Revo launched a similar map, which they later pulled off the market.I agree, that's why I asked about the recon but I also don't think you can rule it out. There will be far too much boost running through the turbo.
VW make significant changes to their hardware and engine setup within 20-30bhp tolerance alterations. Things like intercooler placement and size, turbos, etc... they're the manufacturer who sink the money into development. I think you can definitely add value to an engine/gearbox with maps but you have to support them with hardware upgrades, especially if you're almost doubling the power output.
It’s tough though when we realise we are over the hill, have a beer belly and have lost our edge! It’s too cold to go biking for us Middle Aged men-mainly because we’ve gone soft..... need another escape as the wife found the garden shed? ......... van time!As long as I can remember there’s been a market for go faster stripes, K&N go slower filters, baked bean can exhausts, more drag body kits and the list goes on.
If anybody out there thinks the vendors are truly interested in the drivers ‘baby’ they are mistaken. The only change I’ve seen is teenagers can’t afford to do it now, it’s seems to be mainly middle aged blokes who should really know better.
I would agree with the first 4 words of your response.Am I just dumb but I think there is a fundamental problem here why are you remapping instead of buying the van with the power you want don’t buy a donkey and enter it in the grand national
Oh, I don’t know! I’ve seen some absolute donkeys in the Grand National!!!Am I just dumb but I think there is a fundamental problem here why are you remapping instead of buying the van with the power you want don’t buy a donkey and enter it in the grand national
Hi Stevo,Hi People, I recently had my 3 1/2 year old T6 Euro 6 102ps re-mapped with a Quantum Tuning map by a highly recommended and accredited mapping guy. I had the full power, up to 170ps map so was expecting great things. The van drove fine after re-mapping, but I was hard pushed to sense a big gain. It seemed a little more spritely in the mid range. I questioned this with the mapping guy and he assured me all was fine. The next day the van died with no prior indication anything was wrong. A local garage diagnosed turbo failure. I mentioned the re-map as it was out of warranty and naively thought his would help them with diagnostics. The local garage re-placed the turbo and fixed everything else trashed by oil being sucked in to the inlet tract. The van was test driven around the block by a mechanic. I paid my £2.2k and collected van and drove off down the road. A couple of miles later the new turbo failed catastrophically as I got into third gear. This time even more of the engine oil seems to have been drawn in to the inlet tract and gone down the exhaust as the new turbo expired. The local garage have now washed their hands of getting involved saying they believe the turbo failures were down to the mapping. I'm not convinced this is the case. They are also saying their warranty is void due to the re-mapping. They even sneakily put this on the invoice as I was settling up without mentioning it - although legally I do not believe it will hold any water because they cannot demonstrate I signed up to accept the liability - which I obviously wouldn't have. The mapping guy made it clear that for whatever reason the original VW map can easily be re-instated if requited.
Now I'm between a very big rock and a hard place as I rely on using this van for work. It's dead, they have my money and I'm back where I started. VW quoted £5k which is why I used the local garage.
Does anyone have a view on this in respect of the likelihood that a re-map could so easily fail the turbo?
It smacks of the local garage being out of their depth and not properly diagnosing the cause of the initial failure and therefore not fixing it and then trying to cover themselves with the warranty voiding statement on the invoice.
Quantum mappers mostly don't use a rolling road I think; as is true for lots of Revo mappers I think; as is probably true for 90% of maps in the UK I guess.Hi Stevo,
I really feel for you but I would like to help you with the best possible advice. So, can you post here your pre & post modification power/torque curve?
I presume if your tuner is a professionalist he would check your engine on the rolling road(dyno) before and after to verify results of his work.
On a side note, all of my VWs with TDI engines have been remapped( I think six so far ). Absolutely fantastic modification and I was/am very happy with each remap. No issues at all with any modified vehicle. The only thing is that I wouldn't go beyond approximately 30% power increase as a software modification only.
A 70% increase was barely noticeable? surely this suggests something was wrong from the off?...The van drove fine after re-mapping, but I was hard pushed to sense a big gain.
That surprises me and I wonder if it points to a problem, the van went from 102hp to 170hp and the owner didn't think he noticed a big gain????I had the full power, up to 170ps map so was expecting great things. The van drove fine after re-mapping, but I was hard pushed to sense a big gain. It seemed a little more spritely in the mid range.