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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

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?

Dave

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.

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

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

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

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.

Where abouts are you jaicossie?

Dave

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

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
Dave