how does a remapped Gti fair against standard edition30?

[Saint Steve]

Revo are alot better with aftersales to be honest, Your Vehical is your own and if it goes Bang then good luck with trying to settle with him, or Rtech or whoever he is. Who produces their maps??? superchips?? more then likely.

Revo have been doing this for years and personally with my 15k's worth of metal, i wouldnt want to chance it. but ETTO. i know Dan (cookiemonster) had his done but he chose too.Hes done a few Vw's, but in comparision to Bluefin or Revo...... buttons.

Its your decision ultimately, but bear it in mind. To save a few quid just because its cheaper , like buying a can of beans, eat the value stuff or have the peace of mind with a fully researched map, and eat the real heinz!

[Rhyso]

Revo are alot better with aftersales to be honest, then this guy is a one man show afterall you pay for what you get.Your Vehical is your own and if it goes Bang then good luck with trying to settle with him.

Revo have been doing this for years and personally with my 15k's worth of metal, i wouldnt want to chance it. but ETTO. i know Dan (cookiemonster) had his done but he chose too.

Its your decision ultimately, but bear it in mind.

bollox and for what its worth i'm talking about my own personal experience - I've had my car mapped by Nick and if i've had a question or query he has ALWAYS responded and i know if i ever had a problem he's on the other end of the line.

Nick has been doing this for a number of years himself and has plenty of experience and has logged many hours on both the rolling road and the REAL road testing his software to enure its some of the smoothest around

How many tuners spend at least an hour or two checking over the car BEFORE putting a map on??

Even if people aren't happy with the map or it shows up a problem (which remaps will do if you have an underlying problem with the car but a lot of people tend to forget that point) Nick will always offer to remove the map and or help diagnose the problem 

And as Vaughan has already pointed out - look how many MK4 owners have been more than happy with the level of service provided by Nick (and Ben)

But the choice is yours

[topher]

REVO maps are good.
RTech maps are good.

If your engine goes bang no company will take responsibility and swallow the cost, the maps are set to run within safe margins so if the worst ever happens it'll more likely be a fault somewhere else with the car. The advantage of RTech in this case would be that they do data logging runs before/during/after to make sure it's all healthy, rather than just flashing a generic map and sending you on your way.

[Saint Steve]

exactly rhyso, your own opinion and experiance, and thats why Rtech have done a few people on here, and Revo have done no doubt hundreds of mk5's!!.

Would you go with a well tried and tested map, or one that will save you a few quid thats untried. I personally value my manufactures 3 year warranty before mapping, when times up, then id go with 70% of what other people have tried and tested rather then 1 or 2 good experiances from Rtech.

Who does he gets his maps from??

[Saint Steve]

REVO maps are good.
RTech maps are good.

If your engine goes bang no company will take responsibility and swallow the cost, the maps are set to run within safe margins so if the worst ever happens it'll more likely be a fault somewhere else with the car. The advantage of RTech in this case would be that they do data logging runs before/during/after to make sure it's all healthy, rather than just flashing a generic map and sending you on your way.

2 Revo dealers ive dealt with dont just load it and send you on your way. Im not mentioning companys names because i try not to big up any individual company as has been said already.

[Rhyso]

exactly rhyso, your own opinion and experiance, and thats why Rtech have done a few people on here, and Revo have done no doubt hundreds of mk5's!!.

Would you go with a well tried and tested map, or one that will save you a few quid thats untried. I personally value my manufactures 3 year warranty before mapping, when times up, then id go with 70% of what other people have tried and tested rather then 1 or 2 good experiances from Rtech.

Who does he gets his maps from??

i'd go based on recommendations and by testing other people's cars - NOT just because they are a big name and have a large advertising budget.  At the end of the day the big boys have dealers and your service is only as good as your dealer

as for his maps same question can be asked about REVO and or any of the tuners    i'd do a little more research  

its what he does with the maps that make the difference  

[topher]

REVO maps are good.
RTech maps are good.

If your engine goes bang no company will take responsibility and swallow the cost, the maps are set to run within safe margins so if the worst ever happens it'll more likely be a fault somewhere else with the car. The advantage of RTech in this case would be that they do data logging runs before/during/after to make sure it's all healthy, rather than just flashing a generic map and sending you on your way.

2 Revo dealers ive dealt with dont just load it and send you on your way. Im not mentioning companys names because i try not to big up any individual company as has been said already.

Can't have been that good if they still didn't convince you to remap yours That's the way it should be though, but a lot of the resellers just don't have the facilities or budget to do that. My biggest issue with companies like that is some of them use the revo to get the customer in the door and see a walking chequebook and tell them "well you really need this, and that would be good for your car too" and that's why they get the silver service.. especially if they aren't too clued up technically and have a nice expensive new car.


as for base maps, I believe he used to get them from DNA but recently switched to a German supplier.. although I doubt that info will be of any use.

[RedRobin]

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I'm not trashing R-Tech but just pointing out that Revo's appointed tuner JKM for example, do extensive data-logging and checking your car before the remap and use their Dyno-Dynamics rollers as just part of the process including going out on the road.

Regardless of name, I wouldn't want any tuner who didn't do those things. My VW dealer now has a Revo man on their staff - Even better!

As Rhyso says, aftersales care is extremely important but having spent more than a year researching tuners I chose Revo and wouldn't touch a small tuner who wouldn't have the support network. To be fair I don't know about R-tech.

A few guys on an internet forum recommending it doesn't cut it for me - I'd also want to drive it.

JKM are 2.0T FSI specialists in Portsmouth but Revo HQ would inform about good agents locally.

[Hurdy]

TBH, you can have issues with any tuner...I know from personal experience in the past.

The larger tuner have extensive development invested in their product, but that isn't to say that smaller tuning companies can't be just as good.

The thing is people will always recommend from personal experience and recommendations of satisfied customers..that's just the way it is. If you find a tuner you are happy with, all the better, you just have to have faith that they are as good as they purport to be and don't have hidden software glitches in their maps that could ultimately damage the car.

[RedRobin]

TBH, you can have issues with any tuner...I know from personal experience in the past.

The larger tuner have extensive development invested in their product, but that isn't to say that smaller tuning companies can't be just as good.

The thing is people will always recommend from personal experience and recommendations of satisfied customers..that's just the way it is. If you find a tuner you are happy with, all the better, you just have to have faith that they are as good as they purport to be and don't have hidden software glitches in their maps that could ultimately damage the car.

....There speaks a wise and experienced man.