Rickpercy87 Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 I thought I would post my experience in case it is of some use to some of you guys. Iv'e had my Tdi for about 3 months now and was craving more power. I was torn between Awesomegti (who many of you know already) and a DIY option using a cable bought from ebay and the remap bought from a website (www.blacksmoke.co.uk)In the end I decided to go for the DIY option, and if it all went t*its up, get it remapped at awesomegti.The owner of the website, Andrew was really fantastic. He even offers to fix your ECU for free if you somehow brick it. He says he works with local garages who tune cars and he gets a cut when he sells a map.The process of buying the map was very easy. Paid with paypal and took a hour or so to arrive. I backed up my original map in case something horrible happened. I'm very happy with the remap. He claims it is 100bhp with a much better power delivery, which indeed it does feel correct, with minimum smoke at high RPM.The cable I used was a galetto 1260 (£9.90 delivered) which comes with the software to read and write maps onto the flash.I'll report back if anything horrible happens.All in all £55 quid for the best power mod I could have hoped for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Catastrophic engine failure in 5...4...3...2Only joking, did you find this guy via recommendation or just googling? How has he learned to do what he does - I'm sure its quite complicated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 I know someone else who performed an economy remap via a DIY cable from eBay and there was no issues as such. My only problem with a DIY remap is that aren't they all the same? Like, a proper bespoke remap involves you collecting data on the engine because each car performs slightly differently right, so the garage is able to provide a custom ECU remap specific to your car? The other issue is as you say, bricking your ECU... surely your car won't start if it's completely bricked? Is there any going back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Intriguing, let us know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete91 Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Yeah let us know how it turns out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadeemaashraf Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Does them for Gti? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpercy87 Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Awesomegti charge £150 for a generic map now on the tdi's, WITHOUT a rolling road! So i'm sure mine is fine. He genuinely did seem to know his stuff and from all my research I can only find positive reviews on his remaps.Iv'e been out in it for a while today. The transformation is astonishing, 40-80 in 5th gear, pulls like a train. So much of an improvement over standard, seriously!I can feel a massive difference in the torque from about 2000 RPM all the way to 4000RPM, The power delivery is really the major positive. It feels a little bit like a petrol now haha.I gave it a good thrashing today and it runs perfectly still, no strange noises, nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpercy87 Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Does them for Gti?No, just VAG dieselsI know someone else who performed an economy remap via a DIY cable from eBay and there was no issues as such. My only problem with a DIY remap is that aren't they all the same? Like, a proper bespoke remap involves you collecting data on the engine because each car performs slightly differently right, so the garage is able to provide a custom ECU remap specific to your car? The other issue is as you say, bricking your ECU... surely your car won't start if it's completely bricked? Is there any going back? Yeah, every car is different so really if you want to get a bit more power, and have a say in how much torque you want, or BHP, you should get a custom remap. The thing is with modern engines, the ECU self adjusts to small changes automatically. I was speaking with somebody from awesomegti, who even said if I got a remap and then afterwards decided to get a custom manifold and exhaust, the ECU would automatically compensate and deliver more fuel thus improving power.Catastrophic engine failure in 5...4...3...2Only joking, did you find this guy via recommendation or just googling? How has he learned to do what he does - I'm sure its quite complicatedYeah, pure google. I was researching for days, there are many websites but I picked blacksmoke because of the reviews and is VAG specialty. He doesn;t do the maps himself, he gets them from tuning shops. I did have a look on his ebay, he seems to buy ECU's for about £20 and put maps on them and sells them for £150! Nice business! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpercy87 Posted August 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Just thought, i'd give a little update.Still really happy with my remap. I have found it picks up so much better lower down the revs, even before the turbo has kicked in. I can easily accelerate from 20mph on a flat surface in fourth gear. I now find myself sitting at 30mph in 5th gear too. Probably not amazing for the engine but it doesnt sound like it is struggling at all.I recently filled the tank with regular shell fuel and achieved 450 miles before I bottled it. This consisted of my daily journey to work which is only 15 minutes away at about 8 miles. And about 4 miles on the motorway. Not much else other than the odd trip here and there. This was taking it very easy most of the time apart from the last quarter of a tank where I would give it a bit of a hammering on the motorway. I think I could get 470 miles quite easily doing my daily trip without the heavy foot. Much, much more if I did longer journeys. Clutch is still fine, and has never been changed in 116,000 milesMOT flew through emissions. Sadly failed on the front droplinks.Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Cool cheers for the update definitely worth looking into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinx61 Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Any idea what sort of mpg you're getting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James827 Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 assuming he brimmed it with 40L of diesel then 51mpg. not bad, a much more sensible MPG figure compared to people claiming 100mpg in a 1.4tdi lupo after a remap .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 (edited) I thought a tdi only took 33 litres?Edit or is it 34 or 35? Edited August 20, 2013 by Dblock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinx61 Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Parkers have it down at 34. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 (edited) Someone do the maths, I can't be buggered.I need to check what I can get in the Golf*, so far I've only put 20 quid in at a time and it sure don't get you up to half a tank like in a Lupo *the GTI that is. We've had the Mk5 TDI over 60 mpg Edited August 20, 2013 by Koop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Also any reason why you went with galatto over MPPS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinx61 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 450miles works out at 47.6mpg470 = 49.7mpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 Just remapped my brother car using mpps. It's pretty scary but I've remapped other cars the same sort of way. Including the mpps cable worked out about £60. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James827 Posted September 3, 2013 Report Share Posted September 3, 2013 there's a secret button that allows more fuel into the tank. i fitted about 40L in my SDI, right up to the cap.then went for a long drive. filling it to the cap and parking it in the sun is just a waste of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted September 3, 2013 Report Share Posted September 3, 2013 Also once you bought the cable you can do other vag diesels too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupie69uk Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 This is very tempting.Would be interesting to log fuel ratios and boost pressures etc after the map.So you buy the cable from eBay and the map from that chap. You then use your laptop to load the software across?Do you get a program or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0ssi_tdi Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 This sounds like a popular mod that has been carried out countless times on Clio 172/182's. You buy something called an RSTuner, download the maps from fastchip.nl and then plug it into your computer/car, upload the map and then 10-20 mins later a few things have changed. With the RS Clio's being N/A the difference is negligible, apart from an increased rev limit, pops and bangs (if you choose that map), better cold start idle, and a slightly smoother power curve. Some people claim better mpg but again i doubt this is much different to the std map.If it were me id be paying (purely out of curiosity) for it to be plugged into a tuners computer/dyno and see just how well its running and whether they can make any improvements to the map provided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 I bet unless your getting it done bt a custom tuner you won't see any difference. I got my arosa done via a generic map. I remapped my brothers cars. They joke drive the exact same. I also disagree with the rstuner. It got rid of the 5k kick and it was better on fuel. Notifebly better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupie69uk Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Dblock where you based? I am in Edinburgh and have ordered my cable but I am slightly nervous about carrying out the upload! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupoluke Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Only thing I will say it connect a battery charger to the car, also I tried this with my polo but it had to be bench flashed in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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