Dave_Bayern said:
Long story short, if you want a seemingly fast road car that has an early torque spike but no top end, then use Revo. If you want a much faster version of OEM with a very wide usable torque band and slightly more Bhp then go custom code.
Its not as 'in your face' as Revo but for proper driving, like tracks and such, the Custom Code is a better product.
I'm not getting this Dave...
Explain your thinking.
Some remaps are very aggressive low down - like my old S3 was...70 lb-ft to 330 lb-ft in a few hundred RPM...and making 275+ BHP top end - where top end is still 6500 RPM.
The turbo is the same, no matter who maps it...so a K04 still rund out of puff and can't sustain much more than 1 bar held to 6500+ RPM.
So...the quicker the car being the one with the larger area under the graph...how do you work out that some remaps (you mention REVO) have no top end...when they plainly have just as much top end as other re-maps, but WAY more lower mid-range?
I don't get it...
My answer, is that no one map is 'better' than any other...its all down to what you prefer and how you drive.
I like to throw my cars about...so a really aggressive map that gives silly high boost and mental torque allows me to get the Haldex working and make the car work harder...
So, a really aggressive torque delivery suited me...
Does that mean it has less top end than another re-mapped S3?
The evidence proves not...it just feels like it does because the lower mid-range was sooo strong.
So lets see...'proper driving'?
I'll define that as driving as hard as you can from A to B...be that a lap of a track, or along your favoirite back road...
Linear power delivery holding onto the revs - say 6500 in each gear, or huge torque delivery, and short shift up at 5500 RPM and let the 330+ lb-ft hurl you forward in the next gear?
Is one any less 'proper driving' than the other?
I don't recall it being about mercilessly revving an engine...merely driving to the strengths of the engine and chassis.
To which end, for some, the big boost spike/torque delivery of some (REVO perhaps...and my old map) will be the quicker option...no ifs or buts...it WILL be. Road or track.
You adapt your driving style to suit what you like, what the car does, how it performs best and what you find 'best'.
Some like VTEC and 9000 RPM+ (I do)
Others like TDIs and massive torque but changing up at 4000 RPM (I also do!)
And some find the S3 quickest when you have big torque low down...and only feel ther need to rev it to 5500-5700 RPM. (I did!)
The fact remains there is no right or wrong.
You choose what you like best.
But I'm still strugling to work out how a car with massive lower-midrange is less 'good'.