apac

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It is a 2012 TDCI Duratorq 2.2 the newest model. I beleive you can get devices that map them, one is called an Evolution Genius system.

RICHARD J

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Where are you?

apac

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Sorry, should have said, Cardiff. Willing to travel within reason..

Andrew

Frenchwood

Apparently (don't know from personal experience) but the best thing you can do the Duratorq is to gut the DPF and re-map.

I know someone who did this to their focus and saw huge power gains and better fuel economy.

apac

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Ok, these filters sound like nothing but trouble from what i have read. All i am after is better fuel economy and a smoother map with no flat spots. I wonder if the dpf is hard to remove?

Frenchwood

Yeah, they're supposed to be self cleaning, but in the end only cost £££ as they eventually die.

The focus I mentioned was 4 years old, with 80k on the clock and had to have a new one. £800 for the part alone. Needless to say, a £350 removal and remap was the best thing he ever did to that car!

tarquin crispin

try bluefin £320 for the handheld unit they send you the map only problem the bluefin is locked to your vehicle

apac

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That sounds quite cheap. Some units cost over a grand. I was hoping that there would be a mapper out there that would do it for me. The truck is still under warranty at present so not sure i can remove the dpf. A map should be undetectable as there is no software put on the ecu(as far as i know)' just a change of parameters. There are lots of companys on the net advertising this kind of service, but i'd rather use someone with good rep.

mikescooby

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Ask duncan (racedynamix) he maps any car and i was asking about mapping the new vw golf gtd and about the DPF. I would also recommend removing it. More crap the car dont need and to restict lol. If i get one it will be roved and mapped

apac

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Thanks mate. I will contact him and see what he says

mikescooby

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Thats ok. He said the vw 2011year onwards the cars cant be mapped through the plug port and the only way to map it is buy takeing the ecu out of the car. So im not sure about fords though as he said the car compans are trying to make it hard to remap cars but always away around it

phil1981

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Could always ask Simon @ jgm

apac

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Bob Rawle has always done the remapping on my imprezas. He would be my prefered mapper, though i have no idea if this kind of mapping is his forte i.e tuning diesel trucks . The ford ranger is mapped via the OBD port. That is all i know, and as mentioned, the ecu may have to be removed to do the job, so not what you might call an on the road mapping .....

djr

Be carefull regarding warranty if you remap it the warranty will be void on the pcm,engine,trans,etc

apac

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There's always got to be a spoil sport , yep that is the case, but surely you would have to go looking for any parameter changes to the stock ecu setup. Obviously a missing dpf in the exhaust system would be a warranty breaker anyway.

steveo69

Have a chat with Duncan, hes done my mates Mondy estate, same engine, with impressive results.... Top bloke too, he maps mine and most of our club cars... He travels too!

apac

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Cool, thanks Steve. That fills me with hope. As you say same TDCI engine.

Frenchwood

When the focus had its DPF removed, it was actually taken off, cut open from the top, "gutted" and welded back together, so it looks like it's still got one on it!!

apac

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Funnily enough i found a YouTube tutorial of someone doing just that. They just drilled out all the inside filter stuff

Frenchwood

That's the jobby!

I also know of people that have modded Catalytic converters in the same fashion!