am i being a bellmet or am i right in hearing that when u get a revo map (or trial 
) it locks the ecu and is a nightmare to remap by another company after??
also i heard that the revo's are a real aggressive map, sot a nice, smooth curve 
Correct on both counts, one of the reasons I did not use them.
I have also heard that when the Revo trial expires it has been known to cut the power back to below stock level therefore making the difference between standard/mapped appear even greater 
The trial tuned fuel and ignition maps stay in play but the main load request seems to be lower on the revo trial
stock condition vs a full oem stock map. A stock AUM will make around 154-159bhp where the stock Revo map will kick out around 147-150bhp. I dont think it was an intension to run lower load, but just to get there stock map as close to 150bhp with there fuel and timing stratergy.
A Revo/APR maps can lock ME7 ECUs out to read and write on older map versions, but the lastest map versions seem to be fine to over write with most tuining tools. If the ECU is locked out by a trial remap APR or Revo then a good tuner who can remove the chip from the ecu can get the ecu back to factory stock code within 30mins.
