What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

[theOctopus]

The website has been offline since the start of the year. If you look at jbsautodesigns.co.uk there's a good amount of info on there.

Basically, the Phase 2 is written to take account of larger downpipe, this is the major player in the requirement league. Anything else you do would be icing on the cake. Custom-Code are not actively writing new software for ME3.8, They have done tons over the years so files are written on experience and checked with logging.

If something drastic was noted from the logging, invariably it would be failed hardware. Dying fuel pumps, blown diverter valves, leaky vac pipes etc The software has plenty of test miles under it's belt and it's unlikely that some new hardware combination is going to turn up now.

Fitting a FMIC will mean cooler intake temps so the ECU would not need to pull timing to compensate as often. The car would run fine on a standard cooler but obviously, heat will come into play sooner. The same with intakes, any improvement in breathing will make power, even if it's a small amount.

Gavin

OK cool, Ive got a 3" downpipe to hiflow cat then stock to a straight through muffler (Middle muffler has been removed) I also have a shielded POD and a stock IC, based on the above, should I see a gain over the tune that I'm currently running?.

The current ECU is flashed with GIAC and has a chip adapter so the original can be swapped back in to the ECU if required, what would be the process to upgrade in this case, I've read your other thread about reinstalling the stock chip so would the swap back work in this case?

Cheers again

[h100vw]

OK cool, Ive got a 3" downpipe to hiflow cat then stock to a straight through muffler (Middle muffler has been removed) I also have a shielded POD and a stock IC, based on the above, should I see a gain over the tune that I'm currently running?.

The current ECU is flashed with GIAC and has a chip adapter so the original can be swapped back in to the ECU if required, what would be the process to upgrade in this case, I've read your other thread about reinstalling the stock chip so would the swap back work in this case?

Cheers again

Do GIAC not have a stage 2 file for yours? Not trying to do myself out of a job but the adapter is likely to be an encryption board and will probably prevent me from flashing through it. Have a word with Tim.

I am much happier working on 'clean' ECUs, from painful experience

Have you got/can you get a picture from inside the ECU?

Gavin

[Speed]

Thank you Gavin, all this info is VERY VERY helpful.
I also have a 3 in dump pipe of the turbo.
I'm not actually sure about my chip being hard soldiered, not sure if thats what the previous owner told me or not, so I will also be checking the inside of my ECU also.
For some reason I thought that a tune cost heaps more.
If I did go for a FMIC but kept stock intake and bearing in mind that I already have a 3inch dump, what sort of power could I expect at phase/stage 2.

All of a sudden our daily that was not going to be modded much, may... well be modded a bit!

[remy]

Installed this today, finally I can listen to MP3's again!



The red actually matches better than it looks in the pic

[Speed]

Installed this today, finally I can listen to MP3's again!

ooowh, that looks pretty.
What do the flappy paddles do?

[remy]

Flappy paddles control the DSG gearbox, obviously!

Haha no, they cycle through tracks and stations.

[Speed]

Sweet. Nice install - looks very clean & tidy!

[Golf-Sam]

Installed this today, finally I can listen to MP3's again!



The red actually matches better than it looks in the pic

That is a Very good choice of Unit ! top of the line ! how much did it set you back by any chance ?

[Speed]

Gave her a wash on the weekend.. except for the wheels.. got lazy and wanted to go for a drive!

[remy]

That is a Very good choice of Unit ! top of the line ! how much did it set you back by any chance ?

Cost me $370 from the States. I've got a few friends over there and one of them was coming home to visit his parents, so I got him to pick it up for me. I only just installed it yesterday so I'm looking forward to messing around with it to see what kinda functions it has.