MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Performance Modifications => Topic started by: dajonic on August 19, 2009, 04:22:34 pm
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I've just noticed an AMD badge on the engine cover so the question is does anyone know any simple basic steps to take to find out if my cars had any work done to it...chips, maps and the like? Would anything show up in vagcom maybe or has some one simply just put a sticker on? If it has then its a bonus but does anyone on here have experience of AMD? Cheers for any advice. :happy2:
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you thought of phoning AMD and asking them to check their records
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:congrats: for stating the obvious wigit...I'm waiting for AMD toget back to me. What I meant was in the mean time was there something other than a badge that I could check to say whether or not the car had been worked on. Any more smart ass comments not required.
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:surprised: jesus, you wont get much help being like that. im sure he was trying to help. Check the fuel pump and intercooler APR will have stickers on them if they sold them.
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If you have or know someone with VCDS you could check the flash counter of your ECU. :wink:
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:congrats: for stating the obvious wigit...I'm waiting for AMD toget back to me. What I meant was in the mean time was there something other than a badge that I could check to say whether or not the car had been worked on. Any more smart ass comments not required.
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Before looking under the bonnet for your AMD answers maybe ask yourself should i really have said this, has it helped my cause. :stupid: :fighting2:
And the answer is.
Nope!
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AmD likes to give out their stickers ALOT
so the previous owner may have just turned up for a RR day and took a sticker!
if it doesn't feel that fast...then it doesn't have a remap. a remapped car is rather different to a standard one.
Other than that...AmD does loads of things....they mapped my car, fitted a Sachs clutch and installed my boost gauge for me.
Shaun and the boys at AmD are good people and i don't hesitate in recommending them to anyone that needs stuff doing if they're in the Lakeside region.
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:surprised: jesus, you wont get much help being like that. im sure he was trying to help. Check the fuel pump and intercooler APR will have stickers on them if they sold them.
mong moment you ahve AMD on there not APR :rolleye:
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Shaun and the lads at AMD know their VAG stuff, I've had lots done there, I did find a little black sticker on the boot once aswell.
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wow...light blue touch paper and retire...LOL. I'd just found out I've got another 2 months of nights when I read the first reply and wasn't in the best frame of mind when typing mine. Now taking foot out of mouth but obviously we've got a few cranky people on the board today :wink: Ps thanks to those with the constructive answers.
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sorry fella but it was meant as a constructive comment, talking to people on the phone is often overlooked in days of e-mails and forums, hoping they get back to you with chapter and verse
i do hope your including yourself in the cranky camp :wink:
group hug :grouphug:
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Oh yes def included myself in the cranky camp....I was looking for the group huge smiley too but couldn't find it?? :happy2:
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just keep us posted on the outcome :happy2:
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Oh yes def included myself in the cranky camp....I was looking for the group huge smiley too but couldn't find it?? :happy2:
Have one on me. :grouphug:
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:congrats: for stating the obvious wigit...I'm waiting for AMD toget back to me. What I meant was in the mean time was there something other than a badge that I could check to say whether or not the car had been worked on. Any more smart ass comments not required.
That is rather harsh, perhaps we should all stick our heads in the sand in future. :congrats:
Hope you find your answer, just dont ask me incase you open fire :fighting:
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Oh boy...add phil to the cranky pile! And we'd just worked it all out too. Hedge Is there a base value for the flash count in order to compare it with an AmD one? And Widget I'll be chasing them first thing in the morning. Fingers crossed for the car having some AmD goodies on it and bad news for then having to tell the insurers about them :sad1:
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your flash counter may still say zero even if the car has been mapped, its not a given
its ok fella i'm a grumpy f#cker to :drinking:
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Thanks wigit...I've recently bought the VCDS thing...was that the right set of initials?? So i'll be hours plugging the thing in and seeing what comes up. It took me 3 days to get my satnav coded correctly, not helped by a laptop whose battery dies after only an hour. Too many options and not a clue what I'm doing, makes for a good mix. Also Apologies....I think I managed to spell wigit different every time, my bad :ashamed: Thinking of changing my profile name to Cranky :smiley:
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I have an AmD sticker on my Mac Book Pro shall I phone them to see if it is on there records :P
Is exhaust standard? Order of mods is normally re-map then exhaust then other mods.
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:laugh: my :booty: off
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I can't make up my mind right now if i'm relieved or dissapointed. After talking to AmD I spoke to the main dealers who serviced the car and found out that no tuning work had been carried out while it was being serviced by them. A special thanks to the last guy whom shall remain nameless for giving out the personal details (postcode) for the last owners as thats the details which AmD hold on record. A quick call back to AmD and surprise surprise no work has been carried out by them. Maybe its fate....due the four year service and heading over to Streetwise Automotive in Bristol and maybe a little chat about their REVO products.
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glad it its resolved, justbeware of the revo coffee
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Just got off the phone with Mitch from Streetwise. Top bloke, well informed. The cars booked in for all sorts of servicing requirements and I think I just bought the revo Stage 1. Sounded to good to turn down really. He gets it next week for the servicing and checkover then providing everything checks out on goes the remap. Good job I'm getting new tyres tomorrow, think I'm going to need them. :innocent:
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Thinking of changing my profile name to Cranky :smiley:
Now thats a great idea :P