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Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« on: October 31, 2013, 06:36:56 pm »
They have a rolling road so going to get my cars power levels checked, anyone used them?

They say they monitor AFR  and boost, what is AFR??

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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2013, 06:51:08 pm »
Heard of the from a mate with an Evo. Haven't used them myself though so don't know. I'm looking to remap the car at the end of Nov so would be good to head up (from Edinburgh) for a RR & printout. Do Star Performance have a rolling road?

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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2013, 06:59:37 pm »
AFR is Air Fuel Ratio mate.

Can't help on the place though sorry!  :signLOL:
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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2013, 07:26:45 pm »
Heard of the from a mate with an Evo. Haven't used them myself though so don't know. I'm looking to remap the car at the end of Nov so would be good to head up (from Edinburgh) for a RR & printout. Do Star Performance have a rolling road?

Not sure bout Star mate, not used them. Autohaus in Edinburgh are good for remaps, they did my initial revo one. They now only do APR tho and don't have a rolling road.

Konzeptautohaus in Glasgow are also good and do Revo. However they also don't have a RR.

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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2013, 08:30:45 am »
Heard of the from a mate with an Evo. Haven't used them myself though so don't know. I'm looking to remap the car at the end of Nov so would be good to head up (from Edinburgh) for a RR & printout. Do Star Performance have a rolling road?

Not sure bout Star mate, not used them. Autohaus in Edinburgh are good for remaps, they did my initial revo one. They now only do APR tho and don't have a rolling road.

Konzeptautohaus in Glasgow are also good and do Revo. However they also don't have a RR.

Homer, I've saw your car at Autohaus.  :wink: They are my local garage (2 mins from work) so I get on quite well with Stevie and the lads.

As you say they do APR stuff now so no diesel remap (I'll be going with Ben and Shark Performance anyway) but really top notch work.

They can also buy in VW Racing stuff for you if ever necessary.  :happy2:

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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2013, 08:40:41 am »
Do Star Performance have a rolling road?
Yes they do but having read a few recent posts it may not be as good nowadays  :ashamed: as I knew it to be
« Last Edit: November 02, 2013, 08:30:29 am by voorhees »

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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2013, 09:08:18 am »
Falkland Performance are good(also revo dealers). Try them they have a rolling road. Only 2wd though. Konzept Auto are the people i used for my software. You pay for what you get. I don't rate star performance at all. :wink:
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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2013, 09:31:53 am »
I don't rate star performance at all. :wink:
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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2013, 02:27:44 pm »
I don't rate star performance at all. :wink:
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Im not saying  Jim  is not a top bloke...I know plenty of people that have gone to him and been happy but my personal experience Im just saying i dont rate the remaps.

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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2013, 02:31:38 pm »
Stan at eco tune is doing pretty well for himself as well with the apr software. :smiley:

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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2013, 04:54:59 pm »
Heard of the from a mate with an Evo. Haven't used them myself though so don't know. I'm looking to remap the car at the end of Nov so would be good to head up (from Edinburgh) for a RR & printout. Do Star Performance have a rolling road?

Not sure bout Star mate, not used them. Autohaus in Edinburgh are good for remaps, they did my initial revo one. They now only do APR tho and don't have a rolling road.

Konzeptautohaus in Glasgow are also good and do Revo. However they also don't have a RR.


Homer, I've saw your car at Autohaus.  :wink: They are my local garage (2 mins from work) so I get on quite well with Stevie and the lads.

As you say they do APR stuff now so no diesel remap (I'll be going with Ben and Shark Performance anyway) but really top notch work.

They can also buy in VW Racing stuff for you if ever necessary.  :happy2:

Haha small world! Next time you see my car have a look for me and let me know who you are! Aye Stevie and Davey Re good guys, have had quite a few things done from them over the years.

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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2013, 05:00:19 pm »
Falkland Performance are good(also revo dealers). Try them they have a rolling road. Only 2wd though. Konzept Auto are the people i used for my software. You pay for what you get. I don't rate star performance at all. :wink:

Do we not only need a 2wd rolling road for the GTI?

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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2013, 07:08:27 pm »
Sorry to Hijack your thread but where's the best place to get my GT 140 chipped/Mapped and whats it likely to cost?  I have a mate who works at VW and they do REVO remaps for £300 iirc (this might be wrong price) :confused:



I used Dastek years ago when i was in the Nissan 200sx club. We had a block booking and a few cars got done. this would have been 8 or 9 yeras ago so cant really remember.
« Last Edit: November 01, 2013, 07:10:01 pm by Ant.W28LKR »

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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2013, 07:55:17 pm »
I'm with Graeme re star performance ... Had a remap and other good work on my old cupra but took my ed30 up for a giac stage 1 map. He openly admitted that he did no test after the map was added and had no evidence from vcds before or after. When I drove home it was clearly not right and as it's a 120m trip each way for me I took it to pdt who found it was pulling timing of about 9deg and only putting out about 245bhp. Jim was not very open to idea he'd not done a good job and needless to say I've not been back
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Re: Anyone used Dastek in Kircaldy?
« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2013, 10:49:42 am »
What did PDT do to it to resolve the issue?