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Offline Exonian

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Re: Rolling road result
« Reply #10 on: 14 November 2009, 20:41 »
Quick clear up before WWIII breaks out over something insignificant.
On the mk6 there are 3 maps available from Revo, a detuned one for low octane fuel, a mid range one for super unleaded and a race type fuel map. These are selected via the Revo switch. The ECU will adapt to the exact quality of fuel used on a given map, so therefore won't produce the full whack on a slightly lower grade fuel than ideal.
On older TFSIs and 1.8Ts you could manually adjust some settings to allow for further mods or better grade fuels over Revos stock 'safe' setting. On the TSI 2.0 the ECU works a little differently so you only get the three choices of basic mapping. Hence the 3 graphs on the Revo website from gossa's car (IIRC).

There are other things to consider too, one being the usual dyno lottery and the other being the size of the fan on the rolling road (heat soak etc).
Peak figures are largely irrelevant in a road car, the nicely shaped graph which is shown on the Revo website is mirrored more or less on the one I got today (albeit slightly lower bhp). It's very drive-able and most importantly to me, very torquey (not Torquay) which aids smooth driving.
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Re: Rolling road result
« Reply #11 on: 14 November 2009, 20:45 »
haha Exo, my cars got more power than yours!  :grin:

It's all bollox though!!!

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Re: Rolling road result
« Reply #12 on: 14 November 2009, 20:46 »
ah cool  :smiley:

was interested seeing as the MK5 was designed to run on 98 RON so its interesting to see what the tuners are doing with the latest engines  :nerd:

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Re: Rolling road result
« Reply #13 on: 14 November 2009, 20:48 »
haha Exo, my cars got more power than yours!  :grin:


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Re: Rolling road result
« Reply #14 on: 14 November 2009, 21:17 »
Revo reckoned my car was like 225 standard which sounds a bit suspect if you ask me but everything seems to trust Revo.

Did you get the select plus switch Exo? Have you ever used it? I was planning on setting back to 'standard' for the misses to drive it but it's so smooth and progressive she didn't even really notice the change.

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Re: Rolling road result
« Reply #15 on: 14 November 2009, 21:24 »
Yes, I got the select plus. I've not used it either as it's so smooth and progressive in normal driving. It doesn't seem to kick in until the pedal is pressed past the initial bit of travel of the accelerator pedal round town.
Besides I like to be childish sometimes and do ickle wheelspins in the wet!!!  :laugh:
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Re: Rolling road result
« Reply #16 on: 14 November 2009, 21:36 »
wheelspins? in third I hope...... :grin:

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Re: Rolling road result
« Reply #17 on: 14 November 2009, 21:38 »
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Re: Rolling road result
« Reply #18 on: 14 November 2009, 21:45 »
sweet! ED30 wheels?

Switch them yellow things off the front will ya? :grin:

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Re: Rolling road result
« Reply #19 on: 14 November 2009, 21:48 »
Similar, BBS VZ 033s wider, different colour and better offset than Pescaras.

I must get round to changing the bulbs......
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