who to trust with a remap...

anyone recomend a localish honest remapper.looking at andy forrest but he is a longgg way away,im in north yorkshire,cheers

You could do a lot worse than Duncan @ RaceDynamix -

https://nesf.forumotion.co.uk/t5979-racedynamix-mapping-days-9-10-september

cheers buddy,il have a gander

Take it you are looking at an ecutek remap?

If so you have Andy Forrest in Edinburgh as you say, and you also have Bob Rawle that does mapping days in Darlington every couple of months.

Both are well respected mappers an do ecutek, think you are going to be looking at around £600 for this.

My suggestion would be to go for a simtec ecu over the ecutek reflash for the extra 300 quid it costs.

For this you will get rid of the problematic MAF sensor on the 99/00 car.

You will also have more mapper choice too as Duncan (racedynamix) does the simtec ecu and he does mapping days in Chester le street.

does the simtek eliminate the need for the maf sensor?

Yeah it does, you also get anti-lag and launch control.

for an extra cost or do they normally do that all in...sounds like il have to start saving

Not 100% sure on that one, it may be an additional cost.

il have look into it,but thanks mate,only looking for 275-300bhp tbh,just heard a lot of stories of engines going bang because mappers take short cuts with knock sensors fuel cut off etc,just making sure i get it right and do my research

It's an extra £150 for al nd lc :-)

and thats only on the simtek?

ECUTEK doesn't have it on the 99/00 cars.

ah with you,thats the missing link i couldnt find then
so thats all you ned for anti lag...just a fettle on the ecu..no hardware involved?
eats turbos tho doesnt it

Depends on the turbo you have fitted, the TD turbos seem to handle it as does the later VF turbos but the early VF's (VF22, VF23, VF24, VF28 and VF29) don't like it.

I see you are looking at getting over 300hp, what mods does the car have at the moment?

i belive i have a td04??if im right.at the moment i have a few mods.de cat midpipe.fmic.induction.new atmospheric bov,,and thats about it to date,new fuel pump coming in a few days,and looking at freeing up the downpipe,i wouldnt say more than 300bhp id be happy with 275-300,car still has to be a daily driver and be reliable

Yeah you are right, the TD04 will be right on its limit at 280 so wouldn't set your sights on anything higher than that with that turbo fitted.

A VF turbo would be a very good upgrade for that set up, will take you to 300 and beyond and will still be reliable.

A fuel walbro 255 fuel pump is a very good idea.

il have to have a think what route id go down,iv always said id be happy with 275-300 so if if it will take 280 and not comprimise it in anyway il prob keep that till funds allow an upgrade.yup fuel pump coming,think my injectors are 440 as standard so cant think of anything else i need...unless you can tell me if iv missed anything??cheers buddy

No, for the spec you have a full decat and a walbro pump will do the job nicely.

lovely job,thanks very much for your advice and time,il keep you posted

Simtek is a good option i just had one fitted they are just over 1k but that includes fitting and mapping plus you can have a switchable map for different fuels or just different boost levels etc. and it removes the maf sensor which is a bonus!!

Best off paying the extra £100 for the dongle, & don't pay the extra to have the anti lag & AL activated, then activate it your self rather than paying for it. Also with the dongle you can change alter settings rather than having to get a mapper to requested the codes.

I would highly recommend Bob Rawle he spent a lot of his own time sorting my problems out over the last 18 months.

The last time he didn't charge me, not many other mappers will do that.

maxboost wrote:

Best off paying the extra £100 for the dongle, & don't pay the extra to have the anti lag & AL activated, then activate it your self rather than paying for it. Also with the dongle you can change alter settings rather than having to get a mapper to requested the codes.

Agreed on the dongle but you cant activate it yourself without the activation codes and they are only available via simtek or one of their approved dealers such as me, bob rawle etc etc.