Remaps- are they worthwile?

[daniel]

Just to narrow it down for you a bit more. Al = AAT.

[Dan]

Originally Posted by alexk

Next time we will meet with Matt, we will test our CSLs.
His CSL made high HP number in the Dyno, but I reckon (and I might be wrong) he won't have much (if any) difference on the road.

If Matt's keeps pulling like it did when he took me out in it then you'll see the difference, it's solid in the mid-range and pulls very hard all the way to the redline in every gear, I'm not going to say who did the Map as he's asked me not to and I respect that but I'll be getting one for sure, worth every penny IMO!

[scrubberamit]

I got mine done by Technosport last summer... http://www.technosport.co.uk/contactus.html

(for anyone who was at the top gear dunsfold event, George had his race car parked next to our CSLs)

George had the car for nearly 3 weeks and to be honest i wasnt sure what to expect

When i got the car back - i was so impressed... The power curve was linear and what really impressed me is taht how the car keeps pulling through the revs - no need for changing gear at all at 6000 revs ....she now pulls to 145 mph in 4th gear!!!

I'm not going to name ANY names here, as it's not my business to sl&g off companies on the web... All i will say is that any tuning company that claims you will get x % increase in bhp etc etc is talking utter sh1t..

The thing that really impressed me with George is taht there was no guarantee of 20 bhp increase or your 0-100 times will be down by 2 secs or rubbish claims like that... What i was promised was more grunt and sharper acceleration - and that's exactly what i got...

Oh the guy that actually did the tuning of my car was a senior engineer for BMW M SPORT and actually worked on teh pistion design of a certain Mclaren F1...

Are remaps worth it - I would say hell yes... But do your research... There are several people on diff forums who can give you advice on where to go / not to go...

As mentioned above, my only advice would be AVOID anyone who comes out with nonsense claims - you will be disappointed... You cannot improve your car with bolt ons - You will be 100% disappointed... and these bolt ons can actually cause damage to your car....

The only way you can improve your car is with a custom remap of the ECU

[_Nathan_]

Originally Posted by scrubberamit

no need for changing gear at all at 6000 revs ....she now pulls to 145 mph in 4th gear!!!

Why would you change at 6k in a non remapped car? I don't get it!

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by Dan

If Matt's keeps pulling like it did when he took me out in it then you'll see the difference, it's solid in the mid-range and pulls very hard all the way to the redline in every gear, I'm not going to say who did the Map as he's asked me not to and I respect that but I'll be getting one for sure, worth every penny IMO!

He has already told everyone, DMS

[mattCSLnut]

Originally Posted by _Nathan_

Why would you change at 6k in a non remapped car? I don't get it!

Same here... it doesn't make sense in a car (the CSL) that produces peek power @ 7900 rpm

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by mattCSLnut

No, I didn't Lawsy ... but it seems U just have

How did I know then, I only know from reading on here

http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4263

Scroll down you bellend

[scrubberamit]

Originally Posted by mattCSLnut

Same here... it doesn't make sense in a car (the CSL) that produces peek power @ 7900 rpm

On Fast road driving (especially on European roads like Route Napoleon, Mount ventoux, Stelvio ) I never liked how it drove In low gears espec above 6-6500 revs... also i probably was a bit of homer!

But I still maintain what I said earlier - Worth getting a full ECU remap - but just do your research - Avoid the "specialists" with bolt on packages

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by scrubberamit

On Fast road driving (especially on European roads like Route Napoleon, Mount ventoux, Stelvio ) I never liked how it drove In low gears espec above 6-6500 revs... also i probably was a bit of homer!

But I still maintain what I said earlier - Worth getting a full ECU remap - but just do your research - Avoid the "specialists" with bolt on packages

Like who?, speak your mind, I do

[glendog74]

Originally Posted by mattCSLnut

No, I didn't Lawsy ... but it seems U just have

Originally Posted by lawsy

How did I know then, I only know from reading on here

http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4263

Scroll down you bellend

ROFL!

I was just about to do the same Lawsy - it would appear that Matt forgets just how much info he blurts out on here (along with the obligatory accompanying photo to each post...)