Audi R8 V8 Remap
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LondonTom

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90 posts

245 months

Wednesday 16th March 2016
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Ca anyone recommend a reputable tuner (ideally local to London) to remap an R8 V8.

Thanks.

Dr G

15,990 posts

273 months

Thursday 17th March 2016
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MRC are held in probably the best regard for the 4.2 and can work wonders with it. They're only in Banbury so less than 90 minutes away unless you're in the east end.

mrsimmers

189 posts

197 months

Thursday 17th March 2016
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Amd, Lakeside behind IKEA. They had an R8 in there last time i was up there.

fastgerman

2,002 posts

226 months

Friday 18th March 2016
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Same engine as the B7 RS4 I thought?

No real point mapping a n/a high revving V8 unless you start playing with exhaust/intake/cams.

Throw in a supercharger, should make things interesting :-)

TomLRogers

37 posts

129 months

Friday 18th March 2016
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Went to a Dyno and asked about tuning a V10 R8 once, as mentioned above there is little to gain from Re-mapping a N/A engine unless you have played around with internals. I would say save your money just put a good exhaust system on it to make it sound faster and better smile.

Dr G

15,990 posts

273 months

Saturday 19th March 2016
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OK, the remap in isolation will not yield large gains but with some fairly minor, accompanying breathing mods you can unleash a very worthwhile improvement.

The V10 does actually gain a decent amount from a map as it was left slightly tame from the factory.

LondonTom

Original Poster:

90 posts

245 months

Monday 21st March 2016
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Booked in with MRC in a few weeks time. They mentioned about doing a carbon clean too.