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TCR SEQ User Manual 

 

 

Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual

 

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I_FBX_TURNLIGHT 

Turnlight current 

0 … 10 

EXTERNAL VOLTAGE 

Battery Voltage 

8 … 15 

P_GCU_CLUTCH 

Clutch pressure 

bar 

0 … 100 

N_GCU_GEAR 

Gear 

-1 … 7 

T_GCU_OIL 

Gearbox oil temperature 

°C 

80 … 150 

U_GCU_GEAR 

Gearbox potentiometer 

mV 

0 … 5000 

POS_XAP_POT 

Actuator position 

0 … 32767 

POS_ACTUATOR 

Actuator position filtered 

0 … 32767 

U_XAP_BAT 

Actuator power supply 

8 … 15 

I_XAP_OUT 

Actuator output current 

0 … 120 

 

GPS channels 

Description 

Unit 

GPS_Speed 

Speed 

km/h 

GPS_Nsat 

Nº of satellites 

GPS_LatACC 

Lateral acceleration 

GPS_LonACC 

Longitudinal acceleration 

Altitude 

 

Luminosity 

Display brightness 

Odometer 

 

km 

 

The values shown in the following table are the standard approximate values at 20°C air temperature for main 
car control channels. 

 

Channel 

Idle speed* 

Values at T_air 20°C 

Maximum value** 

P_TURBO 

0 bar 

2.7 bar 

2.99 bar 

P_ENG_FUEL 

4.1 bar 

4.3 bar 

6 bar 

P_ENG_OIL 

2 bar 

3.6 bar 

5 bar 

T_ENG_AIR 

40ºC 

42°C 

>75°C 

T_ENG_OIL 

80ºC 

122°C 

>145ºC 

T_ENG_WATER 

90ºC 

92°C 

>115°C 

T_GCU_OIL 

40ºC 

110°C 

>145°C 

 

Notes:

 

*

 

These values can change depending on car’s engine temperature. Those are approximate values 
when T_ENG_WATER is 90ºC after having warmed the car from cold always at idle speed. 

** 

The maximum value underlined in orange shows the value before performance restrictions  or 
protection modes are applied. 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Summary of Contents for Golf GTI TCR SEQ 2019

Page 1: ...Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual 2019...

Page 2: ...AIM MXG 18 3 2 MXG connection schemes 19 3 3 Data acquisition 21 3 4 Fusebox 23 3 5 Fuel level display 26 3 6 Auxiliary connectors 28 3 7 Fire extinguisher 32 4 SETTING ADJUSTMENTS 33 4 1 Standard se...

Page 3: ...hassis Front suspension McPherson adjustable in height toe and camber Rear suspension Multi link adjustable in height toe and camber Anti roll bar Front and rear adjustable in 6 positions Front brakes...

Page 4: ...mm Over hang front splitter 900 mm Over hang front bumper 870 mm Over hang rear 810 mm Over hang rear wing 222 mm From the wing to the bumper Minimum ground clearance 80 mm according to TCR regulatio...

Page 5: ...onnet opening Carbon 12 Front splitter Carbon 13 Front bumper Fiberglass 14 Rear bumper Fiberglass 15 Left right side trim Carbon Kevlar Fiberglass 16 Left right rear door extension Carbon painted 17...

Page 6: ...8 cm 3 Maximum power 257 kW 350 HP at 6250 rpm Maximum torque 410 Nm at 2500 to 5500 rpm Maximum rpm 6800 rpm Specific power 175 HP l Electronic control unit CONTINENTAL SIMOS 18 1 Fuel RON MIN 98 RO...

Page 7: ...Gearbox 6 speed sequential Differential LSD with external preload adjustment Clutch 2 plate cerametallic race clutch Shift control Paddle shift on steering wheel Gearbox electronic control unit GCU pl...

Page 8: ...on Remarks Front calliper AP Racing Monobloc 6 pistons Special VW Group Front disc 378x34 Special VW Group Front pump AP Racing 19 1 mm Front pads Pagid RST3 Thick 25 mm Rear calliper AP Racing 2 pist...

Page 9: ...MXG display logger AIM Motorsport Cockpit Fuse box VWMOSP Motorsport Cockpit Steering driver module VWMOSP Motorsport Cockpit Modules based in series Engine ECU Low fuel pump Steering rack ABS ESP Ga...

Page 10: ...ecked with the diagnostics tools at any time thereafter These faults are saved until the memory is deleted manually using the diagnostics program The diagnostics tool DiagRA LE is recommended for cust...

Page 11: ...dule permits activating different functions without removing hands from the steering wheel Some buttons have double functionality Allows mowing the gear lever without pressing the brake pedal IMPORTAN...

Page 12: ...riable the 120 limiter cannot be changed The selected speeds are shown on the display 2 Activate the desired speed limiter with the corresponding button From this moment on throttle pedal may be fully...

Page 13: ...or engine Slow down drive to pitlane or stop in safe place LED 3 purple Low battery voltage Check alternator and poly V belt Continue LED 4 yellow Low fuel pressure Check fuel level Continue LED 5 yel...

Page 14: ...is possible to customize the alarms and shift lights through the RaceStudio3 software installed on a laptop 2 5 Gearbox functioning Gearbox mode State of car Notes R reverse mode completely stopped c...

Page 15: ...no memory function Parking mode neutral gearbox mode manually lock the hand brake by using the locking hook to unlock the car just remove the hand brake hook gearbox will not be locked only the car b...

Page 16: ...ion off Push P Button continuous Use shift paddles to adjust revs Launch control revs possible from 4000 up to 6500 Value shown on page 2 of dashboard 3 Use hand brake to keep car stopped release brak...

Page 17: ...reen pop up messages If a pop up message appears is strongly recommended to stop the car on a safe place oil pressure or water temperature problems If for any reason it is necessary to drop out the ca...

Page 18: ...ng the specific AIM on board camera SmartyCam it is possible to overlay on videos the data sampled by the logger Downloading data can be done through a data download cable a memory stick or using the...

Page 19: ...of the screen there are eight alarm leds that can be freely configured The conditions to turn them on and off and the colour can be defined Also messages on a red ribbon in the lower part of the scre...

Page 20: ...vate all the circuits in the world It is also possible to create and load a new circuit Extra sensors In case of adding extra sensors they have to be connected to an expansion module This expansion mo...

Page 21: ...120 N_FUEL Fuel remaining laps 0 80 LAP_CONS Fuel lap consumption dm 3 lap 0 3 POS_PEDAL Gas pedal position 0 100 TIP_DOWN Tip down Sign 0 2 TIP_UP Tip up Sign 0 2 G_CH_Y Lateral acceleration G 2 5 2...

Page 22: ...al acceleration G GPS_LonACC Longitudinal acceleration G Altitude m Luminosity Display brightness Odometer km The values shown in the following table are the standard approximate values at 20 C air te...

Page 23: ...e ways to check the correct functioning Live measures view in RaceStudio3 Checking the fusebox control channels in Race Studio Analysis Checking the red LEDs on the fusebox If a malfunction is detecte...

Page 24: ...Power steering ECU FLAG_FBX_F3 bit8 8 ECU bit7 7 Front Fan bit6 6 MXG bit5 5 Blackbox Gateway bit4 4 Differential bit3 3 30 Aux connector bit2 2 DSG bit1 1 ABS ELV FLAG_FBX_F2 bit8 8 Wiper bit7 7 Turn...

Page 25: ...t4 4 Cockpit fan bit3 3 M relay bit2 2 H relay bit1 1 Starter FLAG_FBX_RELAY 1 bit8 8 Drink bit7 7 Wiper pump bit6 6 Brake light bit5 5 High beam bit4 4 Rain light bit3 3 Low beam bit2 2 15 signal bit...

Page 26: ...m the engine ECU There is a light sensor for automatic brightnesstrimming Two sensitive zones below the four digits allow menunavigation It is important not to touch the front panel when it is switchi...

Page 27: ...Add remove a fuel quantity to the actual value Set an absolute quantity litres withoutdecimal When the value is shown and blinking a right short push increases this value litre by litre and a left sho...

Page 28: ...ust automatically the brightness Else use right left touch to increase decrease light level dot mode will light on only one LED on the bar graph bar mode will light on all LEDs beginning from the left...

Page 29: ...S 2 8 x 0 8 6 CAN L chassis FS 2 8 x 0 8 2 Auxiliary analogic sensors Two connectors are available connected to the dash logger Auxiliary analogic sensors Matching connector 191 972 713 Pin out Termin...

Page 30: ...ug it in case of transport or for a most safety disconnection in case of workshop big jobs See connector placement close to the fusebox main connectors on the picture beside Free connectors on the eng...

Page 31: ...ded Mandatory to install a freewheel diode on relay s coil When using the DRV signal pin the headlights will switch on together with the standard high beam when pushing the steering wheel dedicated bu...

Page 32: ...ated from the cockpit area using the push button of the control box placed in the main console or from the outside by a switch on the lowest part of the windscreen The extinguisher is equipped with th...

Page 33: ...ing 19 1 mm AP Racing 20 6mm BRAKE PADS PAGID RST 3 PAGID RS 4 4 REAR FRONT CROSS REAR LEFT DIFFERENTIAL RAMPS 60 30 M M WHEELS FRONT CAMBER REAR TARGET no fuel WEIGHT FRONT DRIVER LEFT TOTAL TOE std...

Page 34: ...0 6mm TYRES SPRINGS HOT TYRE PRESSURE 2 0 2 0 CLUTCH RIM 18 x 10 ET36 RAMPS 60 30 SPACER PRELOAD 90 Nm hot WHEELS FRONT REAR DIFFERENTIAL 257 14 TYPE 22x3 22x3 cwp 15 57 ANTI ROLL BARS FRONT REAR 6 29...

Page 35: ...g 20 6mm TYRES SPRINGS HOT TYRE PRESSURE 2 1 2 1 CLUTCH RIM 18 x 10 ET36 RAMPS 60 30 SPACER PRELOAD 90 Nm hot WHEELS FRONT REAR DIFFERENTIAL 257 14 TYPE 22x3 22x3 cwp 15 57 ANTI ROLL BARS FRONT REAR 6...

Page 36: ...bs Notes With this process the steering angle signal will be 0 deg with the wheels aligned This is very important for the steering assistance and for the electronic slip differential behavior 4 5 Fron...

Page 37: ...limitations 4 6 Rear camber and toe adjustment To reach the rear suspension set up value is recommended to proceed as following 1 Car ride height put the ride height at your choice through damper spri...

Page 38: ...eaching the maximum designed travel block length This should be avoided on the main springs as it could lead to spring failure or at least to a loss of length and or rate The most helper springs are d...

Page 39: ...extended front mm 185 3 190 5 190 2 190 5 198 9 201 8 Damper Stroke Bilstein V1 Rear mm 117 5 117 5 117 5 117 5 117 5 117 5 Min Distance Spring Seats extended rear mm 195 8 201 200 7 201 209 4 212 3 M...

Page 40: ...length has to be reduced by 10mm For a ride height higher than 80mm a longer spring would be necessary Rear When using the standard Bilstein damper with the delivered 170 60 90 main and 60 60 2 helper...

Page 41: ...n Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual Page 41 Rear dampers Aluminium outer housing Bilstein damper 2 way adjustable with 10 clicks in bump and 10 in rebound 119 mm tra...

Page 42: ...Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual Page 42 Adjustment range of front dampers Adjustment range of rear dampers...

Page 43: ...T ARB OD mm 22 22 22 Thickness mm 2 0 3 0 4 0 Chassis Roll Stiffness from ARB Hard Nm Chassis 1548 2021 2637 Mid Nm Chassis 991 1293 1687 Soft Nm Chassis 688 898 1172 Three rear anti roll bars availab...

Page 44: ...Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual Page 44 4 10 Kinematics Front Rear Wheel ratio 1mm wheel 0 9mm damper 1 1 FRONT...

Page 45: ...Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual Page 45 REAR...

Page 46: ...ctioning of the brake balance bar The following link shows how to assembly correctly https tiltonracing com wp content uploads 2013 07 98 1250 600 Series Balance Bars pdf On the dashboard screen it is...

Page 47: ...ds the rear so that with the valve piped in to the rear line and set in position 7 where virtually no reductions occurs the balance is as much to the rear as will ever be needed Moving the control lev...

Page 48: ...on the rear down force as well as indrag Lateral plates are individually adjustable Aero Map Ground Clearance Front Ground Clearance Rear Rear Wing Angle Drag Down Force Balance Forward RH 80 mm 80 mm...

Page 49: ...izes available upon request Standard and XL size Belts and net OMP window net meeting FIA Standards 6 point OMP safety belts to be used with HANS Notes Check the homologation label expiry date Check a...

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Page 51: ...r Manual Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual Page 51 Pedal box Length adjustable in 5 position car delivery in mid position Tilton racing pedal assembly with brake balance bar 90 foot stopper on t...

Page 52: ...n engine brackets fixations etc 5 2 Check list After any rebuild or main job it s recommended to carry out a check list It is possible to do it using the Live Measures view in RaceStudio3 and a laptop...

Page 53: ...en Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual Page 53 FUSEBOX FLAG_FBX_1 0 FLAG_FBX_2 0 FLAG_FBX_3 0 FLAG_FBX_4 0 FLAG_FBX_5 0 5 3 Body shell and engine identification V I N Vehicle Identification Number is welded...

Page 54: ...box Elf HTX755 80W 140 1 75 l Clutch Castrol SRF 0 5 l Drive shaft GKN grease 100 gr Coolant VN0000060410 5 l VW AG G013A8JM1 10 add 90 dist water Brake fluid Castrol SRF Fuel Min 98 Ron Windscreen Fr...

Page 55: ...ator belt is clean and that there are not small stones inside thePoly V Clean the radiator and intercooler panel often If any doubt contact VWMOSP service Check that the seals are in good conditions i...

Page 56: ...er is an even red colour 8 Once it is evenly coated leave it stand for 30 minutes Carefully pat the excess off the filter with paper towels 9 Rebuild your filter taking care that the screw holes match...

Page 57: ...Routine maintenance Change the gearbox oil and the filter in the indicated mileage The oil must be the recommended one It can be done with the gearbox mounted on the car It can be done with the gearb...

Page 58: ...the differential is 0 1 0 05mm The preload may be adjusted by tightening untightening the preload nut see the picture below External preload adjustment process It is important to know that the lock n...

Page 59: ...0 and35 30 For detailed information see the SADEV ST82 17 Technical Manual on the Volkswagen Motorsport website 5 9 Fuel tank The 100l FIA FT3 fuel tank is working with one unique fuel pump and a Vent...

Page 60: ...lug placed on the engine bay fuel line ready for this use The contra connector D 6 socket it is available on the Spare Parts Catalogue Electric VWMOSP has developed a new electronic tool to activate t...

Page 61: ...ase you need to take out the reservoir close the green plastic brackets legs and pull up the reservoir Fig 4 How to replace the engine fuel filter 1 Drain out the fuel tank completely 2 Open the right...

Page 62: ...L 03 M16 x 1 5 Notes IMPORTANT Never work under a vehicle supported only by Air Jacks unless safety props are fitted Do not use U bolt type clamps as distortion of the body will cause the Air Jack to...

Page 63: ...Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ User Manual Page 63 Airlance and car plug dismounted view...

Page 64: ...ptop Engine Inspection km Race service km Race change km Remark Engine 10 000 Spark plug 1 000 Use original VWMS parts only Endurance Race change after the race Engine oil 1 000 Use recommended oil on...

Page 65: ...2 000 Check pitting marks Endurance race change after the race Input shaft 4 000 Check groove damage Primary shaft includes 1 st gear 4 000 Check pinion pitting marks Complete final drive secondary s...

Page 66: ...ce per year Always check tolerance Steering rod inner joint Once per event Once per year Always check tolerance Steering rack 15 000 Wheel hub Once per event 10 000 Change when noisy Brake balance bar...

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