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New format looks good thanks for all the effort!

So I took the day off work on Friday and drove down to JKM. Had a 'before' power run - so TBE, CAI and Bluefin stage 2 - made 251.2 bhp on the rollers. Not blown away as I've seen people get 260 with this setup, but not bad. JKM then stuck the S3 intercooler and Autotech HPFP on while I wasted the day shopping in Portsmouth, I got back and applied the Bluefin stage2+ map, got the car back on the rollers. Got a gain of 0.1 bhp... Yes, it made 251.3 so for all intents and purposes exactly the same. Power and torque almost identical to the first run, fueling was higher. Friendly chap on the dyno (who, incidentally, has just ordered a brand spanking VRS FL and is planning on popping a K04 on it) thought I may have loaded the same software on the car by mistake. I thought this might be possible, as when loading the stage2+ file onto the handset the bluefin desktop software kept giving errors, but it eventually seemed to finish loading. I'm now sure this isn't the case however. Originally, superchips mailed me 1 file which contained my original stage1 and the new stage2 and stage2+ files. When I put the stage2 on the car, a DTC error was being thrown and the ECU light was showing on the dash. Superchips then emailed me a new, standalone stage2 file which sorted the ECU light and has been on the car ever since. So to get the stage2+ file on the handset, I had to load the original multi-map back onto the handset and stick the stage2+ on the car - the reason I'm now sure the stage2+ has been loaded is that my ECU light is on once more I haven't checked to see if it's the same error, but I will do tomorrow. My thoughts are therefore either: a) The Superchips stage2+ remap is rubbish Superchips originally emailed me the wrong map c) As the car went on the rollers 30 seconds after the map was loaded, the ECU hadn't adapted to it at all d) There's something up with the car. I'm currently working on 'c' as a theory. Having made the trip back from Portsmouth to Bristol, I took the car out on a 40 mile round trip as I met up with some friends and it definitely felt more lively than it did before, but I don't know if that's just me willing it to be. It's quite hard to test, as traction in 2nd gear is impossible and you need a good stretch of road to give gears 3/4/5 a good blast. However, I know nothing about this ECU adaptation malarkey. Would I really see no difference on the rollers? While I wasn't necessarily expecting a massive increase in BHP, I thought the whole point in fitting the HPFP was to see mid-range gains in torque due to the extra fueling available, but the graphs are literally identical. I'll upload if/when we're allowed to. Back the my usual daily 80 mile commute tomorrow so I'll see how it drives then. I've emailed Superchips to get their thoughts (plus a new file to deal with the ECU light). Anyone have any thoughts? Finally, I went out with my wife and daughter earlier on to pick up a christmas tree. Going round a roundabout, a Citroen Berlingoe cut ahead of me into my lane and scraped the back of his car against my near side front. Scraped and slightly creased the wing, with damage to the paintwork on the bumper. Sigh. Pulled into a layby and, having inspected the damage and informed him I'd need to make a claim, he basically said "you can claim what you like I'll just say you were in the wrong lane". Ending with a postive, glad the site is back and looking excellent

Not entirely certain what else would be in the kit, but don't forget that there are two belts on the AUB engine, the main one and a short one which drives the second camshaft. I would have thought that there should be some tensioners or pulleys too. Have word with your local TPS for the price on a proper kit as they frequently have special offers on them. I think that I got the kit for SWMBO's 1.4 TDI for about half the normal price when I bought it.

That problem turned out to be a dodgy alternator wire

250 from stage 2 is not that bad TBH. redrobins stage 2 revo GTI makes 245bhp consistently on JKMs rollers. His only stage 2 mods are a miltek TBE and Neuspeed discharge and INtercooler pipes.(obviously add an intake and then your looking between 250-260BHP) I dont think you can load the same map. If you have the same map on the handset it will only give you the option to remove bluefin. If you have a different map it will give you the option to upload bluefin. Did the same with mine mate, had to reload it down from the net before i could upload it. Sort of agree, although not rubbish, you just expect more, as i know you do to as you mentioned before you wernt to happy. Its not rubbish, its just not 100% (250bhp is still a quick car)(it is a free upgrade from stage 2 onto 2+) Very possibly could be that. You should have seem some gains full stop. mine went straight on mate, and still made quite a large difference, however it did also adapt afterwards and got better. What were your torque figures mate. Can you post your graphs up at all. Sorry to hear about your car, id have dropped the ***** if he came out with that to me. If its any concillation someone had dented and scratched my rear passenger door, except i cant pinpoint when as i only noticed it this morning, was absolutely raging.

Proper job lads ,it's looking good.

Well done guys, biiiig thankyou!!

Did you check your rail pressure before, did you actually need the auotech? I would imagine the ecu would adapt very quicky to a certain extent and there should have been concidereable gains. It's quite cold today so maybe the intercooler wasn't needed today? Sorry to hear about the accident, there are some real Idiots out there :(

Yes , good work , Colin and co , Im impressed!!

Timmy I would speak to Superchips first thing. It doesn't sound like you have been sent the right map. As for adaption well if you have just reflashed the ECU it is going to be very keen and eager to find out about its new surroundings. So once again I would question the map. Sorry to hear of your coming together. Slightly off topic how come the Autotech pump?

This is very nice well impressed . Well done Colin and crew

what i do is with the vehicle securley on the jack is sit on the floor in front of the wheel and kick ten bells outta it until it comes off should only take a couple of minutes

If you check your spec inside the service book it will tell you what's been fitted. Just use the online decoder at :- http://igorweb.org/equidec/Default.aspx and it will confirm or deny what you're after

Still finding my way around, but I like!! Yes, well done for your hard work over the past few weeks!

Yep, well done Guys. It is appreciated.

+1

Site looks great, very professional looking. Well done to everyone involved

There will be a little airbag badge on the centre pillar and the rear pillar.

Impressive! Credits to all and everyone that have contributed to the new format! :clap:

Love the new look - very professional - time well spent IMO Well done guys

Much better than the earlier version. Very user friendly, infact I would go so far as to say it is genius! Thanks for al your hard work guys.

I'm really liking the new look!!

Looks very different. I like it . Well done chaps.

Have to say, it looks excellent indeed. Well done guys!

Great new look, Thanks for all the hard work.

Love it. Thanks for all your efforts.

I like it, well done

Filter lives under the glove box. You will find two plastic clips that slide towards the centre of the filter housing cover. Cover then pulls out, and filter frame can be removed. Filter should be changed every 10,000 miles. Also check the plenum chamber below the windscreen (outside) isn't blocked with leaves etc.

Yes, well done. Will take a while to get used to the new look, but seems user friendly.

Try removing the pollen filter.

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