Hi guys

Anyon heard of or used performance blue? Company based in Manchester.

Looking at a decent offer they have to remap my vrs

Cheers

From a quick google I can see that the web is plastered with 'offers' for 70% off, £169 map, etc.

That's not a problem in itself - could mean they are just trying to get their product out there as until they do, there won't be enough people on various car forums able to vouch for the map's performance and reliability. Let's face it, there are very few actual costs for this kind if work so it's not like they will make a loss at £169 for a remap.

That said, the best way of knowing that a map will be 'safe' in the long run is by seeing how others have got on with it so the safer bet would be to pay the premium for one of the more popular/established companies' offerings.

Personally I'd go to one of the established names, feel cheated at the price (hate paying high prices for any kind of software) but take comfort from the fact that if anything did go wrong I'd be well placed to either get things put right attest cost......

You pay your money and take your chances with remaps. Personally if I wasn't willing to spend money on a remap from a well known and reputable tuner I wouldn't bother.

So who's the best/most trusted for a remap and how much should you aim to pay? Will it still make a positive improvement to an otherwise standard car?

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Search, search and more searching required. The forum is full of topics relating to remaps.

I hav searched through here and looked at the various companies regarding remaps and each has positive and negative results.

I have a company recommended but like I said this appeared a decent offer by I have not heard of them think it appear no one else on here has which speaks volumes! Think I will stick to a know company

Cheers guy let you know how it goes getting it done at the end of the week

Revo, APR and Shark are three of the most popular tuners. I can only talk about Revo as that's what I had on my last vRS and it totally transformed the car. Most the people that work for Revo are knobs in my experience so I wouldn't use them again on that basis although their remap for the tsi was excellent. Their map for the tfsi is also well rated too.

I have an Angel Tuning map on my car. All companies will have good and bad reviews. Sometimes you just have to take the plunge and try it.

You will find 50/50 - people speak badly of maps and companies they have never even used - simply because they read a bad review somewhere online.

I'm currently running a Christmas offer in shark performance remaps. Still got a couple of places. Drop me a pm

I'm currently running a Christmas offer in shark performance remaps. Still got a couple of places. Drop me a pm

What's the prices on these for 2.0VRS PD?

I have a Shark Bluefin Stage 1 on my mk2 vRS DSG. I have to say the difference between having it on and not having it on are day and night. It totally transforms the car. Not only is it faster off the mark (so much so it lights the fronts up with ease on a dry road if i'm not careful) but more importantly the midrange pick up is so so much better. At motorway cruising speeds I can boot it and the overspeed warning (set to 95) is pinging almost immediately, or on A or B roads I can come up behind a 40mph dawdler, drop into S and be past them in a flash...in other words overtaking is so easy.

Also it's great fun for teasing people in their brand new S4's who must be most perplexed at having a Skoda glued to their tail. Of course I would never indulge in that kind of sport

I have a Shark Bluefin Stage 1 on my mk2 vRS DSG. I have to say the difference between having it on and not having it on are day and night. It totally transforms the car. Not only is it faster off the mark (so much so it lights the fronts up with ease on a dry road if i'm not careful) but more importantly the midrange pick up is so so much better. At motorway cruising speeds I can boot it and the overspeed warning (set to 95) is pinging almost immediately, or on A or B roads I can come up behind a 40mph dawdler, drop into S and be past them in a flash...in other words overtaking is so easy.

Also it's great fun for teasing people in their brand new S4's who must be most perplexed at having a Skoda glued to their tail. Of course I would never indulge in that kind of sport

Is it Shark or Bluefin you have? These are two different things.

I used to think my old stage 1 vRS would keep up with an S4 but got proven very wrong lol so don't kid yourself on that one. An S4 is in a different league entirely and if you read the reviews the general concensus is that they're almost as quick as the B7 RS4.

Is it Shark or Bluefin you have? These are two different things.

I used to think my old stage 1 vRS would keep up with an S4 but got proven very wrong lol so don't kid yourself on that one. An S4 is in a different league entirely and if you read the reviews the general concensus is that they're almost as quick as the B7 RS4.

It's a bluefin. I like the ability to remove it and put it back as and when I want to. And to use it to completely disable the car.

Under pretty much all road going conditions and with driver parity a mapped vRS with good tyres on will keep up with an S4. On a track no, but on the road yes. If an S4 left you for dead on the road I would suggest that either they were a much better driver or you weren't trying hard enough

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It's a bluefin. I like the ability to remove it and put it back as and when I want to. And to use it to completely disable the car.

Under pretty much all road going conditions and with driver parity a mapped vRS with good tyres on will keep up with an S4. On a track no, but on the road yes. If an S4 left you for dead on the road I would suggest that either they were a much better driver or you weren't trying hard enough

You're wrong. An S4 is quicker than a remapped vRS in any conditions, if you believe different then you are being naive.

If you don't believe me read this from someone that's owned both.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/235229-2012-s4-avant/page__fromsearch__1

You're wrong. An S4 is quicker than a remapped vRS in any conditions, if you believe different then you are being naive.

If you don't believe me read this from someone that's owned both.

http://www.briskoda....__fromsearch__1

I don't doubt it's a faster car on paper (and on a track). But in the real world not really. A competent driver in a mapped vRS will keep within a gnats tadger of an S4 on any actual public highway.

Not wishing to get into a ****ing contest here but the point is a map on a vRS will transform the car into something that it should have been when it left the factory and can edge it into proper sporty territory.

PS my other toy is a YZF600R.... I would never expect a vRS (or S4 come to that ) to keep up with that

Edited 31 December, 201213 yr by pablo68

You're wrong. An S4 is quicker than a remapped vRS in any conditions, if you believe different then you are being naive.

If you don't believe me read this from someone that's owned both.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/235229-2012-s4-avant/page__fromsearch__1

Totally agree. S4 has about 80 bhp and 70lbft approx more than a stage 1 vrs. Yes the s4 will be heavier but not so much as to even out the power to weight ratio. To say that your not a good driver to beat an s4 is being naive. I raced a stage 1 golf r and was suprised by how much of a difference there was....yes it did beat me and my vrs is stage 1.

Anyway back to the topic of the thread. I have revo stage 1 and agree it transforms the car. Overtaking on country roads etc is so much safer. Ive had revo software on various cars over the years and never had an issues. If you stick to a well know brand then you shouldn't have any issues. Yes they tend to be more expensive but thats cause more time/testing has been done to develop the software and long term durability. Its like people that buy cheap tyres to save a couple hundred pounds.......why when a car is usually the second biggest purchase most people make!

I don't doubt it's a faster car on paper (and on a track). But in the real world not really. A competent driver in a mapped vRS will keep within a gnats tadger of an S4 on any actual public highway.

Not wishing to get into a ****ing contest here but the point is a map on a vRS will transform the car into something that it should have been when it left the factory and can edge it into proper sporty territory.

PS my other toy is a YZF600R.... I would never expect a vRS (or S4 come to that ) to keep up with that

I've had a revo stage 1 vRS tsi and now have a Golf R and in most conditions the R is the quicker car. The remapped vRS would keep up in a straight line at motorway speeds due to in gear acceleration from the massive amount of torque and the R would need to be worked hard but from a standing start or on a country road it wouldn't know which way the R had gone.

The S4 is another step up again from the R in terms of performance. As I said above, road tests of the new S4 concluded that in real world terms it was as quick as the B7 RS4.

I am not saying that a remap won't transform a vRS because it will, but don't be naive in thinking it puts it into S4 territory because it won't. As for that's how it should have been from the factory, this is also naive and always makes me laugh when people say it. Aside from the fact that the tsi engine would need to be uprated to build back in the manufacturers tolerences it's about Skoda's brand positioning within the VAG group.

I've had a revo stage 1 vRS tsi and now have a Golf R and in most conditions the R is the quicker car. The remapped vRS would keep up in a straight line at motorway speeds due to in gear acceleration from the massive amount of torque and the R would need to be worked hard but from a standing start or on a country road it wouldn't know which way the R had gone.

The S4 is another step up again from the R in terms of performance. As I said above, road tests of the new S4 concluded that in real world terms it was as quick as the B7 RS4.

I am not saying that a remap won't transform a vRS because it will, but don't be naive in thinking it puts it into S4 territory because it won't. As for that's how it should have been from the factory, this is also naive and always makes me laugh when people say it. Aside from the fact that the tsi engine would need to be uprated to build back in the manufacturers tolerences it's about Skoda's brand positioning within the VAG group.

If you insist. But I've personally never had any problem staying with all sorts of other much more "Sporty" cars on country Roads. Maybe they were all just rubbish drivers.

Laugh as much as you like, it's personal opinion. With a stage 1 remap that is what I would have liked the vRS to exit the factory as. What VAG want it to be is up to them. Luckily they made the TSi a beautiful tuneable engine and are quite happy when we do that.

If you insist. But I've personally never had any problem staying with all sorts of other much more "Sporty" cars on country Roads. Maybe they were all just rubbish drivers.

Laugh as much as you like, it's personal opinion. With a stage 1 remap that is what I would have liked the vRS to exit the factory as. What VAG want it to be is up to them. Luckily they made the TSi a beautiful tuneable engine and are quite happy when we do that.

Just not as good as the tfsi for pure driving thrills though in my opinion. The small IHI turbo on the tsi gives massive torque and it does make for a quick car but it's not an engine that rewards being revved like the tfsi.

If you insist. But I've personally never had any problem staying with all sorts of other much more "Sporty" cars on country Roads. Maybe they were all just rubbish.

Maybe you should consider phoning up some of the BTCC teams particularly the slower teams with less powerful cars and see if they are in need of a driver ?

Just not as good as the tfsi for pure driving thrills though in my opinion. The small IHI turbo on the tsi gives massive torque and it does make for a quick car but it's not an engine that rewards being revved like the tfsi.

Very true. It also has the advantage of spooling up faster so little to no turbo lag as well. Then again for the pure reward of revving the ****** off it nothing compares to a V8. If only VAG would see sense and drop one into the vRS. And stick the Haldex 4x4 on it while they are at it. I'd even settle for the V6 from the R32.

Maybe you should consider phoning up some of the BTCC teams particularly the slower teams with less powerful cars and see if they are in need of a driver ?

Hmm not sure but i'd hazard that the quality of driving in the BTCC is somewhat superior to the average Joe on the daily commute, even for the slower teams. Then again having watched many a BTCC driver stuff it into the barrier maybe not.

Very true. It also has the advantage of spooling up faster so little to no turbo lag as well. Then again for the pure reward of revving the ****** off it nothing compares to a V8. If only VAG would see sense and drop one into the vRS. And stick the Haldex 4x4 on it while they are at it. I'd even settle for the V6 from the R32.

I'm hoping the Audi V10 used in the Lambo will feature in the next Fabia vRS too :-\

I'm hoping the Audi V10 used in the Lambo will feature in the next Fabia vRS too :-\

But would you be able to remap it and get an extra 20% - 30% power for sub £500?

With the V10 in a Fabia I'd be more inclined to say how the hell do I control/stop this thing than how can I get it a bit quicker!

(And where I can get a new clutch and gearbox fitted every 6 weeks cheaply :p )