Well what a day!
Andy & Alex at Storm Developments invited me down to have their latest Stage 1 put on at no extra cost, with rolling road session, which was great, but unfortunately it did not quite go to plan! Anyway, I was there a lot longer than planned, but I was happy, as I was surrounded by a 620bhp 911 Turbo S, a 710bhp Audi S3 with TTRS lump, several G60's, 2 MK2 race cars, a 450 bhp supercharged MK4 R32, an Audi R8, and several other modified cars from the VAG stable.
Anyway, My ECU would not accept the new file, and would not take back the Stage 1 they put on a few weeks ago! Andy said he'd never experienced anything like it with this engine, and they've done loads there. The car would not start either. However, the REVO tool erased everything, allowing the car to start. The equipment used for non-REVO maps over-rides all other files apparently, and does not erase them, and my ECU was having none of it. I'm wondering if VW did something sneaky to it when I took it in there after I'd had the Storm/PDT Stage 1?
Anyway, after several attempts, it still wasn't having it. so Andy suggested a REVO Stage 1, which was on and done in seconds. Very impressive kit, and a lot smaller than the non-REVO one!
So after a 'spirited drive' to allow the car to get used to it, onto the rollers, and once everything was correctly configured, a handy 253 bhp and 295 lb/ft of torques! The acceleration is a lot less brutal from the off, and I don't get wheel hop if I get my throttle-feathering and clutch release timing wrong (quite frequent). It does feel a lot more linear through the whole rev range, and more powerful than before, but so far I have to say it doesn't feel as exciting as before.
. It's a shame as I was really looking forward to trying their new Stage 1, which they were very excited about.