Took the car to Awesome today and TBH I left feeling a little deflated
The day didn't start very well as I set off at 06.30am to get there for 08.30am and at 07.00am got snarled up in traffic on the M60 with an incident under that viaduct and so finally arrived at 09.30am
Couldn't take any pics of the Rolling road and so just took one of the car outside Awesome's place just to show that I have actually been there.
They were courteous and offered hot drinks, but were very busy and as such weren't really inclined to chat.
Part way through my wait I was told that the Forge Diverter valve was the wrong one and that a standard one had been delivered "by mistake". This was even though they had told me that they had a Forge DV in stock when I had booked the car in. In their favour they did do the rolling roads for free, offered 10% off the DV and free rolling roads when I go back for "some other mods"
The main thing I am sure you are all waiting for is the rolling road results.............................
Before 242bhp..........after 285bhp
Before 217llb/ft......after 290lb/ft
the after includes the Carbonio ram air fitted.
The guys at Awesome tell me that the DSG and ECU will "learn to adapt to the remap and should give up more bhp and torque once it is settled in. I am a little unsure of this and as a result will be eager to see if there is any increase when I go back.
I will however feed the car on a diet of strictly V-power until then
The good news I suppose is that the torque falls within the 400nm of the DSG
Out on the road it is a different thing. The car feels more alive and eager. The extra power and grunt is truly addictive and the delivery is smooth and progressive. Only downside is that under full accelleration in the wet in first, second AND third the ESP traction control cuts in EVEN when you turn it off. This leads to some wheel hop/axle tramp, which I will have to look into resolving soon. The pull from 30 to 70 and beyond is excellent and makes for easy peasy overtaking. Another good thing is I still haven't felt any torque steer, which on a 285bhp FWD car is superb.
Looking at the torque curve on my readout the standard max came in at around 3,000rpm and stayed at a similar level up to 5,000rpm where it gradually tails off. With the remap, the max torque comes in at around 3,200 rpm BUT the torque is higher than the 217lb/ft max of the standard car all the way from 2,500rpm to 6,500rpm
Looking at the power curve, the remap is very similar in profile to the standard map, although it is consistently around 55 to 60bhp more until the last 500rpm (where the max power should be) where it levels off. Power is greater than the max 242bhp of the standard car from 4,600rpm to the 6,800rpm
I was hoping for an ultimately higher power output, but I am happy with the torque level. Awesome advertise the ED30 remap as 290-305bhp and I would have thought that if they advertise it, they should deliver it?. Time will tell at the next visit whether or not more power is forthcoming. Overall I am happy and would rather have a smooth progressive map at 285bhp, than ask the guys at Awesome to commit to a 300bhp remap and end up with a peaky remap with flat spots in it.
Can I recommend APR and Awesome?.......sure I can
