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[SteveA]

I'd just like to say a big thanks to all the guys a Courtenay's. It was a five hour trip either way but well worth it. I bought a Milltek full system from them and fitted it myself then took a drive down there to get it rolling road remapped. I managed to get in on the discounted remaps deal from May but received anything but discount service. The guys were spot on, very friendly and very knowledgeable. They started the air box mods and noticed the state of my air filter, showed me and advised one of their paper ones, a bargain at £7 fitted. They also found time to look at an Engine Management Light issue and replace a faulty Lambda for me for £35 (I brought a universal Lambda with me) Onto the car. Driving it from the garage I didn't have the chance to test it because of the heaving rain but once I got on the motorway it had stopped and dried up. Firstly let me say the noise is amazing! Deep throaty note from the Milltek and the grunt and whoosh from the induction make it sound like a proper sports car (finally). The power is fantastic with a huge change in every gear, it just keeps going and going The Dyno graphs show 245.5bhp @ 4999rpm and torque of 264.8 lbft which starts at 2800 and stays there till 5000 rpm. A nice flat line. Anyway to sum it up the guys were awesome and couldn't have been more accommodating, they even charged my sat nav, laptop and phone while I was waiting Amazing service and a quality price, I would definitely recommend Courtenay for anyone considering the same route.

Edited by SteveA, 19 June 2007 - 02:07 PM.

[mikemph]

How much did it cost?

[VXT Tim]

Excellent Steve. Any idea why peak power would be made so low down?

[SteveA]

They were doing remaps as a special offer if booked in May for £395, filter £7 and £35 for the Lambda work. So £437. Obvoiusly Plus the price of the Milltek minus fitting because I did it myself. VXT Tim - Not sure but I will post the graphs tomorrow some time. I think the main aim of the map was to get a nice flat torque line to allow a smooth delivery of power. It pulls like a train and just doesn't let up, i'm really pleased with the results.

Edited by SteveA, 19 June 2007 - 02:24 PM.

[VX-Dan]

I cant wait for Stage 1 or 2 on my VXt.... just need to save some £££s now Dan

[SteveA]

Go for the stage 2, it's a fair bit more cash but the noise and extra power make it well worth every penny. The standard VXT is 197bhp and my stage 2 is 245bhp thats nearly 50bhp (48.5 to be exact) for just over £1700 if you fit the exhaust yourself. £36ish per horse, now thats good value.

Edited by SteveA, 19 June 2007 - 02:34 PM.

[mikemph]

They were doing remaps as a special offer if booked in May for £395, filter £7 and £35 for the Lambda work. So £437. Obvoiusly Plus the price of the Milltek minus fitting because I did it myself.


VXT Tim - Not sure but I will post the graphs tomorrow some time. I think the main aim of the map was to get a nice flat torque line to allow a smooth delivery of power. It pulls like a train and just doesn't let up, i'm really pleased with the results.

Thats a good price I just called them, £495 for stage 2 they estimated about 240bhp for mine.

I have a VXR turbo, larini back box and no pre cat. Trying to decide weather to go for a remap or get sport cat section. I didn't think the OEM cat started to hold back the power until it gets to the 270bhp mark.

Edited by mikemph, 19 June 2007 - 02:34 PM.

[vpower_car]

Would be interested to see those charts as the figures look good and seems like your very happy with the power delivery. Sounds like you had a good tuner experience which is always nice to hear.

[VXT Tim]

A flat torque line is all good. I only posted as i've never really understood why the peak power always seems to drop below where a std car makes it. On that note, did you get a "before" figure?

[SteveA]

A flat torque line is all good.

I only posted as i've never really understood why the peak power always seems to drop below where a std car makes it.

On that note, did you get a "before" figure?

I see what you mean now, your talking about the peak at 4999rpm instead of 6500 like the standard bhp map. I don't know a lot about mapping (the experts can help me out on this) but i think it's to do with sustaining max boost over a longer section of the rev range rather than just the top end.

I didn't ask for a before dyno so didn't get one (didn't want to ask too much at that price ) Im sure they would do you one if you booked in for a session and asked for it tho.

Edited by SteveA, 19 June 2007 - 02:58 PM.

[MAP18W]

Peak power on the standard car is around 5500 rpm. I think if you look at the power graph you'll see that while peak power is made at 5k it stays flat to around 5,500 rpm. Don't forget it was quite a hot humid day and as such inlet air temps will have been rising.

[VXT Tim]

I see. Actually just looked at mine at it peaks at 241 @5000 but holds it till 5600 My torque peaks at 283lbft @ about 3200 but drops off to 200lb ft by about 6000rpm. Thoughts?

[MAP18W]

I see.

Actually just looked at mine at it peaks at 241 @5000 but holds it till 5600
My torque peaks at 283lbft @ about 3200 but drops off to 200lb ft by about 6000rpm. Thoughts?

What software/components are you running? Stage 2 generally doesn't hold the torque much above 5,500 rpm due to inlet air temps.

Edited by MAP18W, 19 June 2007 - 03:46 PM.

[VXT Tim]

Full milltek, 200 cell cat with TMS software. Thanks

[mikemph]

MAP18W do you work for courtenays?

[MAP18W]

MAP18W do you work for courtenays?

Yes

Full milltek, 200 cell cat with TMS software.

Thanks

Would need to check the graphs but 200 lb ft at 6k doesn't sound unreasonable, past peak power by then so time for another gearchnge. Boost pressure wise - overboost of 18 psi and peak boost at 5.5k of 13 psi

[mikemph]

Do forum members get any kind of discount? Does having the VXR turbo lower in the inlet temps over the standard VX turbo? I have pretty much the same set as GUY had before he fitted CC think his was remapped by Courtenay and I believe he got around the 260bhp mark. I would be well happy with that

[MAP18W]

Do forum members get any kind of discount?

Does having the VXR turbo lower in the inlet temps over the standard VX turbo?

I have pretty much the same set as GUY had before he fitted CC think his was remapped by Courtenay and I believe he got around the 260bhp mark. I would be well happy with that

We are offering a group buy to deal on Type116/VX220 users. Inanswer to your question no, the vxr turbo will lower inlter air temps, the inlet air temp is kept down by the intercooler, which is why we use a chargecooler system on stage 3 and 4.

We could remap and fit VXR injectors and we will be around the 250-255 bhp mark and around 280 lb ft torque. Similar set up to Guys. We use the injectors for additional fuel/safety margin as the standard injectors will max out when pushed hard.

[mikemph]

What are the numbers for group buys? i.e. how many people how much discount? How much do you charge for VXR injectors? and fitting? Is there anyone here readind this thread interested in group buy on remap?

[The Knobs]

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