But it is better than a Revo map...
On what basis though? You must have first hand experience of having both?
R-tech are hardly an emerging brand in the UK, they are very well known within the VAG community. Just as much so as Revo, to the "enthusiasts" at least.
They might well be well known in the VAG scene but that is predominantly with the 1.8T which is vastly different to the 2.0TFSI and they are new with the 2.0TFSI in comparison. Hence all this very recent R&D done on James K04 and posting about how they cant wait to start working on a BT 2.0TFSI setup. I asked about getting my twincharger mapped there and they werent interested in developing software for a couple more years. So, say they decide next month that they are going to start 1.4TSI R&D, does the fact that they are well renowned in the VAG scene make up for the 3-4 years of extra R&D and tuning experience thes e "flash tuners" have on the 1.4TSI....no it doesnt.
Nick at Rtech is very very very knowledgeable. Not saying that the chief mappers at Revo aren't but you don't get them mapping your car, you get a map they wrote on ANOTHER car put onto yours, which may be slightly different.
That he might be, but also bear in mind, he doesn't write software from the ground up on every custom map he does as he himself has even pointed this out in several posts on here. He has developed a solid base map(developed on ANOTHER car) which he will upload and then customize from there. This is no different really to a REVO maps being applied to the car and the likes of JKM, PDT etc then adjusting the settings and logs to suit the car and mods.
Wow this thread took off
The difference between Revo & R-Tech is that with Revo you adjust 3 parameters across
the whole rev range nick can fine tune each individual aspect of the map at any given point. For example, if there is a flat spot at 5200rpm (say a fuel cut type thing) nick can alter that specific rev band to correct. With Revo you would have to alter whatever factor (of the 3 you can adjust)that is causing the problem over the whole rev range, which means there is always a compromise. You can't adjust how or where in the rev range the turbo spools etc either. I could go on . . .
Your absolutely right, it's a base map
fine tuned to the specific hardware of your car and how you want to drive it. No compromises.
You could take a graph of a Revo car to Nick and ask him to recreate that on your car if you so wanted. . .
I'm not trying to spam the thread or sell a product here. I just don't get the impression that people "get" what R-Tech are about
At the end of the day, you get the same(ish) peak figure from either Revo, APR, R-Tech, PDT etc. How much you want to pay for that increase is up to the individual
I get what you mean about Revo mapping thousands of cars etc but in reality they have "tuned" one car and their dealer network has uploaded that map onto thousands of cars. Not the same as fine tuning lots of cars in front of you, each with individual running issues etc. Nick is always learning new techniques and ways to get more out of VAG engines (TIV mapping for example) so you could say his R&D never stops. . .
Just to be clear I'm not against any of the big brands at all (will be going somewhere different for the Scirocco - wouldn't rule out Revo
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I just like the
FACTS to be right on here, that's all. Not selling anything or criticising anyone's products
@Hedge - took you long enough to bite
