Everyone wants to remap their cars because everyone else says its the single best mod you can do with the k20 etc, and they always make impressive figures, which is great. And I wanted mine done, but i had mine dyno'd the other day with mani/decat and air filter and the afr's were good and made 10whp more than when it was standard (when i first bought the car) So i didn't see a rush to get it done and would rather spend that money on track days and improving my driving.
So last week at cadwell park there was an ep3 there, on the straights there was nothing in it, but he was a better driver on the corners so I let him passed, but on the uphill section i was actually quicker than him and was catching him.
When we came off i went over to chat to him and he said how well my car goes and asked what power it was making and I said standard power, it made 216 on the dyno, he looked shocked, and said his was mapped and 250hp (tdi) which also shocked me then lol. Even more so when i saw that it was completely stripped inside, buckets, after market steering wheel, no carpets, carbon bonnet, coilovers, stainless exhaust, aftermarket wheels etc, so it was a fair bit lighter than my full fat dc5.
Also, When I first got my dc5 (totally standard, with slipping clutch) i had a play with my mates mapped dc5, again tdi mapped 252hp, rbc, stainless exhaust, cf bonnet, coilovers, wheels, steering wheel, buckets etc etc so again much lighter than mine, from mid rpm 3rd gear, we stayed next to eachother, i struggled getting in to 4th, so he pulled half a car length or so then stayed there through 4th.
So what i'm getting at is that these guys have spent a fair bit of cash getting their cars lighter and more powerful.. And everyone says after a map the car feels better and drives better etc, But the 2 i have seen that have been mapped haven't really given me any confidence to go spend the money, because against a standard car/alot less modded/unmapped.. They aren't actually any quicker.
I'm not sure if this post is a question or a statement lol. But it's got me confused, i'm happy that mines pretty quick, but confused as I have no where near that power, and thats the power i wanted if i were to map it, but..... they just didn't sell it to me.
Does anyone have any laptimes/quarter mile times /proof that their cars are that much faster after mapping? Because i would think 30-40hp more(peak) And the fact that they are 50-150kg's lighter than mine they would be considerably alot faster, and mine wouldn't even get close, but thats not the case.
So last week at cadwell park there was an ep3 there, on the straights there was nothing in it, but he was a better driver on the corners so I let him passed, but on the uphill section i was actually quicker than him and was catching him.
When we came off i went over to chat to him and he said how well my car goes and asked what power it was making and I said standard power, it made 216 on the dyno, he looked shocked, and said his was mapped and 250hp (tdi) which also shocked me then lol. Even more so when i saw that it was completely stripped inside, buckets, after market steering wheel, no carpets, carbon bonnet, coilovers, stainless exhaust, aftermarket wheels etc, so it was a fair bit lighter than my full fat dc5.
Also, When I first got my dc5 (totally standard, with slipping clutch) i had a play with my mates mapped dc5, again tdi mapped 252hp, rbc, stainless exhaust, cf bonnet, coilovers, wheels, steering wheel, buckets etc etc so again much lighter than mine, from mid rpm 3rd gear, we stayed next to eachother, i struggled getting in to 4th, so he pulled half a car length or so then stayed there through 4th.
So what i'm getting at is that these guys have spent a fair bit of cash getting their cars lighter and more powerful.. And everyone says after a map the car feels better and drives better etc, But the 2 i have seen that have been mapped haven't really given me any confidence to go spend the money, because against a standard car/alot less modded/unmapped.. They aren't actually any quicker.
I'm not sure if this post is a question or a statement lol. But it's got me confused, i'm happy that mines pretty quick, but confused as I have no where near that power, and thats the power i wanted if i were to map it, but..... they just didn't sell it to me.
Does anyone have any laptimes/quarter mile times /proof that their cars are that much faster after mapping? Because i would think 30-40hp more(peak) And the fact that they are 50-150kg's lighter than mine they would be considerably alot faster, and mine wouldn't even get close, but thats not the case.