Right I've been meaning to do a write up about this but just haven't
had a chance this week. As some of you may know I went down to R-Tech
last Friday to get the car mapped with the hybrid turbo.
I arrived
at R-Tech at around half 9 on the Friday morning just as the guys were
setting up and we were immediately greeted by the lads who bought us
coffee as well which was greatly needed.
The R-Tech team then got
my car up on the ramps and spent an hour or two meticulously checking
every part of my car over to make sure it was in peak condition before
they started mapping it. After discovering a couple of dodgy jubilee
clips and loose vacuum hose for my boost gauge which R-Tech replaced, we
were all set to go.
The
first problem they encountered was trying to remove the Custom Code
Phase 1 map that was already on it as it had stored itself in some
strange parts of the ECU. After a couple of hours Nick and the team
managed to get the car back to running a stock map so he could begin
logging and testing everything.
As Nick was working away he could
tell that something wasn't quite right with the car as it wouldn't make
more than 190bhp and he kept hitting a wall every time he tried to take
the boost up beyond 20psi.
The car then came off the ramps and
Nick took it for a road test to see what the problem was. A couple of
minutes later and he returned, the bonnet was popped and it was soon
discovered that the original bolts Allard had supplied with the EGR
delete pipe were too short and one had managed to work itself out.
Therefore
whenever the boost increased it would create a gap between the EGR
delete pipe and the manifold causing a boost leak.
Luckily Nick
had a new EGR delete kit in the workshop and on comparing my original
bolts with the new kit Nick had, Allard had obviously noticed this issue
at some point and offered longer bolts. The bolts were then replaced for
the longer versions and the car was stuck back on the dyno again for
some more logging.
I'd also like to say by this point it was about
4:30pm and Nick and the team had been working non-stop since 9:30am on
the car.
Now that the boost leak was fixed we were in business and
Nick was able to make progress with the mapping again.
By around
6pm the mapping was finished and I went out for a test drive with Nick.
Damn.
It's fast.
The car is now producing 215 bhp at the engine and
310lb-ft torque which in a car that shares a chassis with a Polo is
awesome fun.
I didn't want 340-350lb-ft torque as it is just
unmanageable and the car just torque steers everywhere (as I
experienced). Also I didn't
want the turbo taken to it's limits as I want many more miles of problem
free motoring.
The map itself is unbelievably smooth, it's very
difficult to explain but once you drive it you understand. The boost
comes in nice and early and the car just keeps pulling and pulling to
the red line, it sounds mental for a derv at full chat as well 
.
Here's
the final rolling road print out.
All
in all I can't recommend R-Tech enough for a remap, their level of
knowledge is fantastic and it is easy to see that they have a genuine
interest in what they do. If your thinking about having your car mapped
by them then just get it done. I'd have no hesitation about making the
drive down from Aberdeen with any future cars that need mapping.
A big thank you to Nick and Ben from R-Tech, Chris from Tuneside, and the rest of the
R-Tech team that were there on the day.
Cheers