Ok I have hit a low point in my GTI ownership.
I had my GTI remapped a while ago. Not long after I bought a "Carbonio" style intake and installed it. Now I apologise for my lack of jargon but here goes.
The car felt really good. There was a good 'push-back-in-the-seat' feeling (torque I believe). This was most noticeable when comparing 70 and 90 in 6th. At 70 in 6th the car seemed to have no pull at all. At 90 however in 6th the turbo seemed to come alive and the car literally took off like a scalded cat.
Since then the intake was taken off. The map was taken off and the car returned to standard.
Now a few weeks ago I got the map re installed. At present the car is completely standard hardware with a stage 1 map.
Now the 'push-back-in-the-seats' feeling is not as strong. In 6th the car seems to start pulling at 65-70 but it never pulls as strongly as before.
Now the most obvious comment might be to go to the guy who mapped the car and get him to check the map is right. I have and he assures me it is the exact same map.
I have several questions:
1. Is this a case of a less torquey map or is it perhaps a less aggresive map?
2. Is this perhaps due to the OEM air intake?
3. Could the engine have developed and changed the map/ grown into the map?
(Now to be honest I cannot remember what the car felt with the original map before I got the air intake installed the first time round so I cannot comment on this or use it for consideration unfortunately)
The car is going to be tested on the dyno on Wed (the same dyno I had it on before so at least it will be as accurate as possible to the previous result).
Furthermore can anyone with a Revo or Superchips remap describe the delivery of power on their car? Ideally I am not bothered about figures but I really enjoy the feeling of being pushed back in the seat. (I have come to learn that most firms make the maps as smooth as possible ultimately preventing this).
