Z4 Remap

[Silverstar]

If you go to the local guys web site they refer to the products they use to do the mapping..

Then if you go to the Italian company’s web site and request a download you get a database of 1700 vehicles with OE and remap power figures..voila!

Not sure what you mean by local guys website. If you go to remapkings website and put in the car details for Z4 28i you get to the page that I sent the link for which says 290bhp, which as we know is about the right number for this car. After this I put in my UK post code and it just says your technician will be Antony (who is employed by them) and then you have to choose a date and time to make a reservation. I can't find any other page that leads to the info that you have got.

Also a further check on the internet brings these guys up on other car forums and there are no horror stories, one mentions that they use the maps from Quantum Tuning and they have over 100 google reviews and near 300 reviews on Trust Pilot almost all positive even if you count that some might be fake, still paints a pretty good picture.

Sometimes people can be quick to dis a company just because they haven't heard off them or don't like the name of the company instead of making justifiable comments by doing some proper research.

Hello..so..

On this page it says a 20i gives 199 BHP after a remap

https://www.remapkings.com/ConfigOption?temp=084bfcca-6199-4bf4-9664-951fd0b98b5e

On this page it says you get 260 bhp after a remap for a 20i

https://www.remapkings.com/ConfigOption?temp=12459426-a5f5-434a-9bab-50e0f5e34b67

And on this page it shows the tools it uses

https://www.remapkings.com/Blog/Professional_Remapping

Which leads to this page

https://www.alientech-tools.com/en/download/

Where the various BHP figures came from..

Also one one page it says they've done 1800 remaps

https://www.remapkings.com/About

And on another page it says they've done "thousands"

https://www.remapkings.com/Blog/ECU_Remapping

They state that they have been in business since October 2018


So..its by no means all bad..but its not a consistent glowing eulogy

The re-map business is clearly a wild west as a combo of easily mapped turbos and base mapping s/w for peanuts offer rich pickings..

All you need is a £1.5k box and either pukka or pirated downloads and off you go...


So its caveat emperor..that's all..

There is no link to Alientech from the blog page you have mentioned, sure you can see photos of the equipment they supposedly use but they don't say exactly what they use and the photos can be just generic, and the rest of what you mentioned about them quoting having tuned 1000s of vehicles is just marketing blurb which all companies use but in this case given that they have some 400 odd published reviews it is very likely that they have actually tuned 1000 or 2000 cars, from experience in my business I know that the vast majority of buyers don't leave reviews and some people only leave reviews if they have had a negative experience. To me the correct figures that this company can do for your car is what is shown in your first two links and the link to the 28i that I provided and not the files you have downloaded from external perhaps unrelated site.

To me the most important indicators are the 100 or so google reviews and the 300 odd trust pilot reviews coupled with the fact that they are mentioned on other car forums without any mention of any serious issues. Reading into all of this I think these guys are using maps from someone like Quantum, Celtic or similar, their comment in their blog about taking the original file from your ECU sending it to their team to optimise and send back is exactly what the Celtic agent in Spain told me.

Caveat is emperor and all but if you are going to dis a company be sure that you have the correct facts. The OP asked if anyone has had an experience or has knowledge of this company since it seems to be one of the few in his area available to him. It does not help the OP to make a decision based on people speaking negatively about a company that they have no knowledge of.

 

[Anonymous]

Silverstar..I’m not quite sure why you’re picking on me..I looked at their web site, pressed a few of their buttons on their website and that’s what they said on the various pages..

The only jump as such was from their published programming tool to the largest web ranked supplier of maps based on that tool.

If they say contradictory statements on different pages it’s not my fault..

If they post images of programming tools and they appear not to use Celtic maps based on the numbers they claim, I’m merely trying to fill in as others asked where they get their numbers / maps from..

They may well have very positive reviews but since there is a fairly high degree of falsification of those reviews that’s opinions not facts..

I’d be delighted if you could confirm whose maps they use..maybe they cherry pick from several..

I agree that to poo poo a business because people haven’t heard of them is maybe not a professional approach.

The OP by asking the question was bound to generate a thread of views and opinions..

However this is a highly opinionated group of people who often generate views based on limited and personal knowledge / experiences and/or common themes..

 

[Silverstar]

Pbondar sorry but I am not picking on you I am just saying it is wrong to bad mouth a company when you do not know for sure if they are good or bad. You looked at the pictures of the tools and decided that that is what they used and then got some information of an external site which may or may not be related to them and put some figures here which immediately makes the majority of readers think well that company is a load of tosh. Yes reviews can be manipulated but not all 400 odd. All I am saying is, it isn't fair to dis a company unless you have had some experience with that company which clearly in this case nobody here has.

 

[Stevo1987]

Here is a question. If the 2.0l cars have the same engine what is the max bhp they can go to without breaking stuff? Is an uprated 20i as good as a 28i? Ok, two questions?

It probably varies according to whom you ask but seems to be around 280ish bhp without tipping over the edge.
What do you mean by “as good as”? :?
Rob

What I am getting at is are the the 2.0 and 2.8 identical in stock form except for power? If they are and one wanted a car to tune to 280bhp then it would be sensible to buy a 2.0 as they are cheaper and more abundant.

 

[enuff_zed]

Here is a question. If the 2.0l cars have the same engine what is the max bhp they can go to without breaking stuff? Is an uprated 20i as good as a 28i? Ok, two questions?

It probably varies according to whom you ask but seems to be around 280ish bhp without tipping over the edge.
What do you mean by “as good as”? :?
Rob

What I am getting at is are the the 2.0 and 2.8 identical in stock form except for power? If they are and one wanted a car to tune to 280bhp then it would be sensible to buy a 2.0 as they are cheaper and more abundant.

Hi Steve, yes this is a valid point and has been a recommendation made many times on the forum to others looking for a 28i. I believe the only difference may be that the 28i has slightly different brakes, but [ref]Pbondar[/ref], amongst others does not believe this makes a huge difference and in fact even cars mapped to the 280bhp figure do not seem to require an upgrade.
It seems to be more a case of finding the 4-pot turbo with the spec you want without worrying too much about the number on the side, then remapping it. This also brings the 18i into reckoning, although anecdotally this appears to have a generally lower spec.