Would you remap a FWD turbo ?
11-20-2008, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by John57,Nov 20 2008, 06:45 PM
The car was quick as standard .... but felt like it could handle quite a bit more.
It is detuned by VW so as not to tread on the toes of the S3. I wanted it to go a bit more like I felt it could .... and it now is
It is a good product as standard for what it is .... but I am just being greedy
Even though it is the 'uprated' GTi as standard it was still a bit too sensible .... I don't like things too conservative - which is why, when I had an S2000, it was bright yellow 
It is detuned by VW so as not to tread on the toes of the S3. I wanted it to go a bit more like I felt it could .... and it now is
It is a good product as standard for what it is .... but I am just being greedy
Even though it is the 'uprated' GTi as standard it was still a bit too sensible .... I don't like things too conservative - which is why, when I had an S2000, it was bright yellow 
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11-20-2008, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan Hale,Nov 20 2008, 06:51 PM
How much does it add to your insurance premium John?
11-20-2008, 01:33 PM
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Good result
Im tempted to get my leon cupra remapped as well but i'm going to wait till i get a few more miles on the clock....only done 3000 miles so probably still a bit tight yet.
Any particular reason why you went for superchips over say Revo?
I think i'll go revo and sps switch myself and an easy 300 ponies
Im tempted to get my leon cupra remapped as well but i'm going to wait till i get a few more miles on the clock....only done 3000 miles so probably still a bit tight yet.
Any particular reason why you went for superchips over say Revo?
I think i'll go revo and sps switch myself and an easy 300 ponies
11-20-2008, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Slickline,Nov 20 2008, 10:33 PM
Any particular reason why you went for superchips over say Revo?
The Revo software stays on your ECU even when reverted to standard - albeit 'hidden' but Superchips reflashes the ECU back to what you had before so there is nothing 'uprated' there at all for anyone to see.
I did seriously think about Revo and APR - and if the car was out of warranty I think that is the way I would have gone ....but with it in warranty I was happy for perhaps the more modest remap - if I can say that when it's given me an extra 66 bhp
I was told by a very well known dealer that for my car anything from Revo, APR or Superchips would bring a smile to my face and would be a good product ... it's down to personal choice and circumstances .....
11-21-2008, 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by John57,Nov 20 2008, 03:02 PM
The main reason I went for SC over Revo was the ability to switch back to totally standard - using my actual original map as opposed to Revo's version of standard.
The Revo software stays on your ECU even when reverted to standard - albeit 'hidden' but Superchips reflashes the ECU back to what you had before so there is nothing 'uprated' there at all for anyone to see.
I did seriously think about Revo and APR - and if the car was out of warranty I think that is the way I would have gone ....but with it in warranty I was happy for perhaps the more modest remap - if I can say that when it's given me an extra 66 bhp
I was told by a very well known dealer that for my car anything from Revo, APR or Superchips would bring a smile to my face and would be a good product ... it's down to personal choice and circumstances .....
The Revo software stays on your ECU even when reverted to standard - albeit 'hidden' but Superchips reflashes the ECU back to what you had before so there is nothing 'uprated' there at all for anyone to see.
I did seriously think about Revo and APR - and if the car was out of warranty I think that is the way I would have gone ....but with it in warranty I was happy for perhaps the more modest remap - if I can say that when it's given me an extra 66 bhp
I was told by a very well known dealer that for my car anything from Revo, APR or Superchips would bring a smile to my face and would be a good product ... it's down to personal choice and circumstances .....
Read about someone who had dowloaded there original map onto a bluefin device and when trying to load the oem map back onto the car the ecu wouldn't accept it and the car was no longer drivable and had to be towed to a dealer and ultimately ended up needing a new ecu.
It's probably a one off case but it's making me think twice as i don't want to invalidate my warranty.