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Okay, today I made the trip to Eurospec to get my K100 tweaked specifically for my mods.
I previously bought a second hand K100 that was already mapped (to a different car) by Eurospec (235bhp) with near identical mods to mine, with the main exception of Teg M against my ITG Maxogen kit. Off the bat, I knew my ITG would lose power at the top end.. and I was not wrong, however there is a big however.
The previous map (on a different car) made 235bhp, but obviously I wanted it to get tuned to my car and exactly my mods. So naturally I was a bit disappointed when Romain mentioned I made 229bhp (RBC, Piper with Sports Cat, ITG, Supersprint Mid pipe and 2.5inch aftermarket backbox). However, then I took it for a drive, and instantly, I noticed that my car was more responsive down the 3-4k rev (ie driving range). Romain specfically mentioned that ITG is well known for its torque gains before he tuned. And this was true, when I look at the Dyno map (previous map on previous car against mine on my car), my torque figures makes about 162 torque at 3700 revs, compared to the old map making 143 torques at the same revs...
At 4000 revs, my new map is making 120bhp, against the old map of 110bhp at 4000 revs.
These are the two noticable differences I can see up to 7800 revs... from 7800 revs, from what I can see, the old map makes the extra 6 horses, most likley due to the TEG M/GM kit. Apart from that the BHP curve is similar, with my new map just slightly better (hard to tell from the axis). I tried to overlay my map against the previous map on a window, but its not that simple, as the axle are the not same scale.
So two questions I would like to answer
ITG or TEG M: ITG gives better torque and bhp (at a certain rev range), but from about 7700 revs, the TEG M/GM may make the extra few horses that would give you cred in the pub. As a result, the Vtec kick is has been lowered to 3500 against 4000 (only on full throttle). The car feels great now (felt great before, but feels better now despite "losing 6bhp"...) Do I regret keeping the ITG? No.
Does the car feel better after the tweak despite K100 being mapped to near identical mods? Hell yeah, I did not what to expect, as the K100 was already mapped to near identical mods, but the car is feeling so much more responsive from the small tweak. Thanks to Eurospec and Romain for their services.
Yes, if I had a GM, decat, and took it to different roller, I may have made 240bhp plus, but this car has a cat, looks OEM from the bonnet, and still pulls like a train when you drive it!
Hope that helps.
I previously bought a second hand K100 that was already mapped (to a different car) by Eurospec (235bhp) with near identical mods to mine, with the main exception of Teg M against my ITG Maxogen kit. Off the bat, I knew my ITG would lose power at the top end.. and I was not wrong, however there is a big however.
The previous map (on a different car) made 235bhp, but obviously I wanted it to get tuned to my car and exactly my mods. So naturally I was a bit disappointed when Romain mentioned I made 229bhp (RBC, Piper with Sports Cat, ITG, Supersprint Mid pipe and 2.5inch aftermarket backbox). However, then I took it for a drive, and instantly, I noticed that my car was more responsive down the 3-4k rev (ie driving range). Romain specfically mentioned that ITG is well known for its torque gains before he tuned. And this was true, when I look at the Dyno map (previous map on previous car against mine on my car), my torque figures makes about 162 torque at 3700 revs, compared to the old map making 143 torques at the same revs...
At 4000 revs, my new map is making 120bhp, against the old map of 110bhp at 4000 revs.
These are the two noticable differences I can see up to 7800 revs... from 7800 revs, from what I can see, the old map makes the extra 6 horses, most likley due to the TEG M/GM kit. Apart from that the BHP curve is similar, with my new map just slightly better (hard to tell from the axis). I tried to overlay my map against the previous map on a window, but its not that simple, as the axle are the not same scale.
So two questions I would like to answer
ITG or TEG M: ITG gives better torque and bhp (at a certain rev range), but from about 7700 revs, the TEG M/GM may make the extra few horses that would give you cred in the pub. As a result, the Vtec kick is has been lowered to 3500 against 4000 (only on full throttle). The car feels great now (felt great before, but feels better now despite "losing 6bhp"...) Do I regret keeping the ITG? No.
Does the car feel better after the tweak despite K100 being mapped to near identical mods? Hell yeah, I did not what to expect, as the K100 was already mapped to near identical mods, but the car is feeling so much more responsive from the small tweak. Thanks to Eurospec and Romain for their services.
Yes, if I had a GM, decat, and took it to different roller, I may have made 240bhp plus, but this car has a cat, looks OEM from the bonnet, and still pulls like a train when you drive it!
Hope that helps.
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