Finally got round to getting my car remapped today by Jon at VAGtech.
All I can say really is WOW. It has competely transformed the car and it is soooo quick now. There is a power surge around 3,000rpm and it pulls really well in every gear. Particularly noticeable was the torque in 6th gear even at 80mph on the motorway. Overtaking is even more effortless than it was before and I even pulled away (in 6th gear) from a Scooby that was trying to overtake me this afternoon ( he was a bit surprised I think!).
On the local "bridge test" I got 110 (kph
) compared with 100kph as a standard car and 95kph in my old modified Mk 4 R32.
The power delivery is not as smooth as it was before the remap as it has quite an aggressive surge of power at 3,000rpm. However, it is just as easy to pootle along with a smoother, more gradual acceleration but you can just feel that the car wants to go. I could feel that even before I got to the end of the driveway at VAGtech when I went out on the road test with Jon.
Hooked up to VAG-COM we did a MAF test which showed 226g/sec which divided by 0.8 equals 282bhp. We did the same test on the car in standard form the other night and got 190g/sec which equals 237.5bhp. The same test in my R32 proved to be fairly accurate compared to my RR results. The torque shown on VAG-COM was 390Nm which is 287 lb/ft. I know these figures aren't precisely accurate but it's a good before & after comparison.
The only bad thing about it is that the brakes feel really inadequate now for the amount of power. I know that several people with Ed30s have commented on how poor they think the brakes are but I thought they were fine on the standard car. Now though I'm not so sure.
I was going to go for a full Milltek and REVO Stage 2 but my other half has been made redundant recently so I couldn't justify the expense until things settle down on the job front.
Many thanks to Jon and the lads at VAGtech today for putting the map on the car
