[Barksy]

collect my 8v next month and I've been looking at who to go with. had my 8p mapped with IC done with awesomegti a few years back before I ventured into many other cars and I'm back in the RS again. just wondering whats the most popular company that you guys have gone for and how the cars have been to drive having been mapped, exhaust etc?

 

any feedback would be great, thanks

 

[Roy]

MRC or APR SEEM POPULAR CHOICE

[JamesBaby]

I had APR Stage 2+ but then went for MRC Stage 2+. I also got their DSG map with additional custom adjustments to Sport mode.

[RS3Dell]

I had APR Stage 2+ but then went for MRC Stage 2+. I also got their DSG map with additional custom adjustments to Sport mode.

James.

What made you change from the APR 2+ to the MRC 2+ & what difference was there between the two mate ?

Dell.

Edited by RS3Dell, 30 November 2018 - 10:05 AM.

[JamesBaby]

The APR 2+ was smooth, but for me the low down throttle response felt worse than OEM. 

 

The MRC option felt more aggressive lower down and just as powerful overall. The clincher was the bundle discount with a DSG map which APR don't offer. I was able to have the Sport mode customised so it didn't hold onto such high revs before shifting up. This meant that I can use Sport mode in many more road and driving conditions. Otherwise Sport was pretty useless in general or spirited driving. I can even cruise on the Motorway now in Sport and make more use of the available torque, whilst not sitting at 5k rpm like a loon, and still have respectable MPG.

 

So the overall package for my type of driving MRC seemed best.

[seventeenapg]

The APR 2+ was smooth, but for me the low down throttle response felt worse than OEM. 

 

The MRC option felt more aggressive lower down and just as powerful overall. The clincher was the bundle discount with a DSG map which APR don't offer. I was able to have the Sport mode customised so it didn't hold onto such high revs before shifting up. This meant that I can use Sport mode in many more road and driving conditions. Otherwise Sport was pretty useless in general or spirited driving. I can even cruise on the Motorway now in Sport and make more use of the available torque, whilst not sitting at 5k rpm like a loon, and still have respectable MPG.

 

So the overall package for my type of driving MRC seemed best.

Did you know that, if you are in sport mode on the motorway, and in sixth gear (the highest) and switch on cruise control the gearbox will automatically take the seventh gear with resultant lower revs? If you touch the brake pedal then, you will revert back to sixth immediately.

[JamesBaby]

Interesting. Though Can’t really see a use for that.


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[Quattro]

That’s the same as the 8P.
Although the 8V will run in 7th in Sport at motorway speeds without using cruise.

Edited by Quattro, 30 November 2018 - 12:32 PM.

[AwesomeLisa]

collect my 8v next month and I've been looking at who to go with. had my 8p mapped with IC done with awesomegti a few years back before I ventured into many other cars and I'm back in the RS again. just wondering whats the most popular company that you guys have gone for and how the cars have been to drive having been mapped, exhaust etc?

 

any feedback would be great, thanks

Hi why dont you come back to Awesome Gti and go APR