which cars gain the most when remapped?

[Tyler Durden]

As the title says. Which cars gain the most power and torque through a simple remap?

I'll start by saying that my Volvo C30 D5 went from 180bhp to 230bhp and from 370Nm to 460Nm of torque.

[Tyler Durden]

T16OLE said:

Unless it's been a rolling road, before and after, then the figures are meaningless. I.e. Who is quoting the figures, the guy charging for the remap?

In my case Performance Torque rolling roaded it before and after.

[Tyler Durden]

I have read that certain BMW's share the same hardware but leave the factory with different levels of tune.

So a 325i can be mapped as a 328i and therefore go from 185bhp to 285bhp very easily.

Are there any other examples of this kind of thing?

Edited by Tyler Durden on Saturday 21st November 10:12

[Tyler Durden]

I have read that certain BMW's share the same hardware but leave the factory with different levels of tune.

Performance Torque posted this on their Facebook page.

"BMW F30 320i custom mapped from 179hp to 283hp. We also offer a 245hp upgrade option for customers wanting to match the higher power 328i factory version. "


Are there any other examples of this kind of thing?"

Edited by Tyler Durden on Saturday 21st November 10:23

[Tyler Durden]

Are those gains possible with any 2.0 TFSI engine?

[Tyler Durden]

That's the kind of thing I was hoping to find out.

Nice one.

[Tyler Durden]

Wow, this thread grew quite quickly, and while I appreciate the input by those taking about the accuracy of measurements I don't see it as much of an issue.

If the remap centre has a rolling road (or another way of measuring power) and does a before and after on your car using the same method then the improvements should be obvious.

Whether or not they are accurate against someone else's way of measuring is immaterial.