can i found out if my car is remapped?

[streetbeefGTI]

hi guys, right basically i bought my 2005 gti in july and its been great, i fitted an air filter from AMD shortly after i got it and it was very wooshy  it didnt seem that slow back then, but recently its become very sluggish so i ordered the uprated diverter valve and fitted it today, all i can say is OMG the performace is amazing the air filter is no way near as loud now as it was, but i swear it goes WAY WAY WAY better than a standard gti the in gear acceleration is phenomenal 30-70 is so quick, sorry to rant on for a while but is there a way i can find out if it has been remapped?
thanks in advance
 

[john87]

hi,

Apart from having a dyno run performed, there's not many ways in my view...even dealers can't detect a remap 

[bacillus]

log the boost or MAF intake with vcds...

[streetbeefGTI]

what should the standard boost be mate?

[jamma]

Try this . Do 80 mph and put you foot down half way , if it changes down its standard . If its mapped it won't change down as no need , bhp and torque are up and it just pulls . That's what happens with mine anyway from standard to stage 1 . You could drive a standard gti , I think standard is pretty slow to be honest that's why I just had to have a map . Although my previous car was a 911 so that didn't help lol

[jamma]

Forgot to say I am assuming you have dsg when I say to put foot half way down and see if it changes down

[rich83]

Jamma I don't think that's a scientific method of ascertaining if a car is remapped.

[jamma]

Jamma I don't think that's a scientific method of ascertaining if a car is remapped.

It's a good indication though IMO 

[rich83]

Not really because how can you define how much the accelerator is being pressed.

As has been said. Either rolling road of log the MAF!

[Nasir]

Try this . Do 80 mph and put you foot down half way , if it changes down its standard . If its mapped it won't change down as no need , bhp and torque are up and it just pulls . That's what happens with mine anyway from standard to stage 1 . You could drive a standard gti , I think standard is pretty slow to be honest that's why I just had to have a map . Although my previous car was a 911 so that didn't help lol

DSG adapts itself to each driver, this method of finding out a map won't work.

[Hedge]

Jamma I don't think that's a scientific method of ascertaining if a car is remapped.

It's a good indication though IMO 

Do you use a pine cone to forecast the weather? 

[PDT]

Easy, visit a local tuner, ask them to read your map and compate it with a stock version with the same software variation.

[Top Cat]

This thread is ace. 

[Andy]

Jamma I don't think that's a scientific method of ascertaining if a car is remapped.

It's a good indication though IMO 

Do you use a pine cone to forecast the weather? 

I still do and if the cows are lying donw in the field

[jamma]

    ok let me explain what I mean.

Obviously the map makes the car a lot quicker so I can tell straight away as I have something to compare it with, if the OP was to get someone to drive his car who owns a gti mapped ot not mapped they could tell straight away .

So if someone mapped my car or took the map off I could tell within seconds, slow as oppossed to fast 

simples