Should have a water meth kit ordered for the new year, trying to decide whether to go AEM or Devils Own eventially ending with my car running a hybrid turbo which leads me onto software.
Current plans involve me heading to Shark Performance in the new year for my car to be custom tuned to take account of the new cooling mods i have fitted and the tbe ill have fitted in Jan. Theres quite alot of potential in the engine now the heat issues have gone away. The only issue being the map isn't adjustable/switchable once installed so water meth injection can only be used as a bolt on mod and the map not tuned for it because if i tune for it the wmi needs to operate all the time which isn't an route I want to go down. The shame is that if the ecu wasn't encrypted I could use the shark sts system to switch maps but it won't work on encrypted ecu's, then I wouldn't be looking else where.
So the only other options for switchable maps are from either APR or REVO which would allow me to have multiple maps on hand for use with and without WMI.
APR are the safer option as they tend to err on the cautious side of tuning, however I've only found 1 guy, luckily local to me with an APR stage 2 which goes very well indeed, but he has had a couple mis fire issues. This would allow me to switch to a higher octane map with the cruise stalk when using meth. Another positive is they are currently working towards a hybrid upgrade so its a future proofed tune. Truth be told when I originally looked for a remap the toss up was between APR and Shark, but Shark made an offer that couldn't be refused.
REVO, as you might have guessed have never been my favourite tuner, as I sometimes think can push it to far to attain figures. Plus a fair few mates have had issues a plenty with them on other cars incl the 1.4tsi. I've seen alot of issues with REVO tuned tfsi engines, however the majority of time could easily be attributed to guys fiddling with their settings with the SPS switches after the map has been installed. At leadt with the 1.4tsi your limited to changing settings to preset maps B or C which is essentially just a higher octane map ideal for WMI usage.
One positive for REVO I think is that they have easily tuned the largest amount of vehicles for the 1.4TSI hence, as a result have experienced the highest amount of issues since they have the majority, so they know their way around this engine better than pretty much all the other tuners and their latest versions obviously reflect that.
So I'm in a predicament
Do I stay with Shark and have them custom map it and have the water meth as a pure bolt on mod only, but require further custom mapping when I go hybrid at a later date. They have a very good map but not future proofed for my planned modifications. I have good history with Shark and customer and aftersales support are exemplary.
Or go with APR who will have a very safe option but not make as much as revo, but can support future mods as they are already developing hybrid options, but have a scarce UK dealer network.
Or go REVO who have the most experience with this engine, lots of dealerships, of which some are skoda retailers so warranty is helped along, but could push it to far potentially causing in issue.
Choices choices.
