Stage 2 saga update- good, bad and ugly

Little update since i posted about my Superb 280 going stage 2 back in may.

I have questioned the high torque figure ( 618nm) with the tuner and was assured that it's a safe map, ok i left it at that. Three days after remap, car starts burning oil without even being pushed hard. So i switched to thicker 5w40 Castrol Edge ( issue rectified)

Week later i pinned it from traffic lights and car cut power after 5000rpm. Gear changes felt really rough and jerky. Questioned it with the tuner, got nowhere....

Then i found on here someone who had similar issues after going to stage 2 and they recommended speaking to Kalam at Russell Road & Racing.

From start he was very helpful and informative. I decided to buy one of his dongles and run few logs for him.

I was really unhappy when he run me through all the issues he found after my not so professional stage 2 remap....

1- huge overboost in midrange that went beyond sensor capacity so we couldn't tell how much it was actually putting out

2- car running lean at certain scenarios

3- all the injectors were maxxed out to the point where one started dosing less than others

4- in other scenarios it was over fueling

5- LPFP wasn't configured properly and not providing adequate amount of fuel

6- during overboost it would loose traction in 3rd gear

So yeah it hasn't been greatest of experiences and i would certainly advise anyone to do a proper research and before they give their pride and joy to some amateur who doesn't know what they doing. Luckily nothing serious happened to my superb while having the original map.

Kalam has provided me fresh ECU and TCU files then with few more updated calibration maps the car is running sweet as anything, power delivery is smooth and linear, no rough upshifts or downshifts, no overheating.

Best £431 spent so far 💪🏻

Old power output

390bhp and 618nm

New figures after few tweaks some major some minor

405hp 550nm

Also added some pops and burbles switchable by driving mode ( this is a first version of pops, they have now been brought down a bit to more OEM sound )