Is this the right section? Maybe it should be in Tuning?
Could someone please explain the basics here? What are companies offering when they offer to 'live remap' your car for a few hundred quid? Is it any different from putting one of the Gtec1 chips in? What about boost control, and monitoring?
The basics would be appreciated - thanks.
Basics:
Live map is totally tailored to your car and what your engine wants to give off-boost/on-boost (as flea has seen in his time mapping even exactly same setups on engines that both give good compression) but will both react totally different on the road and give different figures.
Gtech1/2 chips are off the shelf items and are universal as such as there for all 20vt's so there made moderatly so pretty basic on the detail side of fueling boost etc. there limited by the fact they are off the shelf jobby's.
Price: Yeah to be honest the difference in price can be upsetting as if your like me and at a stage 4 remap with FC performance and you have to keep getting it redone as you upgrade Turbo/injectors etc it can work out exspensive. (think me and nigel should have points card with Flea as weve been back and fourth soo much.
Best way to do live map is make sure your where you want to be at with all your mods then get it "live mapped" soo its just a one off exspense. £145-£400
Plus side of Gtech 1/2 chips is there as cheap as chips
£25-£50 (forum prices range from)
Difference:
"live map" is totally tailored to the best your car and its mods can give so its going to be better everytime also its more detailed and the all round performance can be tweaked to provide much better off-boost drivability aswell as on-boost. with live mapping you will get perfect fueling all the time right throughout rev range and peice of mind knowing this.
Gtech 1, might seem alot better than taking factory chip out and putting this in but it is recommended that you get the car RR'd straight away to check AFR as alot of people see different fueling graphs with gtech 1's. it gonna feel better straight away due to it upping the boost so you get that bit more of a kick
but ive found gtech chips to be very on/off, when on boost yeah great but off-boost is
not soo great.
Boost control, tbh this all comes down to what boost your running and if its quite high or even just low boost id still recommend fitting aftermarket boost controller to sort out the control & monitoring of the boost as it makes the boost much smoother and again can all be tailored to how you want your car when live mapped to get fueling spot on etc.
+ & -
Live mapping + Tailored to your car, peice of mind knowing its been done on the road where your car spends most of its time and not been mapped on rollers under different loads etc, Grin factor after picking your car back up from being Live mapped, Fuel ecomny better, Off boost performance Sooo much better,
Live mapping - can be pricey if back and fourth as i said earlier, annoying if you live in scotland and Flea lives in bristol, Annoying when flea talks you into upgrading injectors and you need full new remap
(joke flea
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Gtech 1 + Cheap upgrade when you want that little bit more than the factory setup gives, Easy to install yourself so only outlay is price of chip,
Gtech 1 - its advised you get the car on the rollers to check fueling once fitted so another say ££30-50 ontop of price of the chip straight away. Boost spikeing/fluctuating issues is common from gtech 1 in tuning section only for somepeople tho, May not be getting the best out of your setup.
hope this helps a little bit!! No dout other will point out anything ive missed