Modding Between Maps

[buffalo]

hi i wonder if any of you guys out there could advise as to wether this is a waste of time without goin the whole hog. currently got stage 1 of the Andy F process 281BHP 301ft/lbs torque. i told him in the near future i would be gettin a heat wrapped de cat up pipe and he said thats cool the map would handle that and should take the car up another 10bhp. My question is this, can i fit said de cat and an sti intercooler without requiring a further map at this stage. the coffers dont really allow for a bigger turbo right now and i would rather start work on the suspension.

i understand the fact that mapping 'brings your mods toghether' and so obviously a map would be an advantage but would these additions be detremental (spelling i know lol) or would i just not see a difference as the turbo is running at the max and the current map does not recognise the additions so therefore no more bhp?

easier imo adding bits one at a tiem then forking out a large amount at once hence the reason for the question

thanks in advance

[thewelsho]

  buffalo said:

hi i wonder if any of you guys out there could advise as to wether this is a waste of time without goin the whole hog. currently got stage 1 of the Andy F process 281BHP 301ft/lbs torque. i told him in the near future i would be gettin a heat wrapped de cat up pipe and he said thats cool the map would handle that and should take the car up another 10bhp. My question is this, can i fit said de cat and an sti intercooler without requiring a further map at this stage. the coffers dont really allow for a bigger turbo right now and i would rather start work on the suspension.

i understand the fact that mapping 'brings your mods toghether' and so obviously a map would be an advantage but would these additions be detremental (spelling i know lol) or would i just not see a difference as the turbo is running at the max and the current map does not recognise the additions so therefore no more bhp?

easier imo adding bits one at a tiem then forking out a large amount at once hence the reason for the question

thanks in advance

For the sake of 10bhp, is it really worth spending that kind of money? If it were I, I'd forego the decat and heat wrap and go for the bigger turbo and wait until I had the funds to fit and map in the same week. If you fir the turbo without the map, you MUST tread very carefully until its mapped. AFAIK, you can (as others have) run with the full decat without the map, but not at full tilt (again I know some who have), but this seems like taking too much of a risk to me. The perfect solution would be to fit the bigger turbo and decat all at the one time, and I think you'd see more benift from your decat in that situation. Hope that helps.

As far as concentrating on handling mods: good choice!

[buffalo]

all makes good sense, cheers