Felon
Slightly odd.
Arrived 915 am. Miles (who did the work) plugged his kit in and got on with it. There was a slight problem with my battery not producing enough of a charge to complete the download of my ECU code but otherwise everything went exactly to plan. The job was done by 11 am and after a quick test drive by Miles first, then me, I was happy to pay and drive away.
This isnt the first time Ive had a remap (on a different car before A4 1.8T 190 QS at AMD) but I am really impressed with the car. It pulls hard smoothly and cleanly right through the rev range and according to Miles, will get better over the next few weeks.
I chose Custom Code over Revo because it seemed from some comments on this board that CC was less harsh than Revo. I cant really compare the two because I havent had the experience of Revo, but on balance felt that a smoother drive would suit me best. Put it this way, the 40 odd mile drive home to Winchester put plenty of smiles on my face and I look forward to many more.
Numbers wise, Storm reckon about 270bhp with an equivalent increase in torque. To be honest Im not bothered so much about the numbers its the way the car drives thats more important.
Otherwise, the service at Storm was excellent. Theres a nice big comfy leather sofa and a stack of car mags to read and the first thing they asked me was how I took my tea! Both Miles and Andy were sociable and happy to explain exactly what was going on as well as explain what they were doing to a variety of Golfs in their workshop (including fitting a 3.6L Q7 engine to a Golf Mk IV...)
I would be very happy to recommend them.
Hope thats useful to those on this board that are considering the same or something similar.
This isnt the first time Ive had a remap (on a different car before A4 1.8T 190 QS at AMD) but I am really impressed with the car. It pulls hard smoothly and cleanly right through the rev range and according to Miles, will get better over the next few weeks.
I chose Custom Code over Revo because it seemed from some comments on this board that CC was less harsh than Revo. I cant really compare the two because I havent had the experience of Revo, but on balance felt that a smoother drive would suit me best. Put it this way, the 40 odd mile drive home to Winchester put plenty of smiles on my face and I look forward to many more.
Numbers wise, Storm reckon about 270bhp with an equivalent increase in torque. To be honest Im not bothered so much about the numbers its the way the car drives thats more important.
Otherwise, the service at Storm was excellent. Theres a nice big comfy leather sofa and a stack of car mags to read and the first thing they asked me was how I took my tea! Both Miles and Andy were sociable and happy to explain exactly what was going on as well as explain what they were doing to a variety of Golfs in their workshop (including fitting a 3.6L Q7 engine to a Golf Mk IV...)
I would be very happy to recommend them.
Hope thats useful to those on this board that are considering the same or something similar.