Would you tune your motor?

[Delboy]

As the title says would you consider tuning your vehicle for

• More power
• More fuel economy
• Would consider it if I chould choose between them at my will

[PsYcHe]

With the 3.0 TDI, Shark do a unit..

The 4.0 and 4.2 TDI are a lot more complex with 2 ECUs, and essentially 2 seperate 4-cylinder engines bolted together.

Do I get to vote as I had mine mapped

[Delboy]

Of course you can vote, the more the better.

[The_Laird]

Mine was mapped when I bought it, but the only difference I noticed between this and my last (unmapped) S8 was perhaps a slightly quicker pick up of power at the low end, so I'm not totally convinced that a remap is worth the money

[Architex_mA8tey]

Originally Posted by PsYcHe

With the 3.0 TDI, Shark do a unit..

The 4.0 and 4.2 TDI are a lot more complex with 2 ECUs, and essentially 2 seperate 4-cylinder engines bolted together.

Do I get to vote as I had mine mapped

Originally Posted by Delboy

Of course you can vote, the more the better.

You can't vote twice though just because you've got 2 ECU's lol

[PsYcHe]

As if I would lol

Mine is definitely faster after the map, and MPG seems similar, or a touch better, but mine was forced on me by the DPF failure.

[Delboy]

From my understanding of tuning, the easiest gains are to be had from forced induction engines, like turbo diesel's / petrols or supercharged motor's.

There is gains to be had from NA engines but they are smaller and harder to find.

[PsYcHe]

All you tend to get from an N/A engine is a smoother curve and maybe a few more horses if it's tuned to your car, but you'll probably do better by spending the money on better brakes or tyres.

[Delboy]

Totally agree with you there, but I'm good in the anchor department.

(> ponies) = (> fun) but < £