Mike P

I'm considering a remap on my MY98, although I haven't decided what route to go down yet. Having read the forums a lot then particular names come up against certain ECUs (ECUtek, Apexi, etc).

What I'm curious about is are mappers generally comfortable working across different aftermarket systems? I would have thought the most important thing is understanding what can or can't be done to a car of a certain spec, rather than the exact hardware that the map is running on - if you tune a Scoob well do you care what engine management hardware is running?

Is this a fair comment, or am I grossly oversimplifying an arcane and mysterious process? It wouldn't be the first time if I am

TopBanana

Fair comment. Although for some ECUs you need to buy very expensive software which prevents mappers getting involved. Also, some ECU manufacturers seem to have their preferred tuners eg GEMS / Steve Simpson

TonyFlow

i know bob, pat etc map different ecu's - motec, link, ecutek, gems etc think there a advantages and disadvantages to each one (although a motec would be luvverly)!!!

Mike P

That's sounding pretty positive then.

The whole train of thought was sparked off by the fact that the Apexi Power FC and AVC-R look like a good match to my needs. The only issue is that I'm in London and Andy F, the mapper most commonly associated with them, is based in Edinburgh, I think.

CustomScoobyIOM

Andy will travel if you pay costs....

Andy.F

Also some mappers have the import rights fairly well secured for their brand of ECU, making it more expensive for their competitors.

Mike - you have a PM

Andy

Mike P

Hi Andy,

PM'd you back with some more info about the changes I'm thinking of making.

Cheers

Mike