After 4 weeks of S3 ownership I was starting to get a bit bored with the performance. It's a quick car off the line but in gear times aren't so good as the little 1.8 lacks enough torque lower down; trying to get almost 1.5 tonnes of metal moving is a lot to ask of it!
After doing plenty of research I decided to go with a relatively new company; Custom Code who have been getting very good reviews from VAG owners on the forums. They also have a 30% off deal at the moment so a stage 1 remap (up to 265 BHP), Forge 007P DV (as the standard DV isn't really built for the extra power) and a Green cotton filter all fitted by their mobile remap service in my works car park for £438.
Revo seem to be another popular choice but their S3 map tends to give you one big lump of power at 3k RPM and it's all gone by 5k. The CC map gives a much more factory standard feel and a very smooth power curve right the way from 2k RPM to the redline, with a nice kick at 4k.
To say I'm a happy man is an understatement. The car is now how it should have come from the factory. There was slight teething problem on the post-map testdrive as it turned out my coil pack on cylinder 4 was dying and caused a misfire at 3k RPM but I've now swapped all 4 coils and it's running sweet as a nut. I've got no way of testing 0-60's but I've seen many reports that after the remap the time has dropped from 6.5 to 6 seconds, but it's so much more driveable in-gear as well. And as an extra bonus, fuel economy has improved as well!
For those of you umming and arring about whether or not to remap your car..DO IT!!
After doing plenty of research I decided to go with a relatively new company; Custom Code who have been getting very good reviews from VAG owners on the forums. They also have a 30% off deal at the moment so a stage 1 remap (up to 265 BHP), Forge 007P DV (as the standard DV isn't really built for the extra power) and a Green cotton filter all fitted by their mobile remap service in my works car park for £438.
Revo seem to be another popular choice but their S3 map tends to give you one big lump of power at 3k RPM and it's all gone by 5k. The CC map gives a much more factory standard feel and a very smooth power curve right the way from 2k RPM to the redline, with a nice kick at 4k.
To say I'm a happy man is an understatement. The car is now how it should have come from the factory. There was slight teething problem on the post-map testdrive as it turned out my coil pack on cylinder 4 was dying and caused a misfire at 3k RPM but I've now swapped all 4 coils and it's running sweet as a nut. I've got no way of testing 0-60's but I've seen many reports that after the remap the time has dropped from 6.5 to 6 seconds, but it's so much more driveable in-gear as well. And as an extra bonus, fuel economy has improved as well!
For those of you umming and arring about whether or not to remap your car..DO IT!!
