Superchips remap for 3.0si

[ChillZ4]

I just wonderd if anyone had the superchips map on there car. The gains seem quite good for a n/a engine.

Thanks

 

[Mr Whippy]

I'd not bother with a generic superchips remap... if you must tune it find a very good independent who has had lots of experience with the valvetronic systems and get a full remap done. It'll cost you a lot more, but it'll be much better too.

Or, just leave it standard and invest in other tuning areas, because the extra bit of power available won't really add much to the driving experience... also, you leave yourself open to the compromise a tuner wants to optimise for.

I'm tempted to remap my car, but I'll be doing it myself and I'll just be adjusting the throttle mappings to make it smoother and use all the travel more (while most tuners actually just map it sharper and make it 'feel' faster without actually being so)


It is a can of worms really, but a good NA engine is already usually tuned pretty damn well, so a remap is only really ideal when big changes have been made to optimise for!

Dave

 

[mason storm]

Does anyone know if it's worth re mapping specifically for Tesco 99 fuels to get that bit extra?

 

[Mr Whippy]

I think most modern engines will advance as much as possible if the fuel allows... but there may be some hard limits.

Valvetronic is a different beast to engines of old with cam phasing and lift variance, so I'm not sure if there is either much to gain through artificially levelled output (torque plateau), or on the flip side of the coin, what was easily had, BMW have already found.

I'm far from an expert of course.

I'd save your money on generic remaps anyway, a custom rolling road remap would be better, but expensive, and then you have to wonder if you are best saving more and getting a supercharger for some real punch!

Dave

 

[fridaypassion]

If your looking at tuning as previously mentioned dont bother with Superchips. They dont spend very long developing the maps.

Where are you based? If your near Leeds RS Tuning have a growing reputation. No BS service and reliable rolling road results.