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Hi all

Not been on for a long time!! iv got a Q7 3.0TDI coming can anyone recommend where to get it chipped or whatever they do these days im lancashire area but not to fussed about travelling for the best job

As you can tell its all a bit of a minefield to me, basicly i just want to get best performance out of the big fat lump!!!!

thanks in anticipation lee

try Grizz or MRC

No worries, we can do that for you, 50HP and 90Nm of torque more than standard, plus top speed limiter removal

thanks il b in touch

a friend of mine has asked if he can get his A5 2.7 TDI remapped? I have pointed him in the direction of MRC but im not sure if they will do it?

am8631 wrote:a friend of mine has asked if he can get his A5 2.7 TDI remapped? I have pointed him in the direction of MRC but im not sure if they will do it?

Sure we would, why wouldn't we? We don't only limit ourselves to S and RS models, even though they are the most major part of our turnover

Thats good news, can you give him an idea of what kind of increases he would get? Could you pm me a price and Ill send him on up to you asap!!
thanks Andy

Is your Q7 the 233Bhp or the 240Bhp model. Mine is the 240 model and alot of the chipping companys are telling me that the ECU is different and they don't have an upgrade for it yet??

We do the 240 BHP 3.0 TDI as well as the 233. Yes the ECU is different and a much newer design, however, we have spent the time writing software upgrades for the brand new models too... just not enough hours in the day to spend advertising them...

OK Guys more questions Looking around the web I see my normal tuning company are now doing a re-map for the Q7. After contacting my local agent he came back with some news

For the first time I am going to recommend not having your vehicle remapped as there is a better option for your vehicle.
There is an add on tuning kit for your vehicle that just plugs into the loom using original cable plugs and harness,
It can be fit in 10 minutes and can even be fitted with a switch to allow driving the vehicle STOCK or TUNED,
There is no adjustment necessary so you can even fit it out of the box yourself.
The advantages are that the vehicle remains unmodified and completely original - as with the remap on the Q7 It is not completely untraceable anymore.
The new additions to the vehicle ecus to monitor fuel emissions has developed a new generation of ecu that so far is not possible to make the changes necessary without leaving a trace at the dealer or also now back in Germany..so the add on has been developed to take advantage of this..gains below..

Original : Tuned :

240Bhp 298Bhp
550Nm 615Nm

To say I was surprised is and understatement. Not sure if the add on would be as good as a remap as most of them just trick the MAP sensor in to thinking is lower then what it really is.
Any help or advise would be welcome

Honestly, even though I am praising for my own church here, I would strongly advise against any tuning box or black box for your Q7. All it'll do is mess up the fuel rail pressure sensor in order to increase the amount of fuel injected/rail pressure. Also, in case you go to the dealership and get the latest update flashed, the update in the ECU will detect the box in around 50 miles and throw your car into limp mode... yes, Audi are smart and they're sick of blackbox tuners on their diesels...

Also the argument of people claiming their remaps are "invisible", I beg to differ here, people who love the untraceability of a remap are generally the ones who experience loads of engine failures and who won't take their reponsibilities for them. We have yet to count a single diesel engine failure on a car that's under warranty, and we have never had a customer coming back to us telling us that their warranty had been wiped out. Subcontracting for some major German tuning firms certainly helped us here, as tuning for any German customer has to be more than reliable, given their habits of driving flat out on the Autobahn at 150+ MPH...

Hope this helps,

Mihnea

lee,m wrote:Hi all

Not been on for a long time!! iv got a Q7 3.0TDI coming can anyone recommend where to get it chipped or whatever they do these days im lancashire area but not to fussed about travelling for the best job

As you can tell its all a bit of a minefield to me, basicly i just want to get best performance out of the big fat lump!!!!

thanks in anticipation lee

hehehehehe as a "big fat lump" they are pretty quick as they are I am very pleased with mine .......I just don't like the 25 to the gallon fuel usage