Easy ways to spot a remap

[Trickyboy]

I've been wondering recently whether my cars already been done, having never driven a golf before it's hard to tell! Looking at the mods already on and the Adrian Flux tax disc holder im guessing it might have been. Any way to tell without a rolling road or diagnostic?

[RTechUK]

Hello.

If it is remapped it should feel like she wants to rear up and wheel spin in 1st and 2nd gear with ease, It should also give  nice turbo kick which will push you back in your seat.  plus if your car has traction control the light will be flashing all the time when driving hard.   In other words a remap should make you smile,
  Standard the power will feel the same across the whole rev band with no turbo kick,  In other words the car wil feel bland.

You could plug VAGCOM in and data log the Manifold Absolute pressure channel.  With the results you can compare tell if the car is running more boost than standard and it will comfirm the ecu has a remap on it.

What year is your Golf?  If it is pre 2000 with the 200ab or 200bb ecu chip, then you can tell by looking at the chip inside to ecu to see if it has been remap,  If it has the 400bb chip then there is no way of telling as the car can be remapped by OBD2 and  Debugger remapping direct to the loom conection methods.

[Trickyboy]

Thanks for the quick reply Nick  She's definately got a turbo kick and she does make me smile, defo no wheel spin in second though. She's a 1999 AGU mate. Where should i look?

[Rhyso]

pop up to Merthyr mate and see if you can keep up with my TDI - that should tell you if its mapped or not 

or i can VAG COM it for you

[Trickyboy]

Thanks for the offer rhys! Might have to take u up on that! Or let me know if your down swansea way! 
I heard that an AGU lump is remapped in a different way, soldering and the like? Takes a while?

[Ivor Mk4 Turbo]

pop up to Merthyr mate and see if you can keep up with my TDI - that should tell you if its mapped or not 

or i can VAG COM it for you

I didn't think AGU's were detectable with VAGCOM?? 

[Ashmond]

I heard that an AGU lump is remapped in a different way, soldering and the like? Takes a while?

They can be; you can either flash load them or put a chip in them (piggyback chip). I had somebody chip my AUM and it hated it, the AGU's are a completely different set up

[GTi-Matt]

pop up to Merthyr mate and see if you can keep up with my TDI - that should tell you if its mapped or not 

PMSL hahahahaha