Honest responses required please!!

[RedRobin]

I have Revo stage 1 on a standard GTi and mine made 231bhp on the rollers, a little lower than I was expecting if I'm honest. I'm very happy with how the car drives, and 30bhp extra over standard is enough to keep me happy so I'm not bothered. The point I'm making is that sometimes expectations get a bit beyond what's realistic. This probably isn't helped by the over optimistic gains quoted by the tuning companies themselves.

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I feel exactly the same. This is my Stage1 plot but my Stage2 was lower today!

[Soundlab]

I reckon, on a standard GTi all you can realistically expect from a remap on it's own is around a 30bhp gain..

Out of interest, what do REVO claim their stage 1 remap should make ?

Being new to the GTI (and the VW world in general) I'm keeping a keen interest on re-map's, etc as it might be something I want to consider.  If the results coming in aren't as expected then maybe I'll avoid doing it at all.  I appreciate that it's not all about the final figure but how it makes the car drive over the entire rev-range.  At the same time though, you want to see that you are getting what you are expecting when you pay your money.

Telboy - I hope you manage to get the situation resolved and that you end up with the results you are looking for from your car

Daz

[182_blue]

soundlab what gti do you have ?, also don't let the results put you off, as on the road there completely different beasts when mapped

[182_blue]

Out of interest does anyone know how much superchips charge to reset the unit so it can be sold on ?

[Soundlab]

soundlab what gti do you have ?, also don't let the results put you off, as on the road there completely different beasts when mapped

It's a 55-plate standard GTI (non-ED30). 

Daz

[CocoPops]

Telboy,

as a Bluefin user, I'd be interested in the results of your SC visit.

I'm running a bluefin map on a manual and I see no manuals were tested... so interested to see if it's just a DSG map issue.

[chungster]

Here's another dyno plot to help the discussion!!

[SteveP]

^^^ I agree with 182_blue, I was pleased with my results but the figures where well down on what the tuners quoted (mine should have been just over 300bhp and came out at 278bhp) but on the road the different between the original and remapped car is really noticable and I still think it was the right thing to do.  

[182_blue]

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Telboy,

as a Bluefin user, I'd be interested in the results of your SC visit.

I'm running a bluefin map on a manual and I see no manuals were tested... so interested to see if it's just a DSG map issue.

[182_blue]

soundlab what gti do you have ?, also don't let the results put you off, as on the road there completely different beasts when mapped

It's a 55-plate standard GTI (non-ED30). 

Daz

they quote 255 bhp (which i cant see them getting on JKM's machine)