Lincolnbaggie Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Just heard a rumour that they have stopped trading ; anyone else hear this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Removed Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 FFS! I was booked in on the 20th July to have my UTEC mapped! shame to lose the tuners with most experience in installing and mapping APS kits too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 FFS! I was booked in on the 20th July to have my UTEC mapped! shame to lose the tuners with most experience in installing and mapping APS kits too Probably as well it happened before you took it in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 FFS! I was booked in on the 20th July to have my UTEC mapped! shame to lose the tuners with most experience in installing and mapping APS kits too Probably as well it happened before you took it in why? Chris was very confident when i spoke to him at JTS and would have been sorted in 2 hours max. just a case of getting familiarised with the UTEC layout and interface, then anyone who knows what they are doing re. mapping would more than capable of doing it, and he does (as the many TT Z on std internals around can testify). Wasn't expecting on having any issues whatsoever, worst case scenario would have just meant pressing a button and reversing to map 0 (stock map, ECU 100% in control) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 FFS! I was booked in on the 20th July to have my UTEC mapped! shame to lose the tuners with most experience in installing and mapping APS kits too Probably as well it happened before you took it in why? Chris was very confident when i spoke to him at JTS and would have been sorted in 2 hours max. just a case of getting familiarised with the UTEC layout and interface, then anyone who knows what they are doing re. mapping would more than capable of doing it, and he does (as the many TT Z on std internals around can testify). Wasn't expecting on having any issues whatsoever, worst case scenario would have just meant pressing a button and reversing to map 0 (stock map, ECU 100% in control) Could you not trade him a beer for some of his time if its so easy? Do you need any specific software that they have and you dont? Otherwise dont see why you couldnt ask to do it as a personal favour for a few beers Can always revert to stock if needed as you say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl114 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Chris i like your way of thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prescience Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Wow very sorry to hear this Sorry too for the APS boys since this gives them a bit of a headache Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl114 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Wow very sorry to hear this Sorry too for the APS boys since this gives them a bit of a headache Whys that? Are there no other places in the UK that can service and look after them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Could you not trade him a beer for some of his time if its so easy? Do you need any specific software that they have and you dont? Otherwise dont see why you couldnt ask to do it as a personal favour for a few beers Can always revert to stock if needed as you say. need a dyno!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Wow very sorry to hear this Sorry too for the APS boys since this gives them a bit of a headache Whys that? Are there no other places in the UK that can service and look after them? usually if you have issues you go back to your original installer and since WRC were APS official delaers, it was a good position to start from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prescience Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Could you not trade him a beer for some of his time if its so easy? Do you need any specific software that they have and you dont? Otherwise dont see why you couldnt ask to do it as a personal favour for a few beers Can always revert to stock if needed as you say. need a dyno!!! I know you spoke to Mark at TDI about this and didn't match up but IIRC his view was that 4 hours was about the minimum to tune a car given no advanced knowledge of the unit. In my view 2 hours was going to be very tight indeed. You could speak to Scott/Dan at Abbey whom Im sure could help you out but it is a bit of a trek and I don't think they'd consider 2 hours enough either? Perhaps WRCT were keen on getting your business? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Could you not trade him a beer for some of his time if its so easy? Do you need any specific software that they have and you dont? Otherwise dont see why you couldnt ask to do it as a personal favour for a few beers Can always revert to stock if needed as you say. need a dyno!!! Ahh course, I was being a numb nutt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I've already got a proper map made by (Gus) Westpak on Jaysen's (tech admin) old car who had very similar mods to mine. It's just a matter of adapting it to my Z. TDi and Abbey are way too far, not worth the trip unfortunately. (I didn't contact Mark since he's in the deep south, I did speak multiple times with TDi North guy (been so long I've forgotten his name!) who seemed ok with it but has never managed to fit me in. WRC said 2 max 3 hrs which is realistic imo also no installation time required as it's already in place incl. remote map switch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I did speak multiple times with TDi North guy (been so long I've forgotten his name!) who seemed ok with it but has never managed to fit me in. /quote] It's Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl114 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Wow very sorry to hear this Sorry too for the APS boys since this gives them a bit of a headache Whys that? Are there no other places in the UK that can service and look after them? usually if you have issues you go back to your original installer and since WRC were APS official delaers, it was a good position to start from I see that makes sense. i feel sorry for those people now then as their 1 year warranty is worthless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prescience Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I've already got a proper map made by (Gus) Westpak on Jaysen's (tech admin) old car who had very similar mods to mine. It's just a matter of adapting it to my Z. TDi and Abbey are way too far, not worth the trip unfortunately. (I didn't contact Mark since he's in the deep south, I did speak multiple times with TDi North guy (been so long I've forgotten his name!) who seemed ok with it but has never managed to fit me in. WRC said 2 max 3 hrs which is realistic imo also no installation time required as it's already in place incl. remote map switch Gothca So you were either going to: - take an initial (small) risk and put Jaysen's map in, switch in and see whether the car ran as is OR - adjust Jaysen's map by a safety margin (say add some timing through the revs), run with that and wind the safety margin out Then tune from there? I would've gone Plan B but either would've saved some time I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 map's already in and actually ran on it for a few miles a while back with no issues. Thing is though, the map is not going to be 100% tailor made for MY car, hence the need to "refining it" on a dyno also to see bhp/tq increase/decrease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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