I think I missed something- Rich@viper

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I think I missed something- Rich@viper

Post by 4everRS » Tue Feb 09, 2016 4:59 am

Hi all. I don't check in here very often. A couple years ago, I had Rich at viper tune my 03 rs6. Everything is fine, but I was going to check with him to see if he can add a bit more oomph as I've made some additional modifications since the tune.

He hasn't responded to emails, or calls. I feel like I missed something and he's not around, or in business anymore. Does anyone know what happened to him?
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Post by chunky79 » Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:38 am

he used to be on SRS but I've not been on there for ages. You could try asking Grizz at Unit20, he used to be around there a lot mapping cars.
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Post by Human Joist » Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:47 am

Mate. If your going to map the car go to mrc. Speaking from experiance. They took my old b5 rs4 with a viper map on it and tweaked it from 416 bhp to 460. That was stock bar a cat back exhaust.

I recently got a C5 RS6 and took it there. Stock car mapped to 527 bhp and 797 nm of torque. Make the trip and get it sorted

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Post by Jay_g » Tue Feb 09, 2016 6:39 pm

Human Joist wrote:Mate. If your going to map the car go to mrc. Speaking from experiance. They took my old b5 rs4 with a viper map on it and tweaked it from 416 bhp to 460. That was stock bar a cat back exhaust.

I recently got a C5 RS6 and took it there. Stock car mapped to 527 bhp and 797 nm of torque. Make the trip and get it sorted
Stock car, mapped to 527 bhp? Wow!

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Post by 4everRS » Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:35 pm

Thanks for the replies. I have no problem having mrc do my tune, however I live in the US and for obvious reasons, can't do their dyno tuning they are so known for.

Do you know if they do remote tuning?
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Post by 4everRS » Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:37 pm

Human Joist wrote:Mate. If your going to map the car go to mrc. Speaking from experiance. They took my old b5 rs4 with a viper map on it and tweaked it from 416 bhp to 460. That was stock bar a cat back exhaust.

I recently got a C5 RS6 and took it there. Stock car mapped to 527 bhp and 797 nm of torque. Make the trip and get it sorted
What did your rs6 make before the tune?
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Post by Human Joist » Wed Feb 10, 2016 1:18 am

Sorry. Didn't realise you were US. My bad.

It is totally stock. Even down to exhaust and air filters. Did 452 bhp and 640 ish nm of torque when tested so lost nothing over 12 years mapped on Tesco 99 to 527, I was very impressed. Apparently the gains from a stage 1+ map are massive compared to anything else.

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Post by Jay_g » Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:51 pm

Human Joist wrote:Sorry. Didn't realise you were US. My bad.

It is totally stock. Even down to exhaust and air filters. Did 452 bhp and 640 ish nm of torque when tested so lost nothing over 12 years mapped on Tesco 99 to 527, I was very impressed. Apparently the gains from a stage 1+ map are massive compared to anything else.
So that was just a stage 1 map? I'm really considering mapping mine, and just jumping straight to stage 2.

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Post by sweegie » Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:40 pm

What part of the US are you in? I might be able to put you in touch with someone local.
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Post by Human Joist » Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:14 pm

Jay_g wrote:
Human Joist wrote:Sorry. Didn't realise you were US. My bad.

It is totally stock. Even down to exhaust and air filters. Did 452 bhp and 640 ish nm of torque when tested so lost nothing over 12 years mapped on Tesco 99 to 527, I was very impressed. Apparently the gains from a stage 1+ map are massive compared to anything else.
So that was just a stage 1 map? I'm really considering mapping mine, and just jumping straight to stage 2.

There are a few on here that have gone stage 2 and replaced filters exhaust pre cats etc etc. They seem to post figures around the 540 bhp mark so I can't see it's worth it when mine does 527 stock imho. I will replace the exhaust when and if it fails but I cant be asked to swap all that for such a little gain. Although I would like slightly louder exhaust

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Post by 4everRS » Fri Feb 12, 2016 2:27 am

I'm in Minnesota. I may be interested in Mrc if I can just send then my ecu.
sweegie wrote:What part of the US are you in? I might be able to put you in touch with someone local.
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Post by Shoppinit » Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:45 am

What about Giac?
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