Went to GDI on Saturday...

[J o n]

as above, I went to GDI to see Andy to get the fueling problem sorted, as the car was using a fair bit of fuel when not being driven hard and only slightly more when being booted... very odd! The other problem was it had some monumental juddering especially when trying to hold a constant speed on the motorway.

I spoke to Andy and he said to bring it in, so I got to the new premises (very pimp!) and was welcomed by the gang and off they went.

We got Andy's laptop hooked upto the OMEX to check the mapping and it wasn't the same map that the car came out the first time with, comparing it with Andy's graphs it had been 'messed' with, as the ignition and fuel cut limiters were set at 8k and 7.5k, but on previous map they were at 7.6k on both! Not only that but it was overfuelling at low and mid range and running a touch lean up top.

Andy was playing about with it for a good while on idle and it immediately started to sound different and less stressed and the idle was much much better, so after a bit more fettling he and Mark went out for some Fast & Furious on road mapping (which looked cool with the cables and AFR meters all over the windscreen lol). A short while later Andy and Mark came back and Andy got me to take it for a spin, so I drove it to get some petrol from the local garage and f**k me what a difference! It drives sooooo much better, it's like a normal car now (albeit much quicker), in that I can just floor it from low revs and the thing just f**ks off, but the big test was in 5th from low end acceleration... passed with flying colours! Now, I never once got near the redline in this test, but knew it would be fine there as it drove okay before in the higher revs.. what I wasn't quite ready for was the difference in power... christ is it quick now! Coming onto the slip road in 2nd to merge with the motorway and I decided to give it a test and it felt much more keen, but change into 3rd and it lit up torque steering all over the place The added power and torque mean I'm going to have to get used to it all over again, but thats a good thing imo

Big thanks to Andy and the team for looking after me for the day and sorting the car out and thanks for topping up the oil and giving the filter a clean... I never knew it had Jenvey written on there pmsl

(and those cakes they sell at the garage are f**king bad ass! nailed the lot on the way back!)

[northy]

Glad to see its been improved.

Have you spoken to the previous owners to find why or whom changed the maps ?

[wazza16v]

nice one, im looking at getting my williams engine fitted in the next few weeks, how much for the re-map?

[J o n]

nah, I know Mehdi didn't do owt, unless Team Think took it upon themselves to mess about with it, but the mapping wasn't the same as Andy had done, it looked like it was someone just playing about who didn't really have a clue.

[Zollo]

And you posted this why? No one on here likes Mk2s mate. And besides, GDI are rubbish!

[wavy]

car sounds like a beast now mate

but if ya keep eatin the cakes u will need more power again

[jay s]

have you tested this against craig's mk1 tb beast?

[Andy P]

Yeah doesnt sound like a bad test^^.

When are we going to see vids of the beast then?

[Martin]

members ahem will see the vid when he comes home from work i think...

[stan]

Glad to see it sorted :D

Puzzles me about maps being "changed"...thumbs up for getting it sorted tho.