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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: nickinspain2 on 24 November 2013, 18:00

Title: RE MAP
Post by: nickinspain2 on 24 November 2013, 18:00

HI, COULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REMAP AND A SUPER CHIP, WHICH SHOULD I GO FOR? I HAVE A MK 4 2 LTR GTI, THANKS NICK.

Title: Re: RE MAP
Post by: barrym381 on 24 November 2013, 18:04

go for the remap but with being a non turbo the gains are minimal  :smiley:

Title: Re: RE MAP
Post by: nickinspain2 on 24 November 2013, 18:09

THANKS BARRY, IS IT A WASTE OF MONEY THEN?

Title: Re: RE MAP
Post by: barrym381 on 24 November 2013, 18:19

Quote from: nickinspain2 on 24 November 2013, 18:09

THANKS BARRY, IS IT A WASTE OF MONEY THEN?

not a waste of money but me personally i would sell the 2.0 an use the map money and what you get for the 2.0 and buy a 1.8t could even find 1 already mapped  :wink:

Title: Re: RE MAP
Post by: james2 on 24 November 2013, 19:21

It will fell better. I super chipped my old ford xr2i and it made 118bhp on a dyno with the timing 3 degrees out ,i must of spent £1000s on upgrades. Ill never forget it loved that car. RIP  :whistle:

Title: Re: RE MAP
Post by: dom on 24 November 2013, 19:26

Quote from: nickinspain2 on 24 November 2013, 18:00

HI, COULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REMAP AND A SUPER CHIP, WHICH SHOULD I GO FOR? I HAVE A MK 4 2 LTR GTI, THANKS NICK.

Neither will give you massive gains, but a remap would be the best option. You won't see any real gain in peak power but you should feel better throttle response.

In my opinion it's really not worth the cost, the 2.0 is a pretty poor engine and I wouldn't want to waste any money on it.

Title: Re: RE MAP
Post by: Wayne on 24 November 2013, 20:48

Never worth the bother on a 2.0, save your money

Title: Re: RE MAP
Post by: james2 on 25 November 2013, 16:46

VW Golf 2.0 8v   before   -  115 hp  after   - 122 hp  before   - 170 nm  after  - 180 nm

Title: Re: RE MAP
Post by: nickinspain2 on 25 November 2013, 23:43

thanks chaps, ill be keeping me £200 quid then for larger!!!!!!!

Title: Re: RE MAP
Post by: mar_k on 26 November 2013, 09:38

the 2.0 will never be exciting, Sell it and buy a 1.8 or 1.8t both in standard form will be far quicker than the 2.0

I loved my 2.0 as it was very smooth, but boring as hell.

A remapped 1.8t is very exciting for while and will keep you entertained until the need for more starts kicking in.