I thought I would give it a week or so living with the car since the remap. One word: AWESOME!
Everything I have read (that's positive) about the guys at R-Tech is true. They were very welcoming and I soon got into conversation with them and later a fellow customer having his Passat sorted. They swiftly fitted the Allard EGR delet kit they advised me to buy and were soon testing the car which proved to have nearer to 160 BHP as they predicted. Then there was a bit of a hiatus as their laptop did its witchcraft followed by a full power run. I was prepared for the horendous noise but it still sounded like they were Kamikaze dive bombing at full chat!
A quick blast up the road confirmed their figure of 191 bhp must be true. I was gettig torque steer in 4th at 2500 rpm! The power delivery was much smoother coming in at 1500 rpm and carrying on all the way round to the red line. As the week has gone on the car seems to have got even better and I reckon I am getting about 5 mpg improvement. The only downside is a bit of smoke if I am really caning it. I can live with that, but to be honest I have rarely needed full throttle as there is so much torque throughout the range.
Once back from the test drive I happily settled up and had an enjoyable 75 mile drive home with the power graphs in my pocket and enjoying the excellent toque in 6th at 60+ mph. My previous car was a 1999 Audi S4. Lovely car, very quick but I wish I'd gone over to the dark side (diesel) four years ago when I bought it. Now the Golf's remapped it's every bit as good a putting a stupid grin on my face whilst doing well over twice the mpg and being a lot cheaper to tax (£135 a year) and maintain.
Whilst checking the car over, they noted that the intercooler pipe seals needed replacing, the water temp sender was on the blink and they refixed the broken undertray onto the car for me. They also checked that the tubo vanes were operating freely and gave it a clean (well for 60K miles) bill of health.
Would I recommend a remap? Without question. Would I recommend R-Tech? Absolutely!
Actual figures:
HP 159 improved to 191
Torque 241 improved to 315
