172 Remap

[AndyWilde]

Am thinking about getting the above - anybody in the Hants area got a remapped 172 they could take me out in - few beers in it?

 

[gaz44]

Not sure you would notice anything.

 

[AndyWilde]

Really? People have said improved response throughout? Any other performance mods you would reccomend apart from exhaust as want to keep outisde looking standard?

 

[Jon.L]

matched inlets, decat and a remap are your best bet for cheapish gains

 

[AndyWilde]

Would a decat make my car much louder?

 

[gaz44]

Really? People have said improved response throughout? Any other performance mods you would reccomend apart from exhaust as want to keep outisde looking standard?

You will feel a better throttle response and maybe a bit more pull lower down (depending on the remap) but on it's own, very little will be noticeable.

I have Superchip on mine.

Some breathing mods will help but you need to throw a fair bit of cash to get any decent gains from the Sport, as per Jon.L.

 

[Tupps]

RSTuner and you should notice a slight difference

 

[Clgale88]

Iv heard putting a itg panel filter on a bigger caf to the standard box decat and cat back system them remap you will se some difference and feel it alot more better

 

[-J-]

Take a look at this when i had my car done with the RSTuner

http://fastchip.nl/media/RSTuner_PFC-feature.pdf

 

[bmh.01]

Makes a slight difference, I wouldn't bother spending any more than the RS tuner on it tbh.

 

[AndyWilde]

how much is rs tuner?

 

[bmh.01]

£140ish iirc.

 

[btaser2]

Mine came 2 days ago. Installed the Ron98 map. Made around 100km run to get the ECU understand the new map.

Same night I went rolling with a typeR and it was quite impressing. The second and the third gear is pulling great. And the 7500rpm is quite satisfactory. The car keeps going still while typeR keeps shifting and at each gear change of typeR, I am going half a car to the front but ofcourse at the 5th gear, he almost disappears

I have decat, complete 60mm exhaust pipes, muffler and a cold air intake. So I will get a custom map from Henk.

 

[Tucker]

i thought you said the civic was a 1.6 vti?

 

[btaser2]

Oh I am not counting the 1.6 VTI The difference was too obvious

Here is the vid with TypeR. I stopped rolling after 190kmh which is almost end of 4th gear

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/....htm?ref=c4a53b4e-c7ff-4d37-8ec7-9b0100becc53

 

[btaser2]

And by the way, I don't know what he had with his car but the Honda VTI 1.6 160bhp was catching me in the fifth gear

I don't know how I can keep the distance in the fifth gear with him??

And these are the vids with VTI 1.6 160 bhp;

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/....htm?ref=c4a53b4e-c7ff-4d37-8ec7-9b0100becc53

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/....htm?ref=c4a53b4e-c7ff-4d37-8ec7-9b0100becc53

 

[Tucker]

ahhhhh i see!

the type R has a fair few more horsepower than you, this is what's affecting the top end.

the only way to catch up would be more horsepower (cams+inlets) or ITB's if you want to leave him in the dust.

However i think if you lose some weight (rear seats, interior and get some lightweight fixed buckets) you'l have such a power/weight advantage in 2nd and 3rd that by the end of 5th he will only just catch you

 

[btaser2]

Well he is overtaking so fast in the fifth gear I don't think that cams + inlets will help me catch him. There is almost 30 to 40 bhp difference. They say the seats weigh about 50 kg in total which will make around 2 cars of a distance in the long run.