Ecu remap by post?

[Allan H]

Read on here recently that someone was doing basic ECU remaps by post on a swap basis but can't find the post. Have tried search and Google. Can anyone help?

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

Kris at REN-SPORT

https://www.facebook.com/rensportgarageteesside/

 

[bloke]

best you will get is a generic map.

 

[vroomtshh]

You're in Glasgow? Be worth heading to GI motorsport in Kilmarnock. They've mapped a few and look after a few of the SLS cars.

 

[sevenfourate]

best you will get is a generic map.

This.

I wouldn't do it (Get a generic map by post. Or in person come to that) - and would rather wait to hop on one of the Group buys to save a few ££££ and get a custom map for your car. Or pay full price of course.

***I've had two Renaults mapped. Both had slight issues that the setting up and rolling road (Live) mapping picked up on. A generic map wouldn't have found either of these and it could have run like a bag of s**t both times. Or much worse.

Good luck.

 

[Allan H]

Cheers Bloke. Aye have heard good things about them. On a tight budget tho so looking at cheap options!

 

[bloke]

where are you?

 

[imprezaworks]

Day trip to efi

 

[Allan H]

Glasgow mate like you guessed.

 

[Simon998]

EFI is so cheap for what you get. I wish someone on this island done the same sort of service.

3 hours each way from glasgow isn't really the end of the world!

 

[JB21]

I wouldn't travel 6 hours just to go to EFI, in fact I wouldn't travel 10 minutes!

 

[JamesBryan]

I wouldn't travel 6 hours just to go to EFI, in fact I wouldn't travel 10 minutes!

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Why?

 

[imprezaworks]

Yeah, why?

 

[JB21]

Why?

Bar the fact my car idled like crap, had random surge's of power off throttle oh and blew up after 300 miles of being mapped. I put it down to bad luck but seems i'm not the only one who has had engine failure not long after taking a trip down to them this year. Spoke to a really clued up guy recently who purchased a few bits from me and told I don't him about mine and he said 'wasn't mapped at EFI was it?' and then told me i'm not the only one in recent months...

My personal opinion especially hearing all the other stories is they chase figures as I realise now mine was pushing out a lot more than it should of for the mods it had.

 

[bloke]

To be fair yours didn't blow up, it dropped a valve seat two completely different things.

 

[JamesBryan]

Bar the fact my car idled like crap, had random surge's of power off throttle oh and blew up after 300 miles of being mapped. I put it down to bad luck but seems i'm not the only one who has had engine failure not long after taking a trip down to them this year. Spoke to a really clued up guy recently who purchased a few bits from me and told I don't him about mine and he said 'wasn't mapped at EFI was it?' and then told me i'm not the only one in recent months...

My personal opinion especially hearing all the other stories is they chase figures as I realise now mine was pushing out a lot more than it should of for the mods it had.

I've not heard of any blowing up from mapping.

I doubt yours was down to mapping, it was a valve seat wasn't it?

 

[imprezaworks]

Mine has been issue free tbh

 

[JB21]

To be fair yours didn't blow up, it dropped a valve seat two completely different things.

Didn't you replace the valves and valve seats for new on cylinder 3 after slipping the timing?

 

[bloke]

My opinion is would it have dropped and valve

Didn't you replace the valves and valve seats for new on cylinder 3 after slipping the timing?

Just valves and seals, no seats. Fwir it had 8 valves.

 

[JB21]

Just valves and seals, no seats. Fwir it had 8 valves.

All new?

 

[bloke]

Yup, all new.

 

[JB21]

Can I ask why you didn't fit new valve seats then if the valves and seals were new? As you never did give me the receipt I asked for with the detailed breakdown of the work carried out.

 

[JamesBryan]

Can I ask why you didn't fit new valve seats then if the valves and seals were new? As you never did give me the receipt I asked for with the detailed breakdown of the work carried out.

Valve seats don't need doing unless there is something wrong with them.

 

[JamesBryan]

I think yours was the only Clio i've seen that's had valve seat damage.

Most of the time it's the valve itself.

 

[JB21]

Valve seats don't need doing unless there is something wrong with them.

Which there obviously was!

 

[JamesBryan]

Which there obviously was!

I would have changed the head personally after the first time the cambelt went.

Think it got reused didn't it?

 

[JB21]

I would have changed the head personally after the first time the cambelt went.

Think it got reused didn't it?

Indeed.

 

[JamesBryan]

Indeed.

Things like that you might not see any damage but there could be microscopic fractures, which is why i'd change it if it was me.

I'm no expert though.

 

[Allan H]

Well this is going well eh?

 

[Simon998]

Also, you mentioned it was mapped for more power than it could handle? Aren't there many cars running the ED 230 conversion on stock internals without any issues?

Not meaning to sound like a dick, it's a genuine question I just couldn't think of a nicer way to word it.

 

[JamesBryan]

I think we've established that the failure on his car wasn't anything to do with mapping.

@Allan H i'd have 100% confidence in taking it to EFI. Everytime i go, Chris has always had time to talk to anyone and explain things as he does it.

 

[Allan H]

Cheers Bryan- if I had funds and time I'd be going there!

 

[JamesBryan]

I was there a few weeks ago with a forged Megane that made 430bhp.

Chris spent over 4 hours getting it spot on and he explained various things and showing us calculations of what he'd expect at a given boost pressure.