James
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Which ones are there (preferably in the south)?
Can think of Courtenay and Regal so far but I seem to remember one of those has a bad reputation. Which was it?
Just investigating which tuning packages are available for my Astra 
Thanks.
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JohnNI
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Regal has bad rep.
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Steve X16XE
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Jamsport?
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James
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I was keen on Courtenay but just realised they are in Norfolk.
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redhotpanther
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You will find good and bad stories from both tunners.
Call them both and discuss your requirements, then make your decision.
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lil_g
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Thorney motorsport.
They're based in MK so not too far
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chip
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What engine is it?
What sort of budget do you have in mind?
What sort of power are you hoping for?
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by lil_g
Thorney motorsport.
They're based in MK so not too far
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Fad
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Depends on what work you want done, if its a plug and play remap then there really is no difference where you go whether it be Courtney\Regal\Thorney
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willay
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stick to Courtney\Regal\Thorney
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Fad
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Thorney will just chagre you more for no reason tbh
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VegasPhil
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Take it to Regal James. Make up your own mind about their work 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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James
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stubbsy05
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Norfolk isn't that far from you!
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SAL
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Thorney will just chagre you more for no reason tbh
Have you got good reason to say that ?
I beg to differ
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SAL
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Regal use EDS map's for the z-let's, they are good map's that work well. People say they alot more aggresive over Courtney sport
Thorney map's are good for daily driver's who want a bit more over standard, the rev's are a bit more progressive
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SAL
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Also you should think about using a front mounted cooler and get a pre-cat + sport cat, then you can skip phase one and go for two which is normally about 240-260 bhp and 280-320 of torque
Might be wise to a stash of £ to dot he clutch a short time after
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Daimo B
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Swindon
I would not go to Regal, even if it was free.
I would rather pay a little extra, have good customer service, a quality tested and updated and improved mapping (newer engines only), over some road outfit who've got their name form botched conversions (triple head gasket turbo conversion anyone, we'll charge £3500 for the pleasure).
New engines - Thorney.
Old Engines - Swindon / SBD.
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Stavs
Regal use EDS map's for the z-let's, they are good map's that work well. People say they alot more aggresive over Courtney sport
Thorney map's are good for daily driver's who want a bit more over standard, the rev's are a bit more progressive
EDS is plug in and play is it not, RR results and fueling look scary on everyone ive seen, ie not tayored to mods at all
EDS in germany looked at what was beeing installed over here and were not happy iirc
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jr
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if you want it remapped, look on motorsportdevelopments site
they have a new product, which enables uses (tunning companies) to plug your car in, send data back to MSD, then they send the map back to the tuner
ask robin etc, but ive never ever seen MSD slagged off
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Daimo B
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MSD as in the ignition tuning specialists?
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by Stavs
quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Thorney will just chagre you more for no reason tbh
Have you got good reason to say that ?
I beg to differ
Hmm I went to an AOC Rolling road day and spoke to several people and the general consenus is that all three tuning companies have virtually the same generic maps which take into account modifications such as
exhaust system
Front mount and exhaust system
Front mount Exhaust system and VXR turbo
etc etc.
All these companies do is plug in and upload the maps and do a power run. There was on person who went to Thorney and they didnt even put it on the rollers just took it for a drive and said hmmm thats about right.
I cant comment on their engineering work but judging from what James actually wants (which is a simple map with a few tuning parts) it really doesnt make a difference which of the three tuners you go to as you hear good and bad feedback from all of them.
Going to other tuner such as MSD etc for custom written maps is expensive and you are best of going down the tried and tested route of generic maps as you will probably encounter less problems and it'll be cost effective.
My point here Stavs is not slandering the company just saying if you want tune this car you best of just choosing the closest one to you or the most cost effective one as there is relitively no differences between the various stages and maps offered by the afforementioned tuning companies.
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
MSD as in the ignition tuning specialists?
Motorsport developments of blackpool, not the other msd
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Cole
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my zaf\was done at regal it had eds phase 2 upgrade and from the comment above about being aggresive i can certainly vouch for that
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SAL
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Fad, no
James this might be worth a read mate
http://www.zlet.co.uk/AMD%20rr.htm
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