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Revo vs Superchips
« on: August 20, 2011, 09:19:15 pm »
Forgive me as this has probobly been discused on the forum before. :ashamed:

I want a stage 1 re-map for my edition30.

I'm stuck between Revo & Superchips. Has anyone tried both or can anyone confirm which is the 'better' map.  Any help appreciated  :mad:


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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2011, 10:21:26 pm »
Best person to answer that is heavyD. Hes had more maps on'his car than services i think :grin:

I think those two maps are aimed at the opposite ends of the spectrum tbh.  Revo max power, bluefin less power less stress etc
« Last Edit: August 20, 2011, 10:23:03 pm by Janner_Sy »

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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2011, 11:19:52 pm »
I'd prefer revo,
It may just be me being silly  :ashamed: but...I don't like the idea of plugging in a handheld set that has a map on it for all VW golf "ed30" or "GTI" from 2006-2008 etc etc doesnt seem right, I'd rather have uploaded on a rolling road and adjustments made whilst under the supervision of a tuner who can say...it's lean or missing rather than me uploading it on my drive and then happy days!
I've never had bluefine but I've only heard good things about it! It's just my opinion and I may be wrong about the way it's uploaded as I've never done it  :smiley:
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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2011, 09:15:28 am »
The Bluefin map is indivdual to your car. You have to download your original map and send it to Superchips first, then they send the correct remap to you and you upload it back onto the car.

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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2011, 09:57:00 am »
One of the tuners posted a deal of £100 off the revo a couple days ago, can't for the life of me find it now though!
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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2011, 10:01:49 am »
One of the tuners posted a deal of £100 off the revo a couple days ago, can't for the life of me find it now though!

Think it's All REVO dealers, REVO summer sale.

Awesome are definitely doing it.  One of the REVO dealers on here posted it too

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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2011, 10:06:07 am »
The Bluefin map is indivdual to your car. You have to download your original map and send it to Superchips first, then they send the correct remap to you and you upload it back onto the car.

Not sure about that.  It may be individual in regards the various 'slight changes' during a model's life, but only by uploading a map, and using the 'test-monitor-Adjust' (Rolling road and live data logging on the road) method can you truly call a map individual and Bespoke.


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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2011, 10:10:04 am »
The Bluefin map is indivdual to the model of your  car (2.0T 200PS, 2.0T 230PS, 140PD etc etc etc). You have to download your original map and send it to Superchips first, then they send the correct remap to you and you upload it back onto the car.

Fixed that for you  :happy2:

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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2011, 11:17:24 am »
The Bluefin map is indivdual to your car. You have to download your original map and send it to Superchips first, then they send the correct remap to you and you upload it back onto the car.


Bluefin is a 1 size fits all option, no datalogging, no real tuning, just a good option for people tnat want something simple but effective. Massively lags behind many other options in both power figures and drivability.

However, if quick and easy interests the buyer over and above accuracy and performance  it is a good option.

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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2011, 11:35:12 am »
Ive had revo, superchips, PDTuning and shark performance remaps on my car.
The superchips was by far the worst map out of the lot. I would never get a superchips map again. Heres a rolling road  graph between revo and superchips at the same level of tuning (stage 2+ revo and stage 3 bluefin) the superchips map was the 3rd or 4th tweaked version to give the most power, as you can see, revo is by far a better remap.


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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2011, 02:26:50 pm »
Thanks for the replys.  I was looking hard at a superchips remap mainly cos of the convieniance. After some more carefull reading and the replies here I think it's revo all the way.

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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2011, 03:48:19 pm »
If your after convenience try the shark performance map with their STS handset. Same idea as the bluefin handset, but with a better map. Thats what heavyD is running now.

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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2011, 04:08:44 pm »
That's exactly what everyone said to me 3year ago but I still went for the Superchips. It may only be individual to the MODEL and LESS power but on the Gti that difference isny as substantial as the ED30 and I've been nothing but happy with mine. Drives like normal but with more poke.

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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2011, 04:14:12 pm »
Well i had the bluefin @ stage 1, 2 and 2+ on mine, and when having a run with my car at stage 2+ with every add on, it was still notably slower than the revo and shark performance stage 2 cars which were only on std fuel pump, hence why i changed to shark performance.  This is my experience including graphs etc http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,9088.0.html

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Re: Revo vs Superchips
« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2011, 04:19:32 pm »
And you didn't have an Edition 30 did you Sy?  :confused:

Make your choice either way you will be happy.
If you want out an out power figures go Revo. If you want something quite a bit quicker than stock go Superchips. At the end of the day it's your dollar.  :smiley: