To remap Monaro or not?

[jelevents]

So I have been thinking is it worth having a remap done?
I thought about getting it done when I had the exhaust done at the fish a few years back but didn't bother at the time.
Car is std 6.0 vxr apart from Wortec cat back.
Questions"..........???
Is it worth doing without any other mods
What difference will it make ( seen companies advertise + 30/40 bhp which I doubt)
Where would I get it done or has anybody used a Bluefin from Superchips
I'm not looking for massive power gains, changing cams, supercharger etc but would like a bit more response/ drive ability.
Thanks in advance

[jelevents]

mfp4073 said:

I think you would be better off going to the expense of fitting headers, sports cat's, and a cold air intake before you tune the engine. After that lot you would have some real gains in power and torque. If you tune your engine with just a cat back, I bet it won't belong before you want to fit more performance parts, which mean you might have to pay for another tune. As ringman said, go for a proper remap which will no doubt cost more, but it will be done properly. I hate to say this (as I'm skint at the moment) but with these cars you have to pay to play!!!!!! I've had my car for years and I still want to spend money on it ( damn it )

John

Thanks John yes headers and cats are on the shopping list wondering where to source from now the fish has gone and is it a direct replacement to oe cats I.e. bolt straight on?
Cars been stored away for over 12 months as I started my own business so had to cut expenses but will be coming back out this year so thinking of treating the old girl.
It's been out of the garage a few times for a start up but before next start I want to to spin it over without starting to build up oil pressure first.
I've read if you floor the throttle whilst cranking it disables the fuel pump, sounds a bit risky think I will remove the relay?

[jelevents]

mfp4073 said:

Any engine wear will occur when you first start the engine. You have a rich fuel mixture which will produce a lot of water vapour, this mixture will wash the cylinder bores of oil and run into the sump. When the engine gets hot it will burn all that contamination off. So repeated cold starts without the chance to get up to operating temp will do your engine no favours, in fact your oil will sludge up and cause even more issues. Still if you don't agree then that's your choice.

John

Tis very true when I used to work in the motor trade we had some old loan cars that we used to drive in and out of the workshop every day just so we didn't have to leave them outside at night.
They hardly ever went out on the road so just got a few minutes running each day and quite often they would leave a trail of oil/fuel leaking out of the crank seals cos the sump was overfilled due to the petrol running past the pistons.
I always make sure when mine comes out for a start up it runs until fully warmed up.