Took a trip down to AMD yesterday for their Stage 2 conversion (remap and Miltek exhaust). I went for the exhaust without the silencer, and it sounds awesome [8D][^]
They did before and after runs on the Rolling Road, and I also had my results from when I went down for their open day in June to compare.
My results yesterday were:
Before: 241.6 bhp @ 6122 and 229.6 lb/ft @ 3249
After: 261.4 bhp @ 6660 and 248.2 lb/ft @ 3046
The car was down on power from when it had the run in June. I have felt that the car has lacked power in the last few weeks anyway and thought it was down to a dodgy batch of petrol. In June I got 251.8 bhp @ 6165 and 238.7 lb/ft @ 2995.
The rev limiter has been raised from 6,800 rpm to 7,200 and I easily managed 90mph in third gear. The dyno plot shows a flat spot that has been ironed out, but I could hardly feel the flat spot before anyway.
Driving the car home yesterday and playing around last night I was slightly disappointed with the results. They are there on paper, but don't seem to be there physically. To me the car doesn't feel that much quicker at the moment, except from 6k rpm and above. My b/f seems to think it's quicker, but he's not driven it for a while so it may be hard to tell.
I went along with another forum member yesterday who also had Stage 2 put on his R32. Our cars have similar mileage but the results were quite different. His car seemed to come off better with the figures and my only regret is not asking to swap vehicles to compare how they drive after the remap. I did however, drive a Stage 2 R32 a few weeks back that has done half the mileage of mine and it pulled so well and power delivery was a lot smoother. This was one of my influencing decisions in choosing AMD. They did say that higher mileage cars seem to come out better than the lower mileage ones so I had high hopes for mine.
I have also asked around for before and after figures from other forum members and their figures are slightly higher than mine as well. I'm not too bothered about that because the figures are not the be all and end all and can vary even on different runs back to back (my first run was 266 bhp), but it's how the car drives that I'm bothered about. There doesn't seem to be as much as an improvement as I'd hoped for, and it certainly doesn't seem as quick as the AMD car I have driven before, or as quick as the APR trial.
I'm only hoping that the ECU is still 'learning' the new code and will start to feel quicker soon.
A big thumbs up to Adam from AMD for doing the work. No sooner had I arrived and put my keys down on the table, my car was up on the ramps.
Anyway, turn up your sound and have a listen to the exhaust [
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Standing start and drive-bys
Dual Carriageway run
Through the tunnel
My power runs:
BHP
Torque
And some pics:
Please don't turn this thread into "********* are better" or "you should have gone to *********" because it's all down to personal opinion, personal experiences and personal choice. I chose AMD for a variety of reasons. I know some of you don't like them for reasons of your own, but there are just as many people that do like them.[
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They did before and after runs on the Rolling Road, and I also had my results from when I went down for their open day in June to compare.
My results yesterday were:
Before: 241.6 bhp @ 6122 and 229.6 lb/ft @ 3249
After: 261.4 bhp @ 6660 and 248.2 lb/ft @ 3046
The car was down on power from when it had the run in June. I have felt that the car has lacked power in the last few weeks anyway and thought it was down to a dodgy batch of petrol. In June I got 251.8 bhp @ 6165 and 238.7 lb/ft @ 2995.
The rev limiter has been raised from 6,800 rpm to 7,200 and I easily managed 90mph in third gear. The dyno plot shows a flat spot that has been ironed out, but I could hardly feel the flat spot before anyway.
Driving the car home yesterday and playing around last night I was slightly disappointed with the results. They are there on paper, but don't seem to be there physically. To me the car doesn't feel that much quicker at the moment, except from 6k rpm and above. My b/f seems to think it's quicker, but he's not driven it for a while so it may be hard to tell.
I went along with another forum member yesterday who also had Stage 2 put on his R32. Our cars have similar mileage but the results were quite different. His car seemed to come off better with the figures and my only regret is not asking to swap vehicles to compare how they drive after the remap. I did however, drive a Stage 2 R32 a few weeks back that has done half the mileage of mine and it pulled so well and power delivery was a lot smoother. This was one of my influencing decisions in choosing AMD. They did say that higher mileage cars seem to come out better than the lower mileage ones so I had high hopes for mine.
I have also asked around for before and after figures from other forum members and their figures are slightly higher than mine as well. I'm not too bothered about that because the figures are not the be all and end all and can vary even on different runs back to back (my first run was 266 bhp), but it's how the car drives that I'm bothered about. There doesn't seem to be as much as an improvement as I'd hoped for, and it certainly doesn't seem as quick as the AMD car I have driven before, or as quick as the APR trial.
I'm only hoping that the ECU is still 'learning' the new code and will start to feel quicker soon.
A big thumbs up to Adam from AMD for doing the work. No sooner had I arrived and put my keys down on the table, my car was up on the ramps.
Anyway, turn up your sound and have a listen to the exhaust [
Standing start and drive-bys
Dual Carriageway run
Through the tunnel
My power runs:
BHP
Torque
And some pics:

Please don't turn this thread into "********* are better" or "you should have gone to *********" because it's all down to personal opinion, personal experiences and personal choice. I chose AMD for a variety of reasons. I know some of you don't like them for reasons of your own, but there are just as many people that do like them.[