is a remap safe

[daz veedub]

nowt wrong with pipercross induction kits mate just run a cold air feed to the filter

[dan2252]

my car and alot of other 1.8ts run crap with induction kits on as you find with alot of petrol turbos ive got a pipercross pannel filter with a drilled airbox, with induction kit you get alot more chatter i found, just dont go buying a induction kit as in a few weeks you will be taking it off again and you will be changing air flow meters....

[RTechUK]

Only as safe as the engine..

Post remap the turbo, engine or clutch could fail straight away... Bad times   On the other hand you could have 100,000 miles of faultless fun ...... Happy days!!!


With remapping, chip tuning, hardware tuning, modding ect.. there is always an element of risk, if this risk worries you or could cause you financial hardship then keep the car 100% stock and dont tune.



IMHO  I would say around 80% of the cars we tune are faultless,  10% minor issues, boost pipes popping off, coil pack failing, maf ect.  then 5%  more major with clutch slipping, oil pumps failing ect and 5% with turbos failing.




Is bungee jumping safe???  I would not do it just in case the elastic band snapped...lol

[stfc_gti]

How has no one picked up on 50 pounds of talk yet?

[scarr89]

How has no one picked up on 50 pounds of talk yet?

  f**king jesus, must have been skim reading  .

Sorry OP 

[hydro187]

how much do engine remapping normally cost and how much more bollocks will my car have and can my car be remapped (1.8 mk1 golf gti cab) she is standard to my knowledge but she has done a 2.0 focus of the go up to 60mph and left a saxo vts/vtc/vtr (the crappy gold ones with the body kit that looks like its been designed by halfords all i know it was a vt do forgive the only French cars i like was the 1.9 205 gti and the renault 5 turbo rwd)
another thing if i have a crash and have not declared the engine remapping whats the chances of spotting that it has been done its not really that visual such as a body kit or a scorpion exhaust system

[Chris.]

They will never know about the remap, unless they put it on a rolling road or use expensive specialist tools to read the ECU.

Go get a R-Tech remap and save yourself a good 100-150 quid from the guy you went and seen.

[mar_k]

They will never know about the remap, unless they put it on a rolling road or use expensive specialist tools to read the ECU.

Go get a R-Tech remap and save yourself a good 100-150 quid from the guy you went and seen.

More and more Insurance companies are doing just this these days,
Its quite easy to get caught out,

Guess you wouldn't declare the exhaust, Bigger wheels and so on either?

People who don't declare mods are daft and are as bad as people who drive without insurance, which is in fact what you are doing by not declaring mods.

[DunnDeal12]

Safe nice one everyone for replying. No i def have the 180bhp! Well so it says on all the paper work and the insurance company says it comes up at a 1.8t 180. So i hope so mate. An to the bloke that says gti6s are gay you might get a little surprise if you race 1. I hav both at the moment standing in my drive and i can say without any doubt the gti6 is alot more responsive in every gear. To be fair they might be similar 0-60 (but i stil think the gti6 is stil quicker unfortunately) but above 60 i def think the gti6 is alot quicker. I do hav a scorpion exhaust and a k&n on the pug and my golf is standard but i honestly thought the golf would be quicker with 13 more bhp. But i wil admit i dont no alot about the technical side of cars at all. Anyway enough of the gti6. I went to sca racing in norwich today one of the biggest tuning shops in norwich from wat i no and they told me to get a superchip first for 399 inc vat and labour cos they say there the most reliable and adds 38bhp and i think he said 50 pound of talk. Any good? Anyone no please? Also he then said get an exhaust and a piper cross induction kit an ill be hitting about 225bhp plus. Anyone no if this is true. cheers again neil 

gti6s are dog awful, made from baked bean tins. horrid french tat

[gman86]

gti6s are dog awful, made from baked bean tins. horrid french tat

Probably the most ill-informed post here. A GTi6 will wipe the floor with any standard Mk4 GTI, even the Anniversary ed. It'll out accelerate, out brake, out corner and sound twice as good. As a drivers car, the Mk4 is the dog awful car from the two.