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Originally Posted by kitt
Ok let’s be clear here, is a remap worth it, YES it is
Are there different remaps out there, yes there is, are they all called a 160 remap, well most yes.
So I had my car already come with a remap and yes it was faster than stock, I had already got one of Arctic’s magic EGR bypass’s. Then I had one of Jamie’s remaps (Not called the 160) and with the new map the car was even faster. I then added a manual boost control and run another 5psi on the turbo, this now kicks ass and pulls from the bottom to the top of the rev range.
Jamie compared my original map with the general “160 map” and it was identical, so I had been running that map which was a good map and felt quick, but jamie’s map had something extra and you could feel it straight out the box it just made the car more responsive and quicker.
If you ask anyone from the Midlands Nano meets that’s had a Jamie remap they will all say the same as myself, well worth getting it done, but yes you will also need to have a car that’s well maintained for example if the EGR or Manifold are full of muck and the intercooler “O” rings are gone no amount of remapping will give you more power.
Downside to remapping – NONE….
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Interesting post Jon, I wonder how, or indeed why Jamie could have compared what was programmed originally to your car to a "general 160" map.
I was of the understanding that any programmed information in the car's ecu was pertinent to the car it was from, so how can a comparison be made or am I missing something?
I would suggest given the private message I received from Jamie last evening which pointed towards a petty dispute with another trader on this forum, which included references to a third party, whom you have plugged here previously (the person from Leominster who fitted your car with the manual boost controller just in case you are wondering), so all in all nothing has been said here that would not point towards an "old pals" network at play, with a concerted attempt at discrediting other peoples products in order that your own take precedence.
This is just as it appears from outside the frame by someone making an observation that every time one type of remap is mentioned, Jamie pops up and immediately starts talking it down, surely if his own remaps are so much better then that should not be necessary.
I don't know you, Jamie, or indeed anyone else from this forum as I've yet to attend a meet, for all I know he could be a nice young bloke, however given the way he conducts himself here, if I felt I was in need of more power from my car, he would be the very last person I would approach.
On the latter point, I would wholeheartedly agree with you, my own ZT-T was transformed following the cleaning out of the EGR, and inlet manifold along with the intercooler o rings and new hoses I fitted on recommendation after I had a running issue diagnosed locally.
Finally "Rogue" made a very salient point earlier in this thread for which I thanked him, where he pointed out his employer takes a dim view of downselling a competitor in order to gain a sale.
In the past when I employed salesmen, if I discovered they were employing those type of practices, they were immediately hauled into the office and given a dressing down and warned that any repeat of this type of behaviour would result in immediate dismissal.
That is why I feel so strongly about the selling practices being employed by Jamie, they reflect badly upon him, and by association the services he is providing irrespective of how good they may be.
Alf