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Saturday, 04 September 2010

Testimonials

Customer Testimonials On Custom Code

As the title suggests, I had my car remapped today by Custom Code. After owning the car for 14 months I decided that it needed 'a bit more'. Dont get me wrong, 180bhp as standard was plent quick enough, but I just felt that my Golf and all Golf's leave the factory slightly underpowered and the standard map just held it back and restricted the car from being how a GTI 'should' be.

So after much consideration I decided for a remap, but what one...??? I researched this for numerous weeks totalling up all the pro's and con's to each company...Jabba, Revo, Custom-Code, etc. I wanted a map that felt how an OEM GTI should feel, i.e. smooth power throughout the entire rev-range, smooth torque, etc.

I had read about some companies 'spiking' the map so that the turbo pushes out big power down low, but does not carry it all the way to red-line, instead dies off early. This seemed rather pointless, especially in a FWD car! This kind of map would 'Throw you' into your seat, but then die off rather quickly. Don't get me wrong some people may like the feel of this, but thats not what I wanted to achieve. I was after a map that would 'push' you into your seat, but then hold you there right up to redline.

Bearing all of this in mind, I narrowed my search down to two companies, Custom-Code and Jabbasport, both of which had recieved nothing but praise, and very similar results on the rolling roads, but which one...??? After much deliberation, I was swayed towards CC because of their mobile service, they come out to ANYWHERE in the UK and can even map your car whilst your at work, bonus! I rang them up, and they were friendly and helpful, as expected. Then came another major bonus, 30% off the price of all maps!!! But which map...???

I wanted to keep the Anni as standard as possible, no intercooler change, no cat/exhaust change, just a DV and Intake (easily reversed)!!! So I chose the Stage/Phase 1, booked it and got it done for just over £310. Leigh came out and sorted it, despite running late (due to v.bad traffic), he still arrived on my doorstep way after he should be at home relaxing after a hard days work!!! Very friendly bloke, and very efficient service. Had the map put and tested it with no problems. I have read numerous reviews regarding how 'amazing' the CC remap is, but I am very sceptical of the reviews I read and how spending £x on something will 'transform' your car. i.e. a rear ARB, etc. etc. (By the way I have a rear ARB). So I was quite cautious of how good the map can really be.

Bearing in mind it was v.wet and raining, I planted my foot, to test the map and...was not that impressed, quicker, but quite a bit of wheelspin, exactly what you dont want on a FWD car. But I took the car home, let it stop raining and dry up a bit, so 2 hours later I tried again...

I found a straight and open road, no traffic....Put it in to 1st, to get moving (no point in flooring it in 1st as it wheels spins in the dry with the 180 map), put it into 2nd (medium revs)...then put it into 3rd, and floored it, going a bit quicker, then the turbo kicked in ... Surprise

Amazing, just simply amazing...EXACTLY how a GTI should feel as standard, EXACTLY how VW should make their cars feel, EXACTLY what my car was crying out for and EXACTLY what I was wanting. The car pulls so well all the way through the range in a strong but smooth way, and after hitting redline in 3rd it became very clear that the car was acting more like a V6 rather than a turbo-charged engine. By this I mean, its smooth, the power is there when you need it (massive improvement in torque), and frightening when you look at the speedo and realise your hitting trebble digits so quickly without realising it!!!

Over the past 4 hours I have tried it on A-Roads, B-Roads, M-Way's and residential roads. The car is just as easy to drive at low speeds, so much easier to accelerate in an emergency even if your in a too high gear (i.e. 4th @ 30mph), and sooooo much fun on the motorway, overtaking is easier and its always very reassuring to know that you can accelerate so quickly at 70 if someone were to decide to try to change lanes without looking!!! Sad

I am not someone who will be looking to make my car any faster, as I honestly believed the standard 180 map was quick enough, but with the CC map, the whole car feels so much better, and it IS honestly like driving a new car.

So in summary, on a 1.8T, believe the hype!!!

If your thinking about remapping with Custom Code...do it!!!

Was it worth £312...YES. Now knowing what the results are like and experiencing the difference, I would honestly of been happy paying double that!!!

A big thank you to all at Custom Code for very good customer services and for supplying such an amazing code, and a very big thanks to Leigh for all your help. (The bloke definately deserves a payrise!!!) Wink

Phase 1 Audi RS4

I can honestly say that I was more than surprised at the improvement that the Custom Code remap has given my RS4, I was convinced after using the car daily for just short of a year in standard trim that there was very little that could be done to create an increase in power or drivability from a remap, short of serious engine upgrades I was nearly sure that any gains would be minor and hard to notice on the road.
Wow, how wrong was I, after receiving the software from James at CC and him assuring me that I would be pleased with the results I began to get a bit curious, could that peach of a motor get even better?
A bit about my RS4, it is totally standard and at the time of the remap it had only done 8000 miles, the only grumble I had with the performance was the low down power delivery, sure when it hit 5000 rpm it pulled hard to the red line which is why I was near certain the remap wasn’t going to make much improvement.
As soon as the ECU was flashed it was left to idle and get the oil temp up, ready for its first test, I was secretly hoping that it would be better as I was beginning to loose a bit of interest dare I say in the car and now was the time to find out if James was pulling my leg or not…….
No sooner had I pulled away the difference was there, it was totally different, I had only accelerated 100 yards to the junction and I could feel straight away the improvement, the throttle response and surge forward from low revs was unbelievable, the revs picked up cleanly and quickly up to the limiter in 1st which is now 8500 rpm.
Time to find a decent stretch of road to get an idea of the improvement in the higher revs and gears, it just gets better and better, the rush that the car used to have at 5000rpm now feels even more defined and the fact that it now revs to 8500rpm is just brilliant, it has made the car a whole load better for me, on my favourite stretch of road there were a couple of sections where before I would have to change into 4th where I found it a bit sluggish as I was really too slow for 4th but too fast for 3rd if you can see where I’m coming from, now the extra 250rpm means I can hold 3rd longer which has made that section of road even better, obviously a private road of course.
The power delivery is now way better, it revs higher and pulls harder and it does everything you would hope to get from a remap but rarely do, especially when a car is naturally aspirated.
I have now covered over 2000 miles with the remap and I’m constantly impressed, I have seen just shy of an indicated 175mph, in 5th gear just on the limiter, I jest you not, the car just keeps going and going, with the right stretch of private test track and not the A5 I hate to thing what the car will do with its legs stretched in 6th.
I have owned a huge range of fast cars (911 Porsche’s, numerous highly tuned VAG 1.8T’s in a range of cars, old Shape RS4 to name but a few) and bikes (currently Yamaha R1 and a Ducati 1098s on the road), I work with cars daily ranging from 1.0l Polo’s to RS6’s, so its safe to say my opinion and experience counts, the Custom Code remap is the business.

Jody Lees