Hi all.

Booked my car in for a Phase 1 Custom Code Remap tomorrow. Cars just ticked over 100k and still on the original clutch and turbo.

Im hoping the car will be sound after the remap. Slight worries about the clutch starting to slip and other things going wrong. But I guess if you dont drive it like its stolen it should be ok?

What are your guys opinions. Am I just being a paranoid whingebag?

Cheers,

Gaz

Remapped or standard a car will last however you drive it.

Good luck with that. Personally I've heard far too many horror stories about CC and JBS to even want to go anywhere near them.

Back on topic, any reputable tuner should check over your car before doing any work.

When you mean health check. What would this exactly consist of? I am an engineer by trade and car enthusiast to know that my car is sound apart from the common leak on the EGR valve and it has 100k on the clock. Some may say the engine has just ran in at this mileage.

My engine uses no oil and has FSH and runs sweet. Has anyone else had bad experience the CC?

Admittedly no experiance with remaps so should be interesting or very costly!

I think its perosnal preference ive heard JBS are very capable boys, and CC tend to lean on the smokey side of maps, but again not really heard any bad reports.

Am sure someone will say they have tho

Mine ran 176bhp for well over 100k on the standard original clutch and turbo and is now running 202bhp at 150k(not on the standard clutch and turbo )

If it's been serviced regularly and looked after and you don't drive it like you stole it post remap I see now issues mapping @ 100k.

Good luck with them.... I've heard nothing good about them

Plus they lock the ecu so nobody look at it IF there is a problem....

Good luck with them.... I've heard nothing good about them

Plus they lock the ecu so nobody look at it IF there is a problem....

How do they lock the ecu? Wouldnt that be a problem if someone wanted to plug the car into a vagcom?

How do they lock the ecu? Wouldnt that be a problem if someone wanted to plug the car into a vagcom?

It's not vagcom they lock out, it's the actual reading and writing of the map on the ECU.

Just for arguments sake, say that you had a problem, and they were totally disinterested in you after taking your money, you'd have to get them to offload the map before anyone else can read or write to that ECU.

Nobody but them can even look at their map. Whether they're trying to hide something or not, well that's up to you to decide....

OR...

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Im liking this lol

Surely if you set up a buisness writing software where your composing custom mapping programs for ECU's. You would definately encript the map so the average joe cant log on to the ECU, copy it and sell it on ebay for half the price. I would imagine Jabba or Revo could write over it and just not copy it.

Remaps do sound hit or miss.

I am getting cold feet about this now :'(

Surely if you set up a buisness writing software where your composing custom mapping programs for ECU's. You would definately encript the map so the average joe cant log on to the ECU, copy it and sell it on ebay for half the price. I would imagine Jabba or Revo could write over it and just not copy it.

Remaps do sound hit or miss.

I am getting cold feet about this now :'(

I have just had a Shark remap at 120k. Still on the original clutch and turbo. The map is smooth so if driven sensibly it doesn't feel like the car is under any significant increase of stress. It just feels smoother at better to drive on a day to day basis. The MPG has stayed pretty much the same. No regrets after 6k miles

Search for other reports on Shark, I'm sure you won't regeret it!

Surely if you set up a buisness writing software where your composing custom mapping programs for ECU's. You would definately encript the map so the average joe cant log on to the ECU, copy it and sell it on ebay for half the price. I would imagine Jabba or Revo could write over it and just not copy it.

Remaps do sound hit or miss.

I am getting cold feet about this now :'(

Nah dont get cold feet mate, the simple fact is there is some bad mappers out there, hense why people ask all the time who they would recommend. Alot of people on here will give you good advise and share bad experinces to educate the op's choice.

People will have good and bad experince with diffrent companys. Just when you get an overwhelming majority giving the thumbs up for one particular company, you know your in good hands

I has mine done by jabbasport .great smooth powerful map

Well its booked in. At the end of the day its only few bob. What can possably go wrong :wonder: .

Im sure I will drive it the same as I normally would. Untill some chavvy **** tries racing me in his 1.2 corsa with wan*er lights all over it

Cheers for your input.

Gaz

Good luck with that. Personally I've heard far too many horror stories about CC and JBS to even want to go anywhere near them.

would be interested to hear some of those stories.....

Me too what with halloween just around the corner