Ever since buying the Yeti, I have been pondering on getting it remapped to give it a little extra oomph. As it turns out, it took me almost two years to finally do it, due to a number of reasons. I did not want to get the remap before the engine was properly run-in, and having moved from naturally-aspirated cars (my own 2nd generation MX5 1.8 and the wife's BMW 116i) I was initially extremely happy with the torque and power of the stock motor.

 

But, as they say, you can never have enough horsepower, and I had started to grow accustomed to the stock power, and have always thought the the motor ran out of steam quite early in the rev band. So, when one of the reputable international tuning houses (name withheld, as I think a couple of my posts where I previously mentioned their name were removed for some reason...) came out with their end-of-year sale I decided to take the plunge.

 

I took the car in yesterday and it was a simple plug-in-and-upload job through the OBDII port. I was lucky in that respect, as my car has one of the later Bosch ECUs that -up until last month- needed to be taken out and "benched" in order to unlock it.

 

After the upload we took the car out for a spin, where logging and fine-tuning took place. I did not have the car dyno'd, as my boy-racer days are behind me and did not care that much about absolute numbers, but more about how the car feels on the road. A torque figure was mentioned at some point, but I guess this is an estimate based on the logs and thus is not very reliable, so I will refrain from mentioning any numbers.

 

What is important to me is that the car now feels exactly like I wanted it - I couldn't help remembering Lee's (Yeti_Man) comments about how worthwhile a Stage 1 remap is. I can feel the torque pick up at 2k rpm, pretty much as previously, but the absolute amount of it is worlds apart. Cruising on the highway I now need to remind myself not to downshift in order to overtake, as the car just presses on in any gear and at any rpm. Finally, my main complaint with the stock mapping, i.e. the lack of power at the top end, is now completely gone. The car pushes and pushes all the way to the redline if one is thus inclined, though the gains all across the rev band make this mostly unnecessary. Also, judging by about 24 hours of experience, it looks like the claims on reduced consumption could also be valid -at least in everyday driving where speeds are dictated by the overall traffic flow rather than one's hooniganism- as the car can be driven much more comfortably with one gear higher compared to the stock mapping.

 

Overall I'm chuffed and can't wait to see how the car behaves on a long-ish road trip we have coming up around New Year's. I'm quite sure this will only serve to highlight a couple of other areas that I think need slight improvements (namely stiffer ARBs and brake feel / durability, plus I am a bit concerned about what the oil temperature will do if pressing on during a Greek summer heatwave, so an oil cooler may be on the cards), but I'll try to restrain myself and not go entirely down the road that Lee and Richard have (can't really afford it...) One thing is certain, in terms of "bang for buck" this is one sweet mod!

Great to hear another has taken the plunge! A stage one map really makes these engines sing. The best mod I've done tbh and glad to hear others approve also! Remembering that the torque output of the 1.8tsi is only set so low from the factory as to not cause stress when matched to the dry seven speed dsg box within the vag models. Who did the map? (Certainly sounds like the characterises of the Shark map I ran). If you don't want to say then pm me but no post should be removed for giving actual feedback of a product or service imo! Best of luck with any further mods

What's the secrecy for?

It's a secret...

Are we still allowed to mention Skoda Yeti in our posts?

Anyone up for rebellion?

Ok, I'd be interested in who's remap it is too. So let's have a rebellion meeting ......  see you all in.....  minutes at........  (it's a secret!)

Come back Kenny

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Sales nearly oveR

Hahaha, no reason on my side to keep it a secret, it's just that a previous post I made on a related thread was removed, and it contained mention of the company. It was a Revo map, as they are represented in Greece and I feel more confident going with a "global" brand rather than the local tuners.

 

I had previously enquired with Shark to see if I could somehow get their map remotely, but this was before the tuners had "cracked" the new ECUs and was informed that it would have needed to be physically accessed in order to tune it. I guess that remote tuning (through an STS) may now be possible, but I had already made up my mind to go with Revo (who also have local after-sales support), and the end-of-year sale clinched it.

 

Hope this doesn't also get removed, though I fail to see any reason why it should be - I have seen several brands of different parts being mentioned on here with no problems.

It absolutely shouldn't be removed, no idea why the previous one was! In your country with the choice of Revo or a small local tuner I'd have gone exactly the same way! Enjoy it.

How do these remaps effect your insurance in Greece? I noticed on my renewal last month a new paragraph has been added stating that any County Court Judgements, Bankruptcy Hearings, Insurance Fruad, Penalty Points, engine, braking  or suspension modifications most be notified immediately or your insurance may be invalidated 

You should always declare modifications or the insurer may refuse to cover a claim.

My guess is that they see mods as having a deleterious effect on the stability system and may corrupt it in some way.

Insurance companies 'protecting their investment'?

I wanted mine done, so I phoned a company, "they would get back to me"

I emailed after a week, no reply.

I'll leave it now .....

What's the secrecy for?

 

 

It's a secret...

 

It's in case North Korea are watching

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