Well a few weeks ago I headed over to Shark Performance, the initial plan was to help out with a bit of map development. Then it turned out the 'Face Lift' Yeti is literally just a facelift with the same ECU as previous models!

Well, I was there, the car was on the rollers, so we agreed to go for it anyway! As Ben had already had his own Fabia 1.6tdi project car with a stage one map we were expecting the same 135bhp results, but we were a fair bit wrong!

Ben got to work on the car and as the first results started popping up on the screen I was convinced I must be reading it wrong. A few hours later and he walked out with a combination of a smile with a surprised expression on his face.

The stock Yeti Greenline has 105bhp official figure, so when Ben told me it was now running at 148.9bhp and 306nm of torque I almost fell over!

Ben put this down to the Yeti having a larger intercooler, so there's a lot to be said for upgrading it.

A few weeks on and I'm even more over the moon than I was on the two hour drive home, the car is completely different. The additional power is there throughout the rev range but rearly pulls from 2000rpm and all the way through to 5000rpm.

I am having so much fun that I look for excuses to drive the car, I even volunteered to get the shopping in!!

So more power, a transformed drivability and now comes the best bit, driving 'normally', doing runs I have done many times, which include motorway and town driving, and I am seeing an increase in mpg!

I can't recomend the team at Shark Performance highly enough, there professionalism, customer service and passion for their work would put many companies I deal with to shame. If you are considering modifications to your car, then contact Shark Performance, you will not be disappointed.

Rev Darrell Tunningley, minister, best selling author, international speaker and founder of award winning charities. (If you can't trust the word of a ordained minister, who can you trust)

Better than the tuning box then?

 

I considered my remapped Yeti significantly better to drive than when it ran the 'box.

Better than the tuning box then?

 

I considered my remapped Yeti significantly better to drive than when it ran the 'box.

I have to admit that yes, overall it's just a much more drivable car with the remap, loved the Yeti anyway but all the more now

Just. So. Much. Better.

Rev Darrell Tunningley, minister, best selling author, international speaker and founder of award winning charities. (If you can't trust the word of a ordained minister, who can you trust)

 

Excellent review of the product........spoilt only by the holier than thou plug at the end   :(

Excellent review of the product........spoilt only by the holier than thou plug at the end   :(

Funny how people take it that way, I'd describe my self as more broken than most, but willing to accept it ( and you clearly missed the tongue in cheek element to the statement).

bigger intercooler eh  interesting--clerical wisdom AND wit :sun:

Glad your pleased with it, did you run it on the rollers with the tuning box fitted ?

Not knocking what you've had done but those drivetrain losses seem much higher than I would've expected for a 2wd DSG ??

Not knocking what you've had done but those drivetrain losses seem much higher than I would've expected for a 2wd DSG ??

DSG?!

Your right, the Greenline is a manual (dyno says automatic !).

So why are drivetrain losses at 23% ?

Your right, the Greenline is a manual (dyno says automatic !).

So why are drivetrain losses at 23% ?

My bad photography it's 'Rpm Meter' set to automatic not a reference drive chain which as you say is 5speed Manual. There's a few more developments in the pipeline which should take it over 170bhp

Glad your pleased with it, did you run it on the rollers with the tuning box fitted ?

Not knocking what you've had done but those drivetrain losses seem much higher than I would've expected for a 2wd DSG ??

Never actually noticed that!! But your right, you would expect a reading of around 124bhp at the wheels from 149bhp on a front wheel drive, 4x4 will generally loose 20-25%, I'll have to ask Ben.

Either way, I love it, goes like stink for a Yeti Greenline, found myself keeping up with much 'quicker' cars, (best leave it at that) all the while staying within the correct limits

That's all that matters really. Look forward to seeing what 170 brings !

Darrell, did yours need the ECU opening up?

 

I was pleasantly surprised to hear that they can now do nearly all of the via the OBD port (including our F/L 170CR)

Darrell, did yours need the ECU opening up?

I was pleasantly surprised to hear that they can now do nearly all of the via the OBD port (including our F/L 170CR)

Yep in the end they had to, they've kept the same ECU in the 1.6 but all othe FL models can be done without ECU removal. For me though it's been worth it, transformed the car.

I agree that even with open heart surgery on the ECU it is well worth it, but it was a bonus when ours didn’t need to be removed. 

Rev Darrell Tunningley, minister, best selling author, international speaker and founder of award winning charities. (If you can't trust the word of a ordained minister, who can you trust)

 

 

 

Someone with half decent critical appraisal skills and skepticism, rather than a credulous chap with an omnipotent invisible friend?

A nice result. I gained exactly the same figures from a Superchips re-map. Like you say it completely transforms the car! Interestingly the 1.6tdi in standard guise runs at 122bhp as opposed to 105bhp although mine never felt very sprightly at all.