Re-Mapping, your experiences.

[The_Burg]

Remap Science, turned up early and only around six hours after booking.
Nice chap, had a great chat about cars in general.
No pay if your not happy.
Only re-mapped a Focus 1.6, no great power increase but much improved throttle response and made the dog carrying sh!tter much nicer to drive.

Very happy with the service.

So what is your experience?

[Mastodon2]

Turned up early? Did he map it on your drive or something? How much did you pay to get this Focus remapped?

[BorkFactor]

I am seriously considering getting my car remapped, after I have put the 325i manifold on. I am not sure how much difference it will actually make, as I am happy with it they way it is

It is supposed to make a huge difference on turbo cars, especially the well renowned 335d.

[mattmoxon]

I ordered a hand held tuner from the US for my car (being an American car and all) once the tune was configured properly (ECU codes were wrong - I knew they would be as the sticker on the ECU was missing) it was a case of plug the tuner into the diagnostic port, go through the menu and load the tune.

The difference it has made is quite astounding really.

[MrMoonyMan]

Mate did it for me so cost very little.

Went from 225->230->280->297bhp with the same economy if not better.

Only other mods were an exhaust and induction kit.

Done 30,000 miles on a 160,000 mile car like this with (touch wood) no issues.

[The_Burg]

Mastodon2 said:

Turned up early? Did he map it on your drive or something? How much did you pay to get this Focus remapped?

Yes re-mapped on my drive.
£200, a good price. Didn't expect much but he was very professional. If you want the rolling road before and after he did offer it.
As is said not turned it into a hp monster but much improved.

Local tuning centre wanted £300 for the same service.

[y2blade]

All good here.

[Jimmy No Hands]

You spent £200 to remap a 1.6 Focus?








Why?

[BorkFactor]

Jimmy No Hands said:

You spent £200 to remap a 1.6 Focus?

Why?

As he said, makes a big difference in drivability apparently. I dismissed it on my 1.8 Mondeo as the power increase was tiny, but after I sold it I looked into it a bit more, as you do, and found that it was supposed to transform the car. Ah well!

[The_Burg]

Jimmy No Hands said:

You spent £200 to remap a 1.6 Focus?

Or a lot more to swap it, i drive 15 miles a day to work. Standard it was awful. So yes i consider £200 to be sweet FA compared to changing cars.
Guess what? We don't all drive proper fun cars.
For the money it seems a big improvement.










Why?

[MonkeyBusiness]

Re-mapped a Saab 9-3 Tid. Thought it was brilliant.
However, the map might have been a bit aggressive as the flywheel went after approx 10K (on a 30Kish mile car).

[Jimmy No Hands]

Fair enough. I was genuinely curious as the I've been widely lead to believe NA gains are pretty minimal and not really worth it, probably dependent on the car. If it makes a £200 difference then I can understand.

[roadend1981]

Jimmy No Hands said:

You spent £200 to remap a 1.6 Focus?








Why?

Why not?

[roadend1981]

Sorry automatically assumed 1.6tdci, as the maps do make a big difference,can't see much of again on na petrol 1.6.

[sparks_E39]

Jimmy No Hands said:

You spent £200 to remap a 1.6 Focus?








Why?

Not a lot of money for a substantial gain, I imagine. I don't know if it's worth getting my 528 done.

[not260]

183bhp out of my golf pd130 made a huge difference, A little bit smokey sometimes but there's no poke without smoke.

[Jimmy No Hands]

sparks_E39 said:

Not a lot of money for a substantial gain, I imagine. I don't know if it's worth getting my 528 done.

There's no substantial gain in remapping a NA petrol 1.6.

Edited by Jimmy No Hands on Tuesday 17th April 23:05

[jonny33]

Had my Octavia vrs remapped. It made a huge difference and was worth every penny

[BorkFactor]

sparks_E39 said:

Not a lot of money for a substantial gain, I imagine. I don't know if it's worth getting my 528 done.

With NA engines, I think it is more of a question of improving the drivability rather than focusing on increasing performance. You would probably get a better throttle response, more linear power delivery, and all the flat spots would be ironed out.

If it doesn't cost you too much, then go for it

[Six Fiend]

Had my Passat 130PD auto upped to about 170. Was already 140 from the factory according to the tuners and this is not uncommon

Slightly better on fuel, went like the clappers