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Author Topic: Which software do you feel is better.... APR or Revo... And why, PLEASE!!  (Read 12456 times)

Offline PDT

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given the choice again, i think id either go jabba for a proper from the ground up custom map, or REVO for that year around adjustability


Couldnt have put it better myself ^^^^

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I have APR and I'm having issues with it, the anti carjacking function cuts in occasionally and not when I press the required sequence just randomly. Awesome keep telling me to just lock it out and it won't happen.  I think why should I, what if I get carjacked?   They don't seem overly bothered in the 3 occasions I've called them about it.  I'll be switching to revo I think in the future

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same thing happened to TFSI_mike

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Interesting, they said this was something they had "never heard of"

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PDT made some excellent posts on mapping in a recent thred on here, complete common sense  :happy2:

i had an interesting chat with a fellow pirelli owner yesterday over remaps and the infamous misfire and what one firm suggested to cure it $$$$  :scared:

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PDT made some excellent posts on mapping in a recent thred on here, complete common sense  :happy2:


I think this was the reply you refer to: (copied and pasted)

Only you can answer the question that you really want answered, "is it worth trying to save £200 and take a risk"

The chances are that the remap will work fine, but you will always have a niggle in the back of your mind asking is what you have as good as REVO/GIAC/ or a properly tuned custom map from a pro tuning company.

The company you have mentioned, I know nothing about so I can comment but just by looking at the front page of their website its clear that they have no dyno to use to develp their files and that they buy their files from a 3rd party and get them sent by Email. The question you must then ask is not wether the company that you are dealing with is any good, but if the people they buy their files from are any good, and wether they have been professionally developed and tested, and if the file writer and the reseller can both make profit out of the £211 (249 minus the VAT) after covering their costs?

I say it may be worth trying, but make sure you log your car afterwards with VCDS and look at blocks 115 and 20. This will tell you if the ignition is advancing correctly and you will see the boost levels that have been 'mapped in'  then check the EGT (exhaust gas temsp) and the AFR (air-fuel ratios) are ok under load then check block 4 (intake air temp) after a few runs and see if the boost level is adequate for the intercooler, anything above 45 degrees is getting too hot.

^^^all of the above would have been done by a REVO dealer or a mapper that cares about their customers cars long term reliability, is this included in your £249 remap? doubt it.

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thats the one  :drinking:

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Had a perfect example of 'you get what you pay for' in today, someone bought a remap for £125 and met the 'mapper' (I use the term mapper loosly on this occasion) in a carpark, then a whole 18 mins later the job was complete.

All that had been done was to write a bog standard PD150 map into a PD130 ECU with just a few minor changes.  :signLOL:

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thats a 20brake increase for £125.  bargains :grin:

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Im going to try writing an M3 map into my BMW 330d in the morning  :laugh:

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Firstly, thank you all for assisting me in which to go for and also getting a bit of knowledge on the way. Secondly, you never guess what happened today!  :surprised:

Yesterday at Inters my mate went to the Revo stand and was enquiring about a map for his 2.0TDI Sportback. They said they were doin a special where u get the SPS Box free. My mate didn't get the SPS Box as it only turns the map on and off on Diesels. So he got it mapped from 140bhp to 185bhp for £290!! Wicked deal eh!?

When I was with him today we were scootin around our neck of the woods (South London) and I was in my Ed30. His Car is now quite quick but, not as quick as mine  :grin:

3 hours later he calls me and tells me he has bad news. So i thought someone had hit him. He told me that his Turbo and ECU had gone!!


We got the Car recovered to Tuningwerkes and apparently its the Revo Map that has caused this!! I'm waiting for 100% confirmation before I say NO to Revo but, if this is the case.... APR here I come!!!!
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Software won't directly cause the issue and taking it to a Non Revo dealer they are immediately going to blame the recently added software  :stupid:

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After my experience with another mapper at GTI i highly recommend Ben and Nico @ Shark Performance, they take the map and writes it for your car giving you the best performance instead of a generic remap - thus giving me out of a 200BHP engine 257BHP and improved MPG.

Wrote a map for a new S8 and gave the boy nearly 600BHP!!! so well worth a look and not as expensive as REVO.

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Firstly, thank you all for assisting me in which to go for and also getting a bit of knowledge on the way. Secondly, you never guess what happened today!  :surprised:

Yesterday at Inters my mate went to the Revo stand and was enquiring about a map for his 2.0TDI Sportback. They said they were doin a special where u get the SPS Box free. My mate didn't get the SPS Box as it only turns the map on and off on Diesels. So he got it mapped from 140bhp to 185bhp for £290!! Wicked deal eh!?

When I was with him today we were scootin around our neck of the woods (South London) and I was in my Ed30. His Car is now quite quick but, not as quick as mine  :grin:

3 hours later he calls me and tells me he has bad news. So i thought someone had hit him. He told me that his Turbo and ECU had gone!!


We got the Car recovered to Tuningwerkes and apparently its the Revo Map that has caused this!! I'm waiting for 100% confirmation before I say NO to Revo but, if this is the case.... APR here I come!!!!

 :popcornsoda: :rolleye:

I'd bet my left knacker that this is not anything directly to do with Revo.. Turbo might of been on it's way out already etc and the map may of finished it off (but so would any software).. As for the ECU being gone, i'm not entirely sure what you mean there mate?  :confused:

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True!! Well, I'm not blaming anyone! Like I said I'll wait to see the outcome but! :happy2: I still want to test the Revo as I have tested the APR software.
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