After a vist to the local respected tuner and Revo dealer, the general consensus was 'You can if you want but is it worth it?'.
The age and mileage of the car was questioned and also the fact they aren't exactly underpowered to start with. They asked if I would I notice the difference of 30lbs of torque while pottering around in an old S8. Possibly not.
They then said that the same 30lb increase would make more of a difference to a Porsche but that is a different beast.
They suggested putting it on a dyno and seeing what's there to start with which seemed sensible, but even then the owner of the place was started doing a lot of sucking of teeth and mutterings of 'Well S8's are hard to strap down so it might take all morning...'
I get the impression they thought I'd be wasting my money and their time, so for now I'll ditch the idea, spend some money on new plugs/filters. A Milltek is on the cards for next year so for now, remapping doesn't seem worth it.
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