Hi, what are people opinions on mapping as far as dynos go......Am i gona get better results if i go somwhere that has an in house rolling road or will i get as good, if not better results with having it set up on some twisty back roads?

 

What part of the country are you in? Will try to point you towards a GOOD mapper in your area.

 

Issue discussed at length here

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...hlight=mapping

Mapper is the most important consideration.

Ns04

 

I live between Bath & Bristol.

 

Bob Rawle then ....... he is swindon way and a member on here, private him for a quote or his help. Top guy

Either that or the boys at Power station

 

Personally, I found the open road is the better option.

Rollers are good to get it up and running correctly - but on the road you can perfect the final tweeks to any glitches which don't seem aparrent whilst on the dyno.

Overall though, both are just as good....it's more down to the person doing the work rather than the equipment.

 

Already spoke to powerstation...they did some good work on mates evo7.
Anyone had any experience with them & are they anygood?

 

Yes they are good, they do the work for Ian Litchfield. As previously mentioned I would have a chat with Bob Rawle though, he is very well thought of on here.

He is on-line at the moment too.

Gary

 

I don't have any personal experience of Bob Rawle but I know a guy with a Type R in south Wales who rates him (along with most people on SN).

By reputation he seems to be up there with Andy F (based in Scotland).

I can however vouch for Powerstation, they mapped my bugeye WRX and I'm more than happy with the results. Powerstation have a superb setup and have excellent geometry and dyno facilities. As previously said, they do all the post-import mapping, servicing and warranty work for Litchfield Imports.

I'll be getting all my future work done there (had my service done last Monday), except perhaps a full engine rebuild which I'd consider API Engines for........

Anyway, back to your question. Bob Rawle is a non-dyno mapper based near Swindon and charges ~£650 +VAT (IIRC). Powerstation dyno map and are ~£600 +VAT.

The choice is yours.

 

Had my wrx my01 mapped at Powerstation...What can I say? I fitted a Typoon induction kit and with Powerstation remap,they managed to squeeze 302bhp!! not bad

 

the main reason for tuning on a dyno is to be able to load it at a certain rpm and tune the various maps in realtime. you cannot do this with the subaru ECU...therefore that benefit is gone.

that aside it is the ease of being able to do multiple full throttle runs without having to dodge traffic that most tuners user them. i map my own car on the road and believe it ultimatley gives you a better map in terms of response and driveability.


calvin.

 

Having had several cars running different mappable ecu's. I can 100% assure everyone that on the road mapping is better!

My current car was mapped on the rollers, by wallace performance in Aberdeen, its ok map wise, but could be better.

 

can hardly believe thats mines a 01 wrx, and is making 256bhp at the fly, and thats with a full system, green panel and ecutek remap boosting to 1.3bar, it makes 272bhp at 1.4bar which I do not run.

Some dyno#s give out massive figures which are NOT correct !!

 

bbigman2000:

Those are crap figures, you should have had your car mapped on a dyno

Rich

 

 

Andy make your mind up who you are going to post as ... Powerstation or Fuzz .... lol

all the best

bob

 

there is a group buy going on with Powerstation mapping at the moment if you want to join in that one at £499 + vat

 

I'm off Ill Bob, I'm sticking to my own user name unless I'm AT work ON business.

Andy

 

bbigman2000 you should of got Andy Forrest to map your car than Wallace performance