Ed 30 - To remap or not to remap

[golfather]

The Edition 30 is great in standard form.
Nice and smooth power delivery, and fairly controlled.

Just wondering after a remap, how driveable is it with all that power going through the front wheels?

Coming from an .:R, I'm not really familiar with the concept of "traction control", and even in standard form, its very easy to light up the front wheels on the Ed.
 
Cheers.

[Top Cat]

Just get it done and wear flip flops.   

It just takes a bit of time to learn to drive with the extra power then in a fortnight you will want more again. 

[PDT]

Get a Revo trial and see what you think, where in the country are you?

[wigit]

i was a bit nervous on the Golf and in reality its far smoother to drive since mapped and the mid range and in gear performance is spot on 

[Saint Steve]

The Edition 30 is great in standard form.
Nice and smooth power delivery, and fairly controlled.

Just wondering after a remap, how driveable is it with all that power going through the front wheels?

Coming from an .:R, I'm not really familiar with the concept of "traction control", and even in standard form, its very easy to light up the front wheels on the Ed.
 
Cheers.

I find you will have to turn off the traction control to get decent excellaration. Ok in a straight line but bends could be an issue.

Transforms the car in the way it shifts, you'll be smiling put it that way especially if a R tries to keep up  

[T88OMM]

If you have an Edition 30 and it's not mapped you need to be having a quiet word with yourself in a dark corner! Completely transforms the car for the good 

[182_blue]

REMAP , stop being such a  

 

[Joff Gas]

i had my ed 30 2 months standard.....was sceptical bout remapping the car and then decided to bite the bullet and get stage 1..

all i can say it transforms the car from a  quick car into a VERY quick car !!!!

no regrets 

[Thor]

i was a bit nervous on the Golf and in reality its far smoother to drive since mapped and the mid range and in gear performance is spot on 

Thats my experience since i got mine done a couple of weeks ago, no regrets, would do it again in a heart beat.

[Janner_Sy]

theyare absolute weapons once remapped, massively under tuned as standard

[markc]

Hi,

A recent ED30 buyer myself, remapped within 3 weeks of having the car  .  The difference is Night and Day my mate, but dont worry, you will soon learn to moderate the throttle in the first 2 or even 3 gears.  It's still a very driveable car mapped though, you just need to 'think' a little more than usual when you want to bury it.

Your car will turn into a bit of a monster at around 300bhp, but your gonna love it !!  There's virtually nothing on the road to touch a mapped ED30.  Hot hatches really shouldn't be this quick     

[john_o]

driveability is fine with most ED30 remaps 
they do tend to come on boost quite quickly though lol

my stg1 APR review
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3567.0.html

but I would quite equally recommend REVO.

work out what suits your needs best in terms of tuneability and switching methods.

if you are manual , I would also budget for a clutch at some point, or dsg software if not.
you may find the additional power may frustrate you unless you bring some other things up to spec like engine mounts / WALK kit /tyres etc. whats  marginal at 230 bhp is easily an achilles heel at 300 ish

however its a definite DO IT  from me

[SO8]

If you have an Edition 30 and it's not mapped you need to be having a quiet word with yourself in a dark corner! Completely transforms the car for the good 

I couldn't agree more !!   

I had my Ed 30 mapped via Superchips Bluefin and the difference was stunning - it was so smooth, progressive and quick ... it really suits the car ... there is no torque steer, just masses of acceleration.

Do it !! 

[Becca88]

Im in the same boat, debating on Remapping mine, atleast i was ... from reading all these comments it is going to be done soon (i hope lol) Servicing it on Wednesday then getting tyres then a remap is definatley on the cards 

[golfather]

Cheers for the comments guys, just as I expected 

Trouble is, the standard brakes and suspension on the car are hardly up to the job anyway, so once mapped, they will be lethal.

So a fairly smallish bill will end up being a few K by the time you finish !

Anyone tried the MRC map on their ED?
Mihneas always done my Audis, and I know he's pretty good with the Ed too:

http://www.mrctuning.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47:golf-30&catid=53:volkswagen-golf-edition-30&Itemid=62

Any experiences here?