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Contemplating getting a remap on our mk.2 Octavia diesel vRS. Aim is to add a few bhp, but more to make the acceleration smoother and increase efficiency a little.
Problem is we're based on the Isle of Wight, so either need a travelling company, someone on the island, or someone on the way to somewhere else (read near a motorway).
Anyone got any experience or recommendations?
I asked a friend (and co-founder of the above parish) who said,
I wouldn't normally recommend a "tuning box" - but in his case it would be perfect - I recommend Bluespark - try to find a box that connects to boost, air, and fuelling sensors, not just fuelling.
[quote> http://www.briskoda.net/ perhaps may know?
Arguably not quite the same, but essentially already asked. 🙂
http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/352433-anyone-used-ecu-remapping/
Edit:
I wouldn't normally recommend a "tuning box" - but in his case it would be perfect - I recommend Bluespark - try to find a box that connects to boost, air, and fuelling sensors, not just fuelling.
Ooo - thanks! I'll have a look.
Tuning boxes can be useful if you go for a good one.
Alternatively my mate Russ at MidlandsCarCare is 10 minutes off the M6 at Junction 9 so if you're ever passing he can do a map for you.
I had a mapped Bora and a mapped Octavia VRS petrol and both were great motors before but after a remap it really made them amazing things for comfortable cruising.
If you go for it please can you update what you get from it? It looks like a tempting solution for my car (Fabia 1.6TDi).
[url= http://www.mybluefin.co.uk/search?make=33&fueltype=2&model=142&variant=2643 ]Bluefin ?[/url]
Custom Code do a product that allows you to read your ECU and send the data to them. They then send you a re-mapped file back that you re-install into your car.
I think it even allows you to stick the original map back into the car if need be.
It's not exactly cheap though, but I think they are a reputable company in the world of re-maps.
Details here:
http://www.custom-code.co.uk/flashwire/
[url= http://www.diesel-performance.co.uk/vehicle-skoda_octavia_ii-2.0-tdi-170-ps-cr-stage-2-(crd-t) ]DT-UK Tuning chip.[/url]
Bluespark = Bluefin? Well respected as a plug-in option but never really heard much about them from within the VAG community.
Shark used to get very good reccommendations on Brisky when I was on there but they're in Macclesfield or somewhere a million miles from the IoW. The best option I'd say would be next time you're on the mainland, swing by Regal who are in Southampton. They're a REVO dealer and when it comes to performance VAG stuff they're pretty much the best place in the UK (apparently - or it could be that PVW Mag are based near'ish them!).
Anyone had any experience of the "plug in chips" as per the DT-UK one ?
Toying with the idea. Jumps the Golf GTD up to 240ps and 500Nm !!
Shark do seem to be the hot ticket for actual remaps but they aren't convenient to get to, and neither are they that cheap- it's around £400 to tune my car up to 135bhp (which is, to be honest, more than it really needs). The Briskoda guys seem to like them best.
Pendle Performance have a great rep on the VW T4/5 forum. I had a T5 map and dpf delete (first in the UK I believe), on my van. Great to work with and they have an agent in Southampton
Unit 1, Poplars farm, Curdridge lane, Curdridge
Southampton
Hampshire
United Kingdom
So32 2bh
Telephone : 01489 309308
Mobile : 07525453930, 07595630723
Regal Autosport in Southampton. They tune hundreds of cars a year, look after VW cup cars and are revo agents. They'll look after you and 10mins off the M27.
The Bloke that owns Pendle is a pyscho and I'd rather eat my steering wheel than put a single penny his way.
Shark always had good reviews on briskoda and did a plug in box that you downloaded the map from
The Bloke that owns Pendle is a pyscho and I'd rather eat my steering wheel than put a single penny his way.
That's a heartfelt non-recommendation! 😆
I've heard of Shark, but if I were going that way I'd go via Angel in Banbury to be perfectly honest. I'll look this up though:
Shark always had good reviews on briskoda and did a plug in box that you downloaded the map from
I'll check out Regal as that'd be very convenient, if a little pricier than I hoped.
Those Bluespark boxes look almost too good to be true for the money, but I guess that's the price of lower overheads and not having someone suitably experienced actually doing the work (without wishing to get into [i]that[/i] LBS discussion). I'll do some further research into them.
All said and done, thanks all that have added ideas so far - all appreciated.
sorry for hijack - anyone able to recommend a Renault remap specialist, ideally in the south?
Looking to get my (Nissan derived) GT Dci remapped/chipped/whatever.
What year is your Octy?
What year is your Octy?
2009, so common rail (although I need to double check this under the bonnet).
No offence, but you need a performance remap for driving on the Isle of Wight?!
You've got one stretch of dual carriageway on the whole island, it's about 400yds long and has a 40 limit. The only 60mph roads are punctuated every mile or so by villages - where are you going to be able to use this extra performance?
Maybe, PJ is allowed off the IoW every now and then with his car? There is a car ferry (x3) you know?
Plus when you get a clear run, the road along the south side of the island can be glorious 😉
bikemike1968 - MemberNo offence, but you need a performance remap for driving on the Isle of Wight?!
You've got one stretch of dual carriageway on the whole island, it's about 400yds long and has a 40 limit. The only 60mph roads are punctuated every mile or so by villages -
Surprising that it took 20 posts before someone came along to remind the op that they shouldn't enjoy driving in any way shape or form.
where are you going to be able to use this extra performance?
Anywhere he wants. A remap isn't about changing the vehicles top speed, it's about changing the power delivery so that power is more useable throughout the rev range which generally results in improved driving day to day and often improved mpg, it's a diesel Skoda, not a Nissan GTR.
The Bloke that owns Pendle is a pyscho and I'd rather eat my steering wheel than put a single penny his way
If you mean Martin who owns Pendle, I met him and dealt with him directly and found him very helpful.. or were you talking about his agent in S-hampton ? He was being baited for some bizzare reason by a T5 forum member who recieved the ban hammer in the end.... Each to their own.
Pendle are to the T5 community what Shark are to the Skoda crowd.
You pay your money etc etc
It's not for this thread, what Martin did to a LOT of people was outed on the T4 forum, I've never felt so threatened in my life. I'm sure it's still out there somewhere.
I've known the Regal people for a long time Chris Stewart owns it, he and the team are solid. They've got their own rolling road and can do everything from up to a custom live map. My friend Ben had his C63 mapped there last month and it's an animal. They also supercharge R8s pretty regularly if you want to trade the Octy up a tad... 😀
In sure you won't feel let down if you go to Regal.
James
2009, so common rail (although I need to double check this under the bonnet)
A superchips bluefin should work on a 2009. It's a remap but done yourself via a handset they post to you. Has the advantage of no box under the bonnet, and is a proper remap rather than a gadget that fools sensors/fools what the ecu thinks the sensors are saying.
A remap has totally transformed my 56 plate Vrs diesel. I only got mine done because I had the DPF removed (PD engine so no suprise!) so it was done at the same time but the car has never felt better and it's knocking on 113k now.
I have a mobile mechanic who did mine and he's one of the local guys who provides Quantum remaps .. If you look on the website they have guys all over the UK so there might be someone close to you.
Fair enough pictonroad, I've not been on there for ages so let's keep on topic.
Surprising that it took 20 posts before someone came along to remind the op that they shouldn't enjoy driving in any way shape or form.
It was meant slightly tongue in cheek - I'm hardly one to criticise - I do like to 'make progress' myself on occasion.
However, having been to the Isle of Wight many times I have never found any roads where you could fully use the performance of a modern car - even a 'diesel Skoda'.
I always thought that a 125cc motorbike would be about as fast as you would need - those winding coast roads on the south would be a hoot on one of those I reckon.
bikemike, there are some decent roads on the island and there's some fast roads too. I've had cars up to 3 figures in my younger reckless days.
Sadly the road surfaces are pretty shagged these days so less fun to be had.
My colleague had his Fabia VRS remapped in Hampshire . Think it was BM tuning Romsey . 138 - 175 bhp and 300 - 390ftlb torques.
EGR delete , but no DPF on that model ( PD ) . Clutch failed almost straight away but te increase in performance and surprisingly econmomy was impressive .
This is a 1/2 day rolling road tune, not a resisitor pack plugged into the CR rail
No offence, but you need a performance remap for driving on the Isle of Wight?!You've got one stretch of dual carriageway on the whole island, it's about 400yds long and has a 40 limit. The only 60mph roads are punctuated every mile or so by villages - where are you going to be able to use this extra performance?
😆
It's a fair-ish point.
There are long stretches of national speed limit (such as the military road), but it's primarily for two reasons:
The first is to make overtaking a little easier - as you say, there's a lot of winding roads and overtaking spots are limited. There is also a lot of Sunday drivers.
The second is that once off the island it's motorway to get practically anywhere. My folks live in Suffolk and I ride (albeit far less regularly since the onset of parenthood) all over the country, hence interest in efficiency.
Yes, I also enjoy driving, although the diesel isn't as fun as the petrol vRS it replaced. We all have to grow up sometime. 🙁
Also, for the record, the dual carriageway is NSL for about half of it. 😉
...it's a diesel Skoda, not a Nissan GTR.
Quite. 🙂
They also supercharge R8s pretty regularly if you want to trade the Octy up a tad...
I looked semi-seriously at older RS4/6s before buying the Octy. Then I looked at running costs. 😯
singletrackmind - MemberMy colleague had his Fabia VRS remapped in Hampshire . Think it was BM tuning Romsey . 138 - 175 bhp and 300 - 390ftlb torques.
EGR delete , but no DPF on that model ( PD ) . Clutch failed almost straight away but te increase in performance and surprisingly econmomy was impressive .
I think that'll be 300-390Nm, rather than lbft of torques. The standard engine is 130bhp & 230lb ft.
I considered it for ages on my Ibiza - same engine as the Fabia vRS, but the one thing that put me off was nagging stories of clutch failure. Some cars seemed to run fine on the original clutch and some failed almost immediately.
The Cupra TDi version of the Ibiza was the broadly the same engine, but with 160bhp and that had the same clutch.
When I was considering a remap and looking at various options, REVO were considered a bit brutal in power delivery & tended to lunch the clutches. The most popular on the Seat site were Custom Code, P-Torque and Jabba.
Seat offered a remap that would be fully covered by them, which was basically a gentle REVO map, pushing the 130bhp to 150.
The most popular on the Seat site were Custom Code, P-Torque and Jabba.
Heard of Jabba. I'll look into the other two.
Saying that, I like the idea of the Bluespark box if I'm totally honest.
Bluefin=superchips.
Bkuespark=cheap box off the net.
I've got a shark stage 1 remap on my mk2 petrol vRS. It's really smooth, just like stock but with the wick turned up. In normal driving is a touch more efficient, especially with vpower.
I bought mine when shark was a bit smaller and they were really helpful when I spoke to them. From what I read on the forums, nothing has changed.
With the sts box and a standard map, you can do everything yourself via email with shark.
Sam, without wanting to thread hijack too much we are off to look at Vrs mk2s this weekend. Are you happy with yours and have you had any reliability problems?
I'm totally happy. I had one electrical part failure 2 weeks in from new that left us stranded (all sorted under warranty). After that, it has been perfectly reliable for 5 years. Cheap to service, bags of room. It's not the last word in handling, but as a comfortable, reliable "bike" car, I can't fault it. I'd buy another one in a heart beat.
Cracking. We already have a Fabia and are aware of the vague handling but everything else ticks the boxes for us.