I was told my car has a stage 2 map on it but I have no proof. It did have a large bore exhaust and ram air filter. I've not checked the Injectors yet. 

 

I've gradually been returning my car back to stock, and would like the ecu checked and flashed back to original factory spec.

 

Can this be done via the obd port or is it an ecu out job? 

 

Can anyone recommend a company down south that could do it? I'm near QST but haven't contacted them yet. I'd rather get a recommendation. 

 

Thanks. 

Edited 17 August, 20214 yr by a1topdog

You can, my Red one was originally done by Ben at Shark Performance (all done via the OBD2 port). But, for some reason the owner before me claimed it was using to much fuel and had the remap taken off by a VW/Skoda specialist and the original factory one put back on. Even though mine is staying OEM, I would still like a remap on it, as standard, it’s no fun, and very slow. 

 

I’d really recommend getting a stage 1 map, and a custom one at that. Because you will notice the difference going back to stock. I’ll be going to see Niki at R-Tech hopefully at some point to have mine done.

 

If the car is stage 2, it needs the supporting mods in order to achieve it. You need a bigger front mount, either a decat or sports cat 200cell down pipe and a nice free flowing system.

Edited 18 August, 20214 yr by DeanVRS20VT

Agree, Stage 1 would be a sensible compromise. I'll do some investigation. 

I've had 2 stage 1 maps (1 on an old diesel pd Golf and one on our current Mk1 vRS) both done by post. 

The first one, by Liam @ FADR, was problem free.. paid him the money, he sent an ecu, swap the ecu, Bob's your others brother.

The one on the vRS was done by a chap called Adam off a forum.. I've known him, via the forum, a few years and he's apparently quite well known - been doing this years.

I sent him an ecu I'd bought, he stuck a map on it and returned it.

That chucked up an eml for ABS.. sent it back to him, he re-re-mapped it and it's perfect now.

 

There's also a chap called Mark Bowdery on Facebook, seems he's quite good at this too. Might have a chat with him..

 

If I were going stage 2 I'd be taking it for a custom map (probably Nick at RTech tbh).. don't really see any need for stage 1 on an otherwise stock engine.

@a1topdog Anyway you can find out who maintained the car back when it was in service and if it ran the factory engine management / map or it had a bit of tuning?

Or maybe as many police vehicles had, a K&N filter was used just incase the car got driven into big puddles.

11 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

@a1topdog Anyway you can find out who maintained the car back when it was in service and if it ran the factory engine management / map or it had a bit of tuning?

Or maybe as many police vehicles had, a K&N filter was used just incase the car got driven into big puddles.

On of the officers that drove it said it was sent back to Farmers Skoda, Leicestershire for servicing and maintenance. But since it left service its has all sorts of mods and mapping. That's what I'm in the middle of reversing. 

Edited 18 August, 20214 yr by a1topdog

I understand that. I have had 3 ex police vehicles and none were standard. A Ford Granada 2.8 V6 Auto, a Granada Scorpio 2.9 V6 auto and a Volvo S60 5 Cylinder auto. It had police spec suspension and the engine that was in it before it got replaced was tuned.  

4 hours ago, e-Roottoot said:

It had police spec suspension and the engine that was in it before it got replaced was tuned.

It's got cop springs, cop shocks, cop motor...

4 hours ago, e-Roottoot said:

I understand that. I have had 3 ex police vehicles and none were standard. A Ford Granada 2.8 V6 Auto, a Granada Scorpio 2.9 V6 auto and a Volvo S60 5 Cylinder auto. It had police spec suspension and the engine that was in it before it got replaced was tuned.  

Had an ex plod V6 Cavalier. 

Compared to the other V6 Cav I had at the time the ex plod one was a lot quicker, in spite of being heavier, (but no creature comforts).