Keethos

Congrats and welcome to the club!

Congrats and welcome to the club!

Congrats and welcome to the club!

Congrats and welcome to the club!

Congrats and welcome to the club!

Congrats and welcome to the club!

Congrats and welcome to the club!

Nice lil meet, besides the slow ass drivers, some nice roads down the Snooty and the food there was pretty good. Thanks Dan for organising this and it was good chatting to everyone! My quick snap from the meet. Sent from my EDI-AL10 using Tapatalk

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Apologies for not jumping on sooner, but just want to double check that this is the day after Japfest 2? I'll probably be up for this if I'm not too shattered from it.

Congrats and welcome to the club (apologies for a delayed welcome)

Congrats and welcome to the club (apologies for a delayed welcome)

Congrats and welcome to the club (apologies for a delayed welcome)

Congrats and welcome to the club (apologies for a delayed welcome)

Congrats and welcome to the club (apologies for a delayed welcome)

Congrats and welcome to the club (apologies for late welcome)

Luckily after getting my Xmas bonus early, on Tuesday 26th November, I messaged Adrian to see if he could squeeze me in (as I knew they were mega busy) to get my car remapped with an EcuTek on the road remap and also the purchasing and fitting of the Whiteline Positive Shift gearbox mount. To my surprise, Adrian was able to squeeze me in not 3 days later, so on Friday 29th November, I wondered over to Fensport to have my mods done. To my surprise, Musketeer also rocked up to get some work done (hopefully he'll jump on at some point and tell people about his mods), but my car was up on the ramps first and within 10 mins, the positive shifter was done and dusted, so then came the remap as Musketeer's car went up on the ramps. Adrian was an absolute star when it came to the remap, explaining everything that he was doing, what parameters he was changing, what EcuTek are up to and how the software is developing. He gave plenty of information to make sure that you understood what exactly you were paying for. Not only that, but he made sure that the map was spot on, he would flash, test, tweak and re-test until he was 100% sure that both he and I were happy with the map (one of the main reasons I chose Adrian for the remap over other tuners, besides other customer recommendations, not to say other tuners don't do this but I knew Adrian definitely did it). So once I had chosen how I wanted my 4 maps to be set up and laid out: Map 1 = Full Performance + Launch Control + Flat Foot Shifting Map 2 = Eco + RON95 (for when you're cruising on long commutes or you can't find decent fuel) Map 3 = Full Performance + Launch Control + Flat Foot Shifting + Rev Matching Map 4 = Full Performance (not really used) Adrian flashed an existing map that he had already mapped with a similar car (courtesy of Jay as we both have Non Res Cobra Exhaust + CAT Delete + Drop in Air Filter) and we set off to get a log/test the map and to begin the on road remap rather than just sticking it on a Dyno and mapping in a simulated static environment. The map was good and the car performed well and at this point, Adrian could have easily sent me on my way job done, but he's a perfectionist at heart, he's yet to see 2 cars that are exactly identical (even between complete stock cars) and could see areas on my map that could be improved. So as we sat in a lay-by, Adrian started to work his magic to tweak the numbers, flashed the car again and off we went for another quick test. Some areas improved, some areas didn't, so again, pulled over, more tweaks, another flash and off we went again. This process continued on another 4 or 5 times until we were completely happy with the map, Adrian really had to work for his money this time round as we were on the road mapping for roughly 2 and a half hours. The main issue was the fact that I was running Tesco Momentum RON99 fuel and Adrian has yet to tune a car running Momentum rather than Shell V Power or BP Optimax which are better fuels to run over the supermarket stuff, this meant that my map had to be tweaked with a bit more of a safety margin to suit that fuel. NB> Subsequently, I've been told by an old friend now who works in the fuel industry that supermarket fuel is bad for cars if used for an extended period of time and can cause issues/damage, something about poor additives etc and Shell being the best fuel around, then BP etc. Don't know how true or how accurate his info is but I think I'll play it safe and try and use Shell as much as possible, just a shame that there aren't enough Shell garages around me that are convenient. So after a long days mapping and a jolly long chat with Musketeer and everyone at Fensport, I finally jumped into my car and drove home....sadly however, due to traffic, I wasn't really able to push the car but I could tell that the car was more urgent and would pull more than before. Went out for a drive today and gave the car a bit more of a pacing and you can definitely feel the improvement. The eco mode doesn't feel that much sluggish compared to full performance mode and the added toys are pretty cool, especially the flat foot shifting (where you plant your foot greater than 70% throttle, clutch down and the car will hold the revs while you change gear and release the clutch again). Launch control I've not tried yet, might try and find a quiet road somewhere tomorrow to test it out and as for rev matching, it works well but only when you're really on it and when your revs are above 3000rpm. You have to be above 3000rpm when you brake and then press the clutch, what happens then is that the car will blip the throttle for you to change gear and release the clutch again. Not overly fussed about these 2 toys even though launch control is available in the very first map (map 1 which is the default after starting the car every time) as you can't use launch control unless you follow a set sequence/routine, and rev matching is only on map 3 as I tend to toe heel myself so won't really need it but I've got it there just in case. I haven't really pushed the car hard enough yet to really tell how well the positive shift mount is working, while stationary or while pootling along, you won't really notice the improvement, but when driving a lil more swiftly/hastily, the car does seem to be changing gears more smoothly and does feel a lil more.....well......positive and more direct, not to say that stock was vague but with the mount, it just feels a lil better overall so far. All in all, I'm very happy with Adrian and his work and would highly recommend him for any work especially an ECU remap. And what's even more awesome about getting a remap from Adrian is that as EcuTek continue to unlock other areas for tuners to manipulate and tweak and as Adrian continues to play with the EcuTek to improve his or anyone else's map (or even if you weren't happy with the map that he has done for you), at any point, you can just let him know, pop on down and he'll update and tweak the map to include any new features or to suit your needs and he's always around for any questions and support. I'll be sure to give another update once I've driven the car more and once I've had my car dyno'd to see how it's performing now.

If you want some of the checkered foam matt stuff, i managed to find some as I was going to try this but never got round to it so if you want, you can have some if you want. Sent from my EDI-AL10 using Tapatalk

Sorry for the late post but as others have said, a massive thanks to Mike for hosting us and it was good to catch up with people as well as meeting some new faces.

Welcome to the club Captain, glad you could join us from the other side

Try this, if it fails, peel it off

Not a fan of the sensors, much prefer a camera as it's more reassuring to see what I'm approaching. Worth noting that you can get parking sensors that don't require drilling, it's an internal strip that you stick into your bumper which is what I would go for if I wanted sensors as I find the round sensors that you need to drill to fit look horrible.

JR3's FTW

Bit late but welcome to the club officially!

Bit late but congrats dude! Hope you're loving it!