Car chipped

CEON44

almillar wrote: »

CEON44 - not much useful, specific advice unless you post your car model, engine and age.

Sure Audi A4 2.0 TDI 143 bhp Automatic Late 2009

almillar

I don't have any knowledge on the topic, apart from that your engine is probably one of the most chipped ones, so you should find it easy to find someone who can help out. Your insurance company should really know about it too.

motorguy

Zola. wrote: »

Does remapping a car not put more stress on the engine, wear and tear etc?

I.e. the OEM designed it to a certain spec for a reason ?

Yes, possibly.

Components are generally over engineered. I've never had any tuning box / remapping related issues.

motorguy

Ticked wrote: »

Insurance company might have something to say about power increases from mapping!

Like any modifications, you should inform your insurance company.

Generally speaking they're well used to people doing it so there may, or may not be an increase in premium

Ticked

Actually, I can't see the point in mapping. There's a 70MPH top limit, and an awful lot of 60, 50, 40, 30 and even 20MPH limits. So, I've mapped my car and it now does 147MPH and 0 - 60 in 4 seconds. Well, big deal, when am I going to get the use of this? When, in the past, I needed more power for towing, I bought a bigger engined car. No prob.

motorguy

Ticked wrote: »

Actually, I can't see the point in mapping. There's a 70MPH top limit, and an awful lot of 60, 50, 40, 30 and even 20MPH limits. So, I've mapped my car and it now does 147MPH and 0 - 60 in 4 seconds. Well, big deal, when am I going to get the use of this? When, in the past, I needed more power for towing, I bought a bigger engined car. No prob.

Most of the extra power translates to extra overtaking ability. Personally i prefer to spend as little time as possible on the other side of the road, so that seems like a good thing to me.

Also it can make for more relaxed driving with less gear changes.

And surely if in the past you needed more power for towing and had to buy a bigger engined car, you can see the financial merit in getting the extra power from a relatively cheap remap instead?

Bear in mind also that the likes of VW will sell you a 170BHP diesel for several thousand more than a 140BHP variant of essentially the same engine, you can see why remapping holds appeal.

Ticked

motorguy wrote: »

Most of the extra power translates to extra overtaking ability. Personally i prefer to spend as little time as possible on the other side of the road, so that seems like a good thing to me.

Ah, Paul, I used the exact same reason when I asked my boss for a bigger engined vehicle. It didn't work, he knew I would depend on the extra power to overtake when it possibly wasn't prudent to do so. With hindsight, I reckon he was right. Maybe I and others are alive today because he said no.
With today's heavy traffic and all the restrictions on speed, I honestly can't see the need for more power just for the sake of having it.
Also, I'd much rather have a big engine running easily than a small engine revving its guts out. Yes, I do love big diesels! Low end power makes for relaxed driving, fast and furious is for the race track.

motorguy

Ticked wrote: »

Ah, Paul, I used the exact same reason when I asked my boss for a bigger engined vehicle. It didn't work, he knew I would depend on the extra power to overtake when it possibly wasn't prudent to do so. With hindsight, I reckon he was right. Maybe I and others are alive today because he said no.

I would say your boss used it as an excuse not to spend several thousand extra, rather than being "concerned about your safety. :rotfl:

Irrespective of your own limitations, i'd personally rather have a bit more poke when passing. Nothing worse than a cheek clenching overtaking maneuvre in some underpowered car, but each to their own.

And frankly your "I am alive today because i have a lower powered car" is both a tenuous leap at best.

Ticked wrote: »

With today's heavy traffic and all the restrictions on speed, I honestly can't see the need for more power just for the sake of having it.

Well thats the beauty of life - we're all different and have different likes and dislikes.

Ticked wrote: »

Also, I'd much rather have a big engine running easily than a small engine revving its guts out. Yes, I do love big diesels! Low end power makes for relaxed driving, fast and furious is for the race track.

Uh huh. Well these days getting extra power these days moreoften doesnt mean a bigger engine. Vauxhall for example have a 130BHP, 140BHP, 160BHP, (and from memory 180BHP) 2.0CDTI. Under those circumstances you can see why a remap on a 130BHP to 160BHP makes sense, compared to spending £,£££s on an upgrade

Similar story with VW.

Even BMW these days, a 328i no longer comes with a 2.8i six cyl but a 2.0i turbo.

Yes, i do enjoy a big lazy diesel engine, having owned two 535d's, a 3.0d X5 and various big engined mercs. I have a strong preference for a big 6 cyl petrols though, hence we have a 3.7 litre v6 370Z.

The Insignia is the daily load lugger so its just a 160BHP four pot, tuned to 190ish BHP just for fun and because its a big heavy body.

And of course theres the track prepared Clio 172 2.0 that ive just bought, should i take the notion for fast and furious on the race track.

almillar

Faster cars are safer, Ticked. You spend less time on the wrong side of the road when overtaking, it's easier to match the speed of the traffic when you're on a slip road, etc.
Plus you can tune them for performance or economy.

Ticked

almillar wrote: »

Faster cars are safer, Ticked. You spend less time on the wrong side of the road when overtaking, it's easier to match the speed of the traffic when you're on a slip road, etc.
Plus you can tune them for performance or economy.

Can't agree. Slower car doesn't catch anything to overtake, therefore spends less time on the wrong side of the road. Any modern car is capable of matching traffic speed on a slip road. I've had my share of GT's and quick 'luxury' cars over the past 50 years (loveliest to drive was a straight six Daimler with a Wilson pre selector box) but reliability is now the priority. Each to their own!