So..
I had been speaking to Shem (shemtek_racing) for a couple of days about remapping my car with Dream3r's map.
Shem is based in nottingham and I was a bit hesitant of travelling there from Birmingham as you never know what you going to get or who you going to meet! but I had confidence in Shem and got to his garage on Monday morning. We talked a little while he hooked up his laptop to my car. He sent me out for a drive to collect some data. I came back after 10mins and then he decided to take my car out again as I didn't push it hard enough lol.
The data showed the MAF value was slightly low and Shem expected there was some kind of air leak, so he got under my hood and start looking around. Nothing major was found, just a loose pipe tighter and a crack in the turbo inlet/charge pipe (see pic) where the pipe meets the clip that is screwed.
(After close inspection when I got back home I noticed that the crack didn't penetrate the pipe...so that was a good thing)
We ran some data again and the MAF value picked up slightly. Shem then decided that everything was in order but advised to do a compression test (any help on that?) to see if I have an air leak somewhere. He then loaded Dream3r REMAPP!! I was soon on my way....
Immediately I noticed the difference. The throttle response is virtually instant. The high revs on start up got deleted and the car idles considerably better. Power delivery is very progressive and smooth and it just keeps on coming! My favorite gear is 2nd, and 3rd..its just insane. Its going to take some time to get use to it. My MPG has even slightly improved, nothing major but better than before. I definitely enjoy driving it more - I mainly just cruise but now I have the throttle response and power for those nice blasts of speed
. My pipercross air filter sounds much better now, more throatier - just what I wanted.
Highly recommended. Cheers
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