Getting started mapping aftermarket management

[Chip-mk1]

Couple of people from here have asked me for info about how to go about learning to map their own car recently, so I thought this article might interest some others as well.

Not intended to be definitive (only 3 pages long including pictures) by any means, but a bit of an introduction into what sort of kit you need and why etc

http://www.phormula.co.uk/images/promo/Total-Vauxhall-Tuning-Review.pdf

 

[Silent_Scone]

That piston picture is so confidence inspiring

 

[Chip-mk1]

That piston picture is so confidence inspiring

I was trying to write the article from the point of view of people staying safe with their engines when learning to map, so I figured a picture showing what might happen if they get it wrong might help them concentrate, lol

I reckon every article about how to drive fast on track should likewise picture a crash, lol

 

[jpbacs12]

Chip did you not just say advance till about 40deg or till you det whichever comes first and fill fuelling map will a desktop cal of some sensible values and allow closed loop to look after the rest LOL!!

 

[jpbacs12]

PS ill let you in on a secret about me, my first love is actually vauxhalls from "when I was a young fella" mainly the nova because of its rally heritage in Ireland and NOT its chav status over here!! lol so by the looks of things we share more in common than we think lol

 

[Chip-mk1]

Chip did you not just say advance till about 40deg or till you det whichever comes first and fill fuelling map will a desktop cal of some sensible values and allow closed loop to look after the rest LOL!!

Ha ha, no but I have seen quite a few "mappers" who actually do similar, its frightening what some people pay hard earned cash to have done to their cars, there are some proper cowboys out there, never mind laptop and wideband they need fecking spurs and a ten gallon hat!

 

[Chip-mk1]

PS ill let you in on a secret about me, my first love is actually vauxhalls from "when I was a young fella" mainly the nova because of its rally heritage in Ireland and NOT its chav status over here!! lol so by the looks of things we share more in common than we think lol

Yeah a lot of people forget that the likes of mcrae started out their interntational career in novas.
I would love a sport one day!

Ive got this one at the moment:

Saab turbo lump mid engined RWD

 

[jpbacs12]

Ha ha, no but I have seen quite a few "mappers" who actually do similar, its frightening what some people pay hard earned cash to have done to their cars, there are some proper cowboys out there, never mind laptop and wideband they need fecking spurs and a ten gallon hat!

Never a truer word said YE HAW!!!! lol

 

[Addicted]

That Nova (probably the first and last time I'll ever say that about a Nova) looks fking awesome, any build log?

 

[jpbacs12]

I have a mint 1989 gte pretty much standard tucked up in a garage at hoe in ireland, dude that looks $uc*king awesome!!! send me your email and I will send you some photos, ps I have a set of 5 original sport wheels at home just waiting to find the car lol!!!

 

[Chip-mk1]

That Nova (probably the first and last time I'll ever say that about a Nova) looks fking awesome, any build log?

Sort of one here, but its all a bit patchy TBH as im crap at keeping these things updated.

http://www.vauxhall-sport-forum.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4877

 

[Chip-mk1]

I have a mint 1989 gte pretty much standard tucked up in a garage at hoe in ireland, dude that looks $uc*king awesome!!! send me your email and I will send you some photos, ps I have a set of 5 original sport wheels at home just waiting to find the car lol!!!

VERY few mint GTE's left now, so many of them either rust away, smacked up or just chavved beyond redemption.

Sign up on VauxSport.com and post some pics of your nova there

 

[bozothenutter]

Thanks for the article chip.
Not planning on mapping, but do love to learn!
For the others there is a good book on four stroke tuning a.graham bell (amazon)

 

[MartinR]

Chip that nova is immense!!

 

[-J-]

Chips Nova is awesome, so awesome in fact it nearly wasn't allowed back into the UK once.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Ha ha! That's going back a bit, must be about ten years ago now j?

Four damn hours it took to clear customs in it which involved waiting for a copper from England to come across the chAnnel tunnel and inspect it!

 

[5678]

Ha ha! That's going back a bit, must be about ten years ago now j?

Four damn hours it took to clear customs in it which involved waiting for a copper from England to come across the chAnnel tunnel and inspect it!

lol @ the RTTG days!

 

[-J-]

Yeah has got to be about 10 years ago (god we are getting old!)

Donuts in the Carrefour car park and the armed police turning up to move us on etc.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Yeah has got to be about 10 years ago (god we are getting old!)

Donuts in the Carrefour car park and the armed police turning up to move us on etc.

TBH I was pretty lucky never to end up in a french or belgian prison really looking back, lol