Daimo B
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morning all.
chap at the shop im in has a 1.8t audi a4 quattro and is looking at having the engine remapped. Theres so many options out there, and i know theres vaggers on here. Hes not after huge power, but a nice chunk of torque would be handy to drag the misses n kids along.
whats a reputable vag chip upgrade tuner in the SE?
what kinda price range?
power and torque average increases?
increased fuel economy and smoothed power delivery?
im here for a few hours so any input or links grateful. 
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broster
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i wouldnt want to pay more than £300-350 for a decent map on one of those, its a very popular engine so every man and his dog offers remaps for them, doable thru the diagnostics, should only take an hour or so to do aswell.
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John
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£100 quid postal one off ebay.
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3CorsaMeal
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http://www.amdessex.com/
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basslinecorsa
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big boys toys in lakeside are VAG tuners
http://www.bigboystoys-uk.com
Edit: they moved and amd is the tuning side which is still in lakeside 
I got rid of my dub quite a while ago ....
[Edited on 24-04-2010 by basslinecorsa]
Project Scarlett - http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=661417
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csweatherston
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They will all be similarly priced between 300-400.
Ive got custom code, as its more progressive.
Lots of people rate Revo and AMD maps as they are more agressive ie.
nothing nothing nothing..BAM. Everything.
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Dione J
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How much are custom codes maps?
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csweatherston
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Mine was 350, from RK engineering, St Agnes, Cornwall.
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adiohead
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I might try this place as they're near me:
http://www.paramount-performance.com/acatalog/vag_group.html
They do a RR before and after.
They all just plug into the ECU and load on a generic tuned map. Takes minutes, although depending on the ECU they may have to bench map it.
Top names are:
Revo
AMD
Custom Code
Jabbasport
[Edited on 24-04-2010 by adiohead]
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Graham88
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AmD or Jabbasport would be my choice
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taylorboosh
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r-tech at liecester
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shane_o
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http://www.rcmr.co.uk/index.html
locall to me very good, runs a family of tdi's and 20v's, has always had at least a couple really fruity cars one of which atm is a 20vt mk2 4x4 with over 500bhp. may be worth a go
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ShEp
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buy a kwp off ebay and do it yourself
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adiohead
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quote:
Originally posted by ShEp
buy a kwp off ebay and do it yourself
I've tried this, but my ECU needs removing and I'm scared
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jr
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warren g can do it
if now AMD at thurrock for Revo lovleyness
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t_benn_1
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every vag forums seems to say r-tec mate i'll be going to them
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Warren G
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as JR said, i can do these
whats the model year? PM if interested
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by t_benn_1
every vag forums seems to say r-tec mate i'll be going to them
mate ive never known another garage as good as them, customer service is second to none
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Graham88
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True my mates just got his MK4 Golf back from R-tec and the service was superb, he had problems with the turbo company and R-tec helped him through it even did a load of work for free.
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Jez_B
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Im not to clued up on whats available, i have just bought a Seat Cupra tho, with a Revo stage 2, as said it has a fairly aggresive power delivery, but i love it  Previous owner paid £400 i believe.
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Mertin
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Just missed a Revo spring special, £100 off stage 1 software
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adiohead
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quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
as JR said, i can do these
whats the model year? PM if interested
What do you use?
Where do you get the maps?
I have a KWP2000+ but it won't work through the diagnostics port (even with the me7.5 software). I've read that the ECU needs removing and then uploading.
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Warren G
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thats because its cheap chinese copy i bet
optican hydrid flasher, i buy my maps from tuning companies, all dyno tuned and road tested
so ecu's have to be either done direct to ecu pins or even on the bench on the motherboard
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mattk
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Red Dot in Enfeild
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whitter45
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quote:
Originally posted by Mertin
Just missed a Revo spring special, £100 off stage 1 software
stay away from Revo - shite company
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