Anyone ECU Mapped/Tuned a VW Golf MK4, 1.6L??

[gecko2k]

I guess all these things you might be able to work out using google, Vortex etc.

If you really wanna keep your shell, then be prepared to fork out a LOT of money or keep the engine standard and stick with what you already have...

[parso_rex]

We could tune it but I wouldn't do it because the gains would be crap for the reasons mentioned above and I wouldn't be able to sleep at night after stealing your money
honestly I reckon just wait and get a GTI or A3 1.8T. Theres also the 1.8T polo's to consider and I've spied a nice one for sale up the street for sale today actually

[kai_h]

Performance gains on a N/A car from a remap are minimal at best. 10% gains are very optimistic. You'll most likely get 3-5kW at best, and a few extra Nm of torque. Maybe better fuel economy and maybe better throttle response, but minimal gains across the board in power and torque.
I chipped my MkIII VR6 as it was only $300 at the time and I realistically got maybe an extra 5kW at best on a 130kW engine. I looked into chipping my Bora 4Motion with the 24V VR6 and for the same gains, it was going to be more like $1k. So not worth it.

Chipping a turbo engine is s different story altogether. Gains of 20-30kW are not uncommon for the same $$$.

[kendog]

Thanks. Good, real world example. It's looking more and more like leave it & try to forget about it, or prep mine ready for sale and start looking for a mechanically good GTI...

I should've bought the $5000 one I saw on Mon arvo (even though the other guy said he'd take it before I could even go for the test drive to know what it felt like!). Bad paint, but if I rubbed it back and went matte/satin black anyway, that wouldn't be too expensive. That's ok, another one may pop up for that cheap.