*** All your Revo question's and answer's in here please. ***

[gazbutS3]

how olds your car pal, there are revisions to the DV and the later ones seem to be a bit stronger

[Boothy]

Its an 05 plate.......or it will be when I pick it up in a few days.

[Edition30]

Im guessing you will have one of the first types as its an 05 plate. Surely you can just do the valve for piece of mind assurance that it will last.

Does anyone know if i can try the Revo free trial after trying the APR free trial?

[SteveP]

Im guessing you will have one of the first types as its an 05 plate. Surely you can just do the valve for piece of mind assurance that it will last.

Does anyone know if i can try the Revo free trial after trying the APR free trial?

Yes you can, but it would advisable to make sure you let the Revo agent know you have had a trial from another tuner first 

[Edition30]

I will try it out this Friday then when I get paid, cant afford to be putting anymore petrol in this week. Used a full tank of petrol in the first 24 hours of getting my licence back 

[Tfsi_Mike]

Has anyone had Stage 2+ on stock clutch (as i have at the min) then upgraded the clutch and noticed the car putting the power down better?  Power engine to wheels not so much wheels to road


Many thanks

Anyone?

[Hurdy]

Hi Mike,

There are quite a few people who have had clutch slip with a remap using the stock clutch. A few have gone for a Sach's clutch upgrade, but I haven't seen any write-ups in the review section.

[Boothy]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!

I had my car booked in for the stage 1 REVO doing this weekend and I've ended up cancelling it because people keep saying that things go wrong with various bits and bobs once the cars running the extra power.
 I've seen people talking about clutch slip, new clutches, spark plugs blowing, coil packs going, engine mounts busting amongst other things.
 
Just what is the crack with reliability?

I've only owned the car for a week or so and I really wanted to get the remap done but now I'm worried everythings gonna start going ka-put if I do. Its got about 40k on the clock so am I likely to start seeing things go wrong if I finally grow some bollocks and get it done?

Decisions decisions.

[WhiteGTI]

Your clutch should be fine. Not many people complain of slipping clutches on a GTI - mostly on ED30's. I can only recall two people that have mentioned clutch slip on a GTI. If you treat it properly then it will be fine.

Spark plugs? Heard nothing about that. When remapped it is recommended that you change them earlier than the VW Service regime recommends, thats all!!

Coil packs - thats a known problem with many different cars. I don't think its especially re-map related though. I understand that there have been a few revisions of the coil packs for the Golf from the early models, so you can get the latest revision if you're worried about them.

Engine mounts - never heard of a 'busted' engine mount due to a remap. You may choose to uprate them, so that your car copes better with getting the increased power on the road.

I've had REVO stage 2 on my GTI since November 2008, and have not had a single problem. I would say that with GTI owners (not ED30) probably 95% on this forum have not had a remap related issue with their GTI.

The only thing you should really change is the DV, which if you go for a revision G VW part is only about £30!

It is said that VW alllow around a 40% headroom on their cars - as do their other German counterparts.

Do it, you won't regret it!!!

[gazbutS3]

^^^^wot he says ^^^^

[john_o]

give the car a month for you to get a 'feel' for whats normal, then remap it   
With the extra fun comes extra risk of things breaking but these cars are tough.
On a GTI the stage 1 is a no brainer, ED30 clutch is a risk on manual cars but otherwise WhiteGTI has its summed up.
There are plenty on here that probably push their cars way above where you want to go (for now  )
Can always remove it too.

[Boothy]

Thanks for the reassurance guys  . Think I'll do what John_o said and run it for a month or so to see if there are any teething problems and get a feel for the car before I have it done. The money is there (providing I don't go get the Miltek and Induction kit) so theres no rush.

[WhiteGTI]

 

[SteveP]

Any further questions please post a new topic