Evenin all. I'll try and keep it brief and to the point.

 

I used to have a Furby that was remapped (previous owner - had around 330lb/ft & 184 ponies) and it was excellent fun and never failed to bring a smile.

 

Recently I bought an Octy and quite frankly, it's pretty gutless in comparison. I had a nice fella check it for fault codes to start me off, not a great deal to report there which I was fairly happy about, although some minor niggles but not showstoppers and a small service got it running smoothly (for a car that's done 175K...)

 

Then I headed over to see JabbaSport (lovely people - can't recommend them enough) for a good seeing to and it has had DPF removal & delete, new clutch & DMF, cupra bushes on the fronts, 40K service and some other stuff that escapes memory right now.

 

Here's the thing: I asked them if they could do me a remap on the basis that quite frankly it's performance was woeful compared to the furby -Yes I'm aware of the physics of the bigger car so it's never going to be the same without HUGE amounts of tweaking but nevertheless I have driven mapped Octys that have made me smile too so I know it's possible.

 

I went offshore whilst they were working on it and when I got back, Brian and Carole had a chat with me and said they reckoned the turbo was on it's arse because of the whistling it's doing. It's the old police siren impersonator that many people have waxed about on here. He wasn't happy about mapping it because he said it could just blow the turbo within a few weeks (didn't even know he'd seen me drive...) and suggested that it needed replacing.

 

So, here are my questions for the populous, bearing in mind I want more torque from a lot lower down the revs:

1. Turbo: New OEM one or recon?

2. Will a standard turbo/replacement be adversely affected by mapping lots of torque into the system?

3. Experience of prices and serviceability for new and refurbed units? 

4. Recommendations for places to get a recon one if this is the way forward? I've heard a few bits about Midland Turbo who aren't too far away and I'll give them a ring when I get back to the UK next week but any other providers in the East Mids sort of area that people can recommend would be most appreciated.

5. If an uprated one is the way forward, any suggestions?

 

I'd really like to be able to have some confidence when I drop the hammer like I used to in the Furby to overtake someone and also so my economy improves a little because I find I'm having to seriously give it beans to get any appreciable level of acceleration.

 

All thoughts/suggestions greatly appreciated 

 

Rob

Also, if one of the moderators could amend the title to say .Need PD170 turbo advice' I'd be very grateful. I was obviously very tired when I posted that last night...