My Day of Tweaking (MK5 Related)

[SteveP]

After the JKM rolling road day I spoke with the provider of my remap (Richter Sport of Milton Keynes who provide a variant of the superchips map) about the results to get there comments/thoughts. They where surprised as they felt it should have been pushing the 300bhp mark (It ran 278bhp on the day).

So they offered to have a look at the car which they did today.

First order of the day was to download the existing map from the car for comparison purposes, we then drove from Milton Keynes to Superchips in Buckingham with VAG COM connected to log the car to see how things where running, they observed some issues with the ignition?

They reviewed the logs and map file with the techies from Superchips and made some tweaks.

Firstly they flashed the car back to stock and then re-applied the new map.

They popped it on the rollers (same ones Telboy's ran 282bhp at the start of last week) and hay presto a very healthy -

303.7 BHP and 366Nm Torque

Graphs to follow shortly.

They then followed this up with some further logging via VAG COM to confirm everything was running sweetly (which it was).

I know with these kind of things there is the "placebo" effect but I definatly feel the car is smoother and pulls better through out most of the rev range 

So I am now one very happy Richter Sport customer and would defiantly recommend them to anyone considering a remap or OEM ICE retrofit for their MK5 as their service was exceptional, especially to Scott who took most of the day to complete this work with me and talk me through everything they where doing :afro and to Neil who gave me a demo of their very Passat Wagon with lots of nice ABT kit and the new VW MDI iPod (finally VW have a fully working iPod adapter).

Also thanks to Jamie at Superchips for his hospitality at their offices and time he took to talk to me about remapping and the work they are looking to do for the DSG box in the near future!

[Saint Steve]

Why did they not run your car 1st before removing their Map???, then you could compare  and see if you are now getting 300+ 

[Top Cat]

Good stuff

Tell us more about this MKV ipod thingy  

[182_blue]

interesting that mate , nice one , do Richter adjust the map at all, or is it SC that do the work

[SteveP]

Why did they not run your car 1st before removing their Map???, then you could compare  and see if you are now getting 300+ 

It was just a timing thing that we didn't do it really as there was a Poxhall Ashtray from Thorney Motor Sport ungoing some checks on the rollers so he reloaded the map while we where waiting.

Anyway Telboy's figures from the Superchips Rollers where very similar to his results from JKM (both stock and dodgy map).

[SteveP]

interesting that mate , nice one , do Richter adjust the map at all, or is it SC that do the work

Richter do adjust the maps as required, so If I was (aloud  ) to get a TBE Miltek, which Richter also can supply and fit, then they can adjust things to suit my car 

[Hurdy]

Sounds like a result there

Just a thought though, 366nm is 270lbft - Do Richter restrict the torque for DSG tuning as most remaps (V-tec's = 350lbft+ = 475nm+) get over 300lbft = 400nm+ ?

[dan_apps]

glad you got it sorted Steve

[Greenouse]

Nice one Mr PG! 

Now, about that little bet we have going for the 1st  :embarassed:

[WhiteGTI]

Nice one Steve!

Would be good to see if go for another run on JKM's rollers for a direct comparison, but no doubt that things have improved!!