That's exactly the same figures quoted by the Quantum remap service.Thanks for this. I'm certainly going to remap mine, I only get 23 on a good day. No idea what motorway driving is, ill find out when I travel to Manchester next week. I was consider these guys for their location but perhaps ill take a drive up there (after i get my induction kit and exhaust on 1st)
Remaping done increase in mpg and faster
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Unfortunately most are...hence my earlier post about the need for a full data logged bespoke map rather than a generic download
when i went to this guy they do have a standard map
but what they did with mine is dowload a copy of your map thats on the ecu send it away with the modifications that have been done to the car and then the company comes back with the best mapping for your setup, so they do customise the map to suit your setup
but what they did with mine is dowload a copy of your map thats on the ecu send it away with the modifications that have been done to the car and then the company comes back with the best mapping for your setup, so they do customise the map to suit your setup
That's great, but did they data log the car?
If they have that capability its daft not to.
Don't get me wrong, these maps and plug in ones can improve your car - absolutely, but bespoke ones on the basis of actual data rather than assumption of what your mods are doing for your car will for the most part get much better results.
'Live mapping' is the gold standard of electronic engine tuning, but the problems with that are the fact it's considerably more expensive, take longer and require far far greater operator skill than a "suck 'n' blow" generic remap.
Naturally aspirated petrol engines are at the bottom of the potential list for gains from remapping so I guess it's the law of diminishing returns in action, is paying £x more for a live map going to yield equivalent gains? An unanswerable question but I guess for a lot of "casual" customers who aren't that worried about squeezing out x-bhp.
I entirely agree that 'live mapping' is the absolute pinnacle of tuning, but I think the most "bang for the buck" for a lightly tuned naturally aspirated petrol engine is going to be on a decent modified but generic map. In the case described by andymartin usually this is a file that'll be modified by stages (ie. 1,2,3 etc) depending on mods.
Similarly to scunnycougar I have a nice, fast and economical turbodiesel engine thanks to a remap, for turbodiesel engines I really couldn't recommend them more. I have an Astra with a 16v CDTi which no delivers around 200bhp, and manages a staggering 45mpg on average since the remap...
I'd love to see the data from one of these maps and see where they've squeezed the power from on the Ford engines, anybody have one knocking about?!
Regards,
Andy
I have paid less for two bespoke maps, than many want for generic ones.
Can't say I am shocked to hear you have a v***hall and i am delighted that you are told you have 200bhp.
Can they prove that btw? - That's impressive if true and I assume you have upgraded the ancillaries to cope with 200bhp? What power did the standard engine produce?
I now have a tdi VW Bora which runs at 162bhp (130 at standard) thanks to a bespoke map (£175) and a Skoda Octavia VRS which now runs at 212bhp (180 at standard) thanks again to a Pendle Performance remap (£225).
I gave both a remit that I wanted better economy, but didn't want to stretch the clutch on either car and I wanted them increased power wise within safe parametres (stage 1 or 2 as many call it).
Crucially though, the increases in torque on both cars was huge - and the torque is more important than the bhp figure.
0-60 my Skoda is quicker - upwards of that, it's close.
I think the price difference of a generic map (£150-200) and a bespoke one (£180-250) is relatively small.
On the flip side I have to say, Rob did a lovely remap on my 4x4 Cougar via his laptop. Whether that was a generic file or not, I don't know - but it definitely improved the performance of the car.
Can't say I am shocked to hear you have a v***hall and i am delighted that you are told you have 200bhp.
Can they prove that btw? - That's impressive if true and I assume you have upgraded the ancillaries to cope with 200bhp? What power did the standard engine produce?
I now have a tdi VW Bora which runs at 162bhp (130 at standard) thanks to a bespoke map (£175) and a Skoda Octavia VRS which now runs at 212bhp (180 at standard) thanks again to a Pendle Performance remap (£225).
I gave both a remit that I wanted better economy, but didn't want to stretch the clutch on either car and I wanted them increased power wise within safe parametres (stage 1 or 2 as many call it).
Crucially though, the increases in torque on both cars was huge - and the torque is more important than the bhp figure.
0-60 my Skoda is quicker - upwards of that, it's close.
I think the price difference of a generic map (£150-200) and a bespoke one (£180-250) is relatively small.
On the flip side I have to say, Rob did a lovely remap on my 4x4 Cougar via his laptop. Whether that was a generic file or not, I don't know - but it definitely improved the performance of the car.
You seem to imagine I know nothing of remapping or engine tuning? :stop: We'll leave that there before I get accused of starting arguments again.
If you can get a rolling road live map for those figures then you are getting a good deal, a very good deal!
Regards,
Andy
No, I wasn't. You're assuming that I was assuming, and we all know what assuming does
Assumption is the mother of all F*** ups!
