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matt5791 said:
What's the trade off? I've never had a car re-mapped before but I'm guessing you can't have your cake and eat it?
Personally I wouldn't buy a car that had previously been modified in this way so I'm guessing there may be a trade off in re-sale value - but then again, maybe there are people for whom it adds value - I don't know.
Not sure about resale values but I haven't had it done to rag the car around like some would think, just releasing the power it's more than capable of and making the car more driveable throughout. Personally I wouldn't buy a car that had previously been modified in this way so I'm guessing there may be a trade off in re-sale value - but then again, maybe there are people for whom it adds value - I don't know.
Did think about this long and hard and had chats with DMS prior to taking the plunge so to speak.
Obviously, I can't think of any "trade off" it's just made the car so much better, the torque curve is so linear and if I could work out how to put a picture up of the dyno run results, I would. (Any help or pointers please?)
Silent1 said:
The trade off is that the engine will wear out quicker and is more likely to have something break on it, that's why the manufacturer tuned it to where they did and it's also why people can chose to accept a greater risk but get more power.
The 4.0 V8 TT unit is the Audi unit that has been tuned to much more than mine with no reported failures, it's just a very underrated engine in its untuned form.matt5791 said:
I ask because I don't like the way my Jeep Commander 5.7 hemi is tuned - there isn't enough low down torque - I'd be prepared to accept less power, if I had to, for more low down torque.
I intend to take this car to 150K miles or something, so re-sale value isn't much of a consideration! Although, I don't want to knacker the engine up or make it unreliable.
In standard form the Jeep is, official figures, 322bhp and 369lbft - but I'm sure it could give more, especially in the torque department and especially when that torque peaks - at the moment it feels like 3500 rpm or something, which is too high.
This was one of my criteria when they mapped mine, I specifically asked if they could work on the torque figures rather than bhp as initially the bhp was around 730 bhp.I intend to take this car to 150K miles or something, so re-sale value isn't much of a consideration! Although, I don't want to knacker the engine up or make it unreliable.
In standard form the Jeep is, official figures, 322bhp and 369lbft - but I'm sure it could give more, especially in the torque department and especially when that torque peaks - at the moment it feels like 3500 rpm or something, which is too high.
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