Originally Posted by rapidcossie
Damo...
alot of people think that its just a matter of bolting parts of an engine together and setting the boost for the power you want..
you now know its not that easy..
the person that is doing your mappin etc is more than capable of sorting a 500 bhp engine so i wold leave it to them.
either the head needs to come off or take the turbo and inlet off and see if the ports can be measured that way?
something needs to be done.
does the mapper have experience with the paticular rolling road?
Never really thought it was going to be that easy, and that is why I thought that the mapper should have explored the extent of the existing mods more thoroughly. I have just had my Audi RS4 remapped today to 520 bhp on std turbos (from 380 bhp) with no other mods than a better flowing exhaust. So it can be done with other cars.
Thing is with the cossie is that they become so far removed from std that to get the big power (and that is what we all crave...
) you need every i dotted and T crossed. I wasn't aware that the head needed such mods and it seems that my tuner has made an oversight as he is the expert!!!
The mapper doesn't know the dynos that I use and they map it on the road - just as I did today with my RS4! After my 8th time of going over 160 mph on a 60 mph dual carriageway I started to sweat a bit!
Thanks for your help Euan.