I searched the forums and can not find a definitive answer. I have a 2005 a4 CVT, and am wondering if it would be safe to chip it. Will the tranny hold up?

 

welcome to the forums...if you're not going to search, at least don't lie and say you did.....try searching "chip cvt" and see what comes up.

 

You will have to speak to one of the larger reputable tuners such as AWE. I'm not sure that there is a chip specifically to the CVT.

 

hey bentframe, no use replying if you dont have an answer... still no definitive answer out there.. I heard that it wasnt recommended to chip a cvt, but I would still like more info, and I did do a search but there was not much said on the topic.

 

Hi Dnty,

I have a 2002 A4 1.8T CVT. I was in the same position as you are, a week ago.
There is some information on this forum, I have some treads already...
also on
www.audiworld.com
http://forums.fourtitude.com/zeroforum?id=27
and probably more.

From the research I have done, you should be ok with a stage1 APR - GIAC (they have a cvt specific chip) or Neuspeed. But thats basically the most you can do to a CVT. Any more torque than what you get with these chips will put you in a danger zone ( for your tranny).

After some search I finally found a shop that knew what they were talking about and had actually installed chips for couple of CVT Audis. I have the APR Stage1 chip on my car and don't see any problems yet. (Its only been a week though).

 

i've answered this question four times in four different threads in the last 4-5 days. GIAC makes a CVT-specific chip with normal HP gains and a lower torque gain.