/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/book.gifThe topic has been discussed and thrown around here a few times but there have really been no real answers as to what to do / which way is better in terms of value for money.
The story is this:
I have no real ambitions in to having my standard ECU chipped/remapped/flashed/{insert funky word here} due to the overrated costs involved with playing around a factory item. Alot of the people out there will argue until theyre black & blue about the remapping, but thats not the question I have.
For serious power gains, I understand that fully programmable engine management far outdoes piggyback systems, but for a cost which sometimes is double/triple/quadriple the price of a good piggyback system.
I want to hear stories about people's associations with the two, ie: how things interracted with the audi ecu, how things were integrated into place, etc. etc.
Im only interested in peoples opinions and not recommendations. Afterall, every $$ spent has to be accounted for and real world tuneability needs to remain, as well as a daily, street driven tune.
Anyone with information/preferences of product, please let me/us (considering alot of us B5'ers tend to want extra power) know of type, pro's and con's of the system and where to find it.
Ideally, I would love for there to be a plug-in type of engine management system for the '96 TQ, but, in the Real World, this will never be the case (unless ofcourse you actually have done the R&D, and have had the time to market and produce the product yourself).
Sorry to the guys who would prefer to tell me/us all about the benefits of remapping. Its just out of the question for me (yes, bad experiences with 'chip tuners').
Thanks in Advance.
The story is this:
I have no real ambitions in to having my standard ECU chipped/remapped/flashed/{insert funky word here} due to the overrated costs involved with playing around a factory item. Alot of the people out there will argue until theyre black & blue about the remapping, but thats not the question I have.
For serious power gains, I understand that fully programmable engine management far outdoes piggyback systems, but for a cost which sometimes is double/triple/quadriple the price of a good piggyback system.
I want to hear stories about people's associations with the two, ie: how things interracted with the audi ecu, how things were integrated into place, etc. etc.
Im only interested in peoples opinions and not recommendations. Afterall, every $$ spent has to be accounted for and real world tuneability needs to remain, as well as a daily, street driven tune.
Anyone with information/preferences of product, please let me/us (considering alot of us B5'ers tend to want extra power) know of type, pro's and con's of the system and where to find it.
Ideally, I would love for there to be a plug-in type of engine management system for the '96 TQ, but, in the Real World, this will never be the case (unless ofcourse you actually have done the R&D, and have had the time to market and produce the product yourself).
Sorry to the guys who would prefer to tell me/us all about the benefits of remapping. Its just out of the question for me (yes, bad experiences with 'chip tuners').
Thanks in Advance.
