Advice on remap
Discussion
monkfish1 said:
Fuel mixture, as well as a host of other parameters IS checked when the car is remapped. No dyno is required for this. Don't see a debate is required? Just stating the facts.
Edited by monkfish1 on Wednesday 14th March 12:55
I know no dyno is required for that just saying that if you are having it remaped why are you having it remaped unless it is to take advantage of modifications? Personally I would much rather take a car to someone like yourself than a dealer with a laptop but would also out of curiosity like to see the changes it has made.
Maybe no debate required but for me a remap should be done in conjunction with a dyno to suit the specif car & not the generic model, plus you get before & after results, especially if the remap is combined with exhausts/headers/dec-cat/induction/intercooling etc.
Recently had my smart re-mapped on the dyno & got 15% more power, standard remap was fine but could not have achieved such an increase plus you should have the option of having it tuned for max bhp or torque to suit your requirements.
My HSV was recently 'tuned' on the dyno, only a 6 bhp increase but they were able to 'lean' the mixtures which improved the fuel consumption at the same time.
Having said all that if you want better performance and are not interested in 'tinkering' a straight forward remap will be fine without dynomometer testing IMAO.
Recently had my smart re-mapped on the dyno & got 15% more power, standard remap was fine but could not have achieved such an increase plus you should have the option of having it tuned for max bhp or torque to suit your requirements.
My HSV was recently 'tuned' on the dyno, only a 6 bhp increase but they were able to 'lean' the mixtures which improved the fuel consumption at the same time.
Having said all that if you want better performance and are not interested in 'tinkering' a straight forward remap will be fine without dynomometer testing IMAO.
monkfish1 said:
I maybe missing your point, but surely you can take advantage of the extra power or whatever else is done, by driving it? Is that not the objective?
I guess it just boils down to how pedantic the owner is? Me personally would never want a generic map used and would rather have someone like you guys do a custom map specific to my car - it may turn out that the generic is the one to use but I'd always rather it be done on the dyno to ensure it is right for my car.
To assume the standard generic map is correct is bad in my head. I;ve known cars and bikes of the same model to have wildly different engine characteristics when measured on teh same dynos. Some put out 10 to 20bhp difference. What if the generic map was made for a car with a good stock engine and I was unfortunate enough to have one of the crappy friday specials?
monkfish1 said:
I maybe missing your point, but surely you can take advantage of the extra power or whatever else is done, by driving it? Is that not the objective?
Hence my last sentance:
Having said all that if you want better performance and are not interested in 'tinkering' a straight forward remap will be fine without dynomometer testing IMAO.
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