1.8t remap, safe?

[jamie1989]

Buy a Forge actuator while your at it, Best mod Iv had so far the OEM ones are pretty weak an dont hold boost nowhere near as good.
Makesure your exhaust is atleast 2.75" from turbo right back for good flow too.
Also rip all the pcv pipes out and replace with catch can as they split terrible and cause vac leaks everywhere.

[azzsmith]

Thanks for that jamie.
Yeah, still got quite a long list of things to get yet before I start fitting it all to the car and then remap 
Only thing is that i'v bought an r32 rep rear so will need the twin exit pipes so probably not got quite as much choice now in terms of exhausts 

[RTechUK]

A good software remap is only as good as the cars hardware, it could blow up straight away after mapping or last 100,000+ miles without issues.

I have had cars go pop on the dyno during stock power runs even before mapping, I have had cars fail on test drive post mapping, but then 98% will never have issues.

TDIs are the worse as they run higher boost from stock and tuned, upto to 1.8bar is some cases, they also suffer from sticky VNT and slipping clutchs. 

It rare for me to see a 1.8T with major issues, I had a around 4 cars spit on rods over the last 7 year, most common issue is smokey turbine seals on the turbo due to age and crap oils being used.    I have 1.8T engine out there running 300bhp+ with 213k+ on the clocks.

At end of the day tuning is a risk, not with the mapping but the hardware.

[azzsmith]

Thanks for all the info... think i'l definately be making a trip up to r-tech as soon as all the bits are on the car!
Also, how long does a remap take?  Sorry for the questions, never had a car remapped before. Also what price?

[jamie1989]

Stage one would usually take around 3 hours.

[azzsmith]

Would it be stage 1 then that I would need?

[jamie1989]

Stage 2 if you have a agu, fmic, 007p, 2.75" exhuast and k03s.
Would still take around 3 hours.   

[azzsmith]

Ok, so it will be stage 2 then.

Thanks for your help