is a remap safe

[stfc_gti]

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.

someones on the wrong forum

[MK3GTI_16Valve]

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.

someones on the wrong forum

Think everything he said is true...it would out accelerate, out brake etc etc...it's a fair comment..the forum he's on doesn't change the fact...

[Big Dodz]

 

And why does everyone say get a panel filter not an induction kit. do they make the car sound nicer cos i want a bit more noise not to much but a nice growl. Thanks again Neil

[james c]

mapin is safe , u can stay safe and go low , or squish everything out of it .... upgrades to certain parts needed the higher u go ,
a lot more den 70 , top end u need a lot of air fow

induction kits are dirt , car is bein starved of the proper air

[RTechUK]

mapping not 100% safe..  a remap could be the last straw which breaks the donkeys back.

A map is only as good as the hardware.

[james c]

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.



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

Biggest trouble after my map was boost pipes popping off, so I got steel fittings made at the time.

anything fun is always a gamble 

[Cadde GTI Turbo]

Had my 1.8t remapped about a year ago now R-Teck Hinckly, thanks guys" had no problems at all 

[MS1COYS]

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.



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

Biggest trouble after my map was boost pipes popping off, so I got steel fittings made at the time.

anything fun is always a gamble 

That's because your map held 28psi of boost to the redline. 

[james c]

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.



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

Biggest trouble after my map was boost pipes popping off, so I got steel fittings made at the time.

anything fun is always a gamble 

That's because your map held 28psi of boost to the redline. 

ha true

[Len]

My Golf has been remapped for 4 or 5 years ( I dont remember) and my Passat was done nearly 2 years ago.
Both done by Rtech and all has been fine.