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Goodbye Superchips?
pudding:
Yeah, their name comes from the olden days of ECU software being on a removable chip, but the name has stuck. It's all done over the OBD2 port now.
The trouble is, a lot of tuners fall into the sidelines if they're not pushing out headline BHP figures. SuperChips and Revo tune on the conservative side, so don't get the publicity.
Custom is an over used word in the mapping world. Tuners don't touch any of the key maps VW spent countless months tuning, such as cranking fuel, tip in and tip out, part throttle, idle, warm up, over-run (unless you ask for a gash popcorn map) etc etc. All they change is boost and fuel, and the bigger numbers run more boost, it's as simple as that. There is no magic bullet to make 30 more hp than a competitor running the same boost pressure.
If it wasn't for the fact my engine is about 5000 miles away from seizing into a blob of steel, I would 100% be taking up SuperChip's October deal!
K03MK5:
I recently got a stage 1 custom tune + dyno session from Matt's Maps and Repairs Ltd in Ipswich for £200. Its running great and he sorted out my O2 delete as well.
breeze:
--- Quote from: K03MK5 on October 31, 2022, 10:24:32 pm ---I recently got a stage 1 custom tune + dyno session from Matt's Maps and Repairs Ltd in Ipswich for £200. Its running great and he sorted out my O2 delete as well.
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Very interested to know how £200 buys a custom tune. On a rolling road with dyno plots and if so can you share them? How much time did he spend on it?
Honestly, on a stock-ish car I have no issue with an off the shelf tune and I am sure £200 could get you something reasonable. Just the ‘custom’ bit for £200 that interests me.
pudding:
As I keep blathering on about, people love to throw the word 'custom' in when discussing maps, but have no idea what is different about it compared to stock or an off the shelf tune.
Uploading the same base tune to every car and just adjusting the boost and fuelling maps is not 'custom', it's simply 'tuning' something that already exists. 'Custom' is a one off, from scratch. Absolutely no tuner does that, ever, unless it's some whacky build with a massive turbo and massive injectors that completely throws VW's base tune out of whack.
breeze:
--- Quote from: Pudding on November 03, 2022, 09:00:41 am ---As I keep blathering on about, people love to throw the word 'custom' in when discussing maps, but have no idea what is different about it compared to stock or an off the shelf tune.
Uploading the same base tune to every car and just adjusting the boost and fuelling maps is not 'custom', it's simply 'tuning' something that already exists. 'Custom' is a one off, from scratch. Absolutely no tuner does that, ever, unless it's some whacky build with a massive turbo and massive injectors that completely throws VW's base tune out of whack.
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I’d pretty much agree with you, more that £200 if it got anywhere near a set of rollers sounds incredibly cheap!
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