How can i tell if my car is remapped

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How can i tell if my car is remapped

Post by jaiscossie » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:05 pm

Hi ive just brought an s3 and it was owned by superchips uk when new,the previous owner said its remapped to around 270bhp but have no recipt. Is there anyway i can tell for sure?thanks. the car is a 2000

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Post by david7m » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:24 pm

If you've never had one before, then I suppose the only way to tell is to drive/be passenger in a standard S3 or TT. Unless you have Vagcom and can data the log the MAF?

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Post by graemep » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:40 pm

Tried a quick e-mail to Superchips themselves?

Sounds like it may have been a development car for them, so they would be able to confirm.

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Post by graemep » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:56 pm

Was sure I had seen a review before, so did a quick search - same car?

http://www.superchips.co.uk/roadtest/s3.pdf

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Post by jaiscossie » Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:24 pm

graemep wrote:Was sure I had seen a review before, so did a quick search - same car?

http://www.superchips.co.uk/roadtest/s3.pdf
Thanks for looking, thats a facelift where as mine is pre face lift, im guessing if superchips owned it then it must have been chipped, could this of been removed at a later date tho? ie when they sold the car. It does have a boost gauge in tho

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Post by graemep » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:06 pm

I'd be surprised if it was put back to standard, although it is possible.

The only other way you could tell would be to put the car on a rolling road, although you could compare peak boost with the figures in the article.

As David suggests a mapped S3 is very different to stock - I had mine remapped by AmD about 3 years ago. The biggest difference I noticed in normal driving was the additional torque which basically meant not having to change down to 5th to have any acceleration at about 70-80.

I did have a similar issue when I bought my RS4 about six months later, and a healthcheck showed that the car had been remapped - the only confirmation I managed to get in the end was by contacting the supplying tuner although that map has since been replaced.

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Post by david7m » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:34 pm

Where abouts are you jaicossie?

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Post by jaiscossie » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:06 pm

Seems to boost to about a bar, only tried it in second gear tho.David im from essex mate

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Post by david7m » Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:06 am

jaiscossie wrote:Seems to boost to about a bar, only tried it in second gear tho.David im from essex mate
OK, so we wont be meeting to compare ;) :lol:
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