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Has anyone remapped their R in the UK yet ?

The roads are cleaning up nicely up here and I'm sorely tempted by a wee bit more power

had a long chat with Wigit and some other mates from the GTI stables (same engines) about this.

I'm not sure I need more power really. It shifts pretty well. I say it needs a proper slippy diff before more power is added as I'm not sure the XDS works that well (i tested this round a bend and it didn't react in the way i expected!)

I reckon its doing around 280bhp in stock form anyhow. That's plenty on these uk roads.

GTI2RocR wrote:had a long chat with Wigit and some other mates from the GTI stables (same engines) about this.

I'm not sure I need more power really. It shifts pretty well. I say it needs a proper slippy diff before more power is added as I'm not sure the XDS works that well (i tested this round a bend and it didn't react in the way i expected!)

I reckon its doing around 280bhp in stock form anyhow. That's plenty on these uk roads.

Pussy!

lol bottom line is...when can i use 300+bhp.

power only comes into it when ur doing silly speeds.

the R can get upto silly speeds in stock spec no problem what so ever. So do u really need anymore unless its for willy waving at the local.

GTI2RocR wrote:lol bottom line is...when can i use 300+bhp.

power only comes into it when ur doing silly speeds.

the R can get upto silly speeds in stock spec no problem what so ever. So do u really need anymore unless its for willy waving at the local.

the roads are nice and empty up here and I don't go to pubs, I'd rather pay for petrol than beer

Mainy wrote:

GTI2RocR wrote:lol bottom line is...when can i use 300+bhp.

power only comes into it when ur doing silly speeds.

the R can get upto silly speeds in stock spec no problem what so ever. So do u really need anymore unless its for willy waving at the local.

the roads are nice and empty up here and I don't go to pubs, I'd rather pay for petrol than beer

That's the spirit!

Evil Derboy wrote:

GTI2RocR wrote:had a long chat with Wigit and some other mates from the GTI stables (same engines) about this.

I'm not sure I need more power really. It shifts pretty well. I say it needs a proper slippy diff before more power is added as I'm not sure the XDS works that well (i tested this round a bend and it didn't react in the way i expected!)

I reckon its doing around 280bhp in stock form anyhow. That's plenty on these uk roads.

Pussy!

lol

I'm still planning to remap mine, I think this xds does a good job, it is odd at first , felt like abs going off on 1 wheel but it did the job well !
I am still waiting on coilover kits for the R to come out b4 I remap it I think adding this will easily cope with 320bhp or so.
I agree if your going to tap the 360bhp that easily attained you going to have to star adding LSD etc. but that's not for me.

As for who I will get to remap it I'm not sure yet. C2UK have been highly recommended to me by some of the serious R32 modders. But they are at least 4 1/2h drive from me so I'm still looking at other options including VW racing and Revo map.

Mainy wrote:

GTI2RocR wrote:lol bottom line is...when can i use 300+bhp.

power only comes into it when ur doing silly speeds.

the R can get upto silly speeds in stock spec no problem what so ever. So do u really need anymore unless its for willy waving at the local.

the roads are nice and empty up here and I don't go to pubs, I'd rather pay for petrol than beer

thats fair enough if u have nice empty roads around u.

i don't go to pubs either...but to find any nice roads round here i'd have to do prolly at least 100 miles!

Now 300+bhp round the Nurburgring....THAT could be interesting and fun!

but we'll see.

SuperChips have given me a free of charge remap as my Ed 30 was stolen - they have been brilliant. I have heard that there are potentially better remaps on the market - I don't know. In terms of Customer Service Superchips are great. The S3 remap (same engine - diff drivetrain) gives 305BHP which I think is about the same as the 24hr Nurburgring Roc racer.

I am going to wait till at least 2,000 miles before I connect the bluefin up just to make sure. Also with bluefin you can plug your old settings straight back in at anytime. I'll let you know what I think. Having had an e46 M3 and 340bhp there are times when you can open it up and it's definitely worth it.

Agree with the XDS comments a mechanical / Quaife style LSD would have been better.

makes me smile this one, it was a good chat GTI2RocR as you know my views on the one mod that needs to be done if going Stage 1 and the benefits it makes on a stock car

Hi fellas just a quick one on the XDS as some of you will already know all it is, is pressure being applied to the brakes on the wheel which is spinning therefore not half a s good as an LSD and also wears your pads down in half the time youd have thought. This isnt just my opinion it is a fact and also been stated somewhere in full by VW how it functions. Hope this helps and if you really do want to use all that power or go to track days then i would seriously reccomend a LSD it makes a hell of a difference.

wigit wrote:makes me smile this one, it was a good chat GTI2RocR as you know my views on the one mod that needs to be done if going Stage 1 and the benefits it makes on a stock car

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