga continues...

Unfortunately, I'm having issues with logging in now due to the number of attempts that are being made to hack into our business account.

I cannot access Facebook Messenger and I also cannot access Business Suite to respond to messages. Until the Facebook overlords remove the account restrictions placed on the account, our method of contact will be phone or WhatsApp.

07301 003272

Anyone wanna buy some smart glasses? 😂

20/10/2026

Someones hacked my Facebook account and setup a load of fake adverts. 😭😂

Absolutely mint start to the day, now I've got to sort this out. 🤦‍♂️

27/09/2026

Death map...😂

The owner of this 2.0TDI 184HP SEAT Leon had done a few bits to it and had it tuned. The DPF was deleted, the EGR's were unplugged then someone he had used before flashed a tune into it.

The car had an annoying hesitation at light throttle which felt like surging, the car would pulse backwards and forwards if you maintained light throttle and a consistent speed. The customer described it down the phone and I was my usual blunt self.

"I'm sick of hearing about it, just book it in and whatever it is I'll fix it.'

I had a number of conversations with the customer on the lead up to this one with his thoughts, suggestions and feelings on what it could be. Looking back he was obviously worried about it and his brain was doing somersaults to try and get to the bottom of it. I'm sure we've all been there when there's a problem with our pride and joy. 😂

To compound the issue he had been to a "specialist" in these engines who had apparently told him there's nothing wrong. I'm not here to sh*tpost people and that person WILL read this post because he follows this page. So I'll just put this out there and say, you could do a lot better with software if we worked together. It would complement the name your establishing for mechanical work very well. 😉

I had replicated the fault and found the cause within a mile of driving it.

The owner was over the moon that he had someone tell him he wasn't making it up and there WAS an issue.

Issues with the tune -

Issue 1: Exhaust temperature sensors were flatlined at 699⁰. So the car had a critical safety function removed from it and didn't have the ability to remove fueling to control exhaust temperatures.

A recipe for serious engine damage.

Issue 2:

The way the file was written was blocky, what I mean is the boost limits and requests were dragged in a rectangle and a percentage was added to them with no smoothing at all. So at a certain engine speed the boost would jump up and down opening and closing the VNT.

This was causing exhaust temperatures to spike massively and quickly.

Issue 3:

The tune was dogsh*t. Adding 60 bar to the rail pressure and 3% to half the injection quantity tables isn't tuning.

Please note, the specialist who checked it did not tune it. 🙌

Both of these faults are demonstrated in the screenshots below. It's all colour coded so you can see what's what. Actual boost drops off a cliff, exhaust temps spike, apply a little more throttle and the temps drop and the boost comes back.

On the third gear pull you can see the exhaust temperatures "flatline" at 699⁰ and you can also see how quickly they climb. If they're 699⁰ at 2100RPM can you even imagine what they were 10 seconds later at 4500RPM...

There is also a datalog with our tune so you can see the results of a properly calibrated file afterwards. The data shows how much smoother the car was to drive.

Not to mention it left us with a solid 40nm more torque and an extra 20hp. The trip computer was rising and giving better MPG even after 10 minute road test.

Once the issue was diagnosed and sorted the customer was so much happier and more relaxed. This must have been weighing on his mind for a while! He was a top bloke and I really enjoyed the hour I spent with him. 👌

What's the moral of the story then?

There's a reason we have the rep we do for tuning these 184hp engines and I'll shout about that for as long as I can.

Over and out.

20/09/2026

Wtf is this.

At some point this week I mapped a VW Tiguan and was shown this bad boy. Plugs into the 12v power point (cigarette lighter to people over the age of 30) and it apparently supports smoother, more efficent driving.

I assume by being a blue, intimate toy shaped device poking out of your dash which reminds you how easy it is to waste money. Which encourages you to drive better.

Thats another subject all together, the best way to get better fuel economy is to just learn to drive. But we will deal with that later...

Then today I went to Lidl to do my food shopping nice and early and spotted this gem in the middle isle. A C*D infused pillow...

I swiftly remembered people really will s***k their money on anything won't they?

If you know anyone who has invested in either of these devices please check in on them and make sure they're OK.

19/09/2026

I tuned a car today. It was a Volvo.

You all know how I feel about Volvos.

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Stargate Lane
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Monday	8am - 6pm
Tuesday	8am - 6pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Thursday	8am - 6pm
Friday	8am - 6pm
Saturday	8am - 6pm

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http://www.northeasttuning.co.uk/

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