Stage 2 remap
A harder calibration written around parts that remove a restriction. It is not Stage 1 with the volume turned up, and it only makes sense once the standard hardware is genuinely the limit.
What will mine make?
Send the reg and we come back with the figures for your exact engine and a fixed price.
No obligation. We price it before anything is touched.
What actually changes
Stage 2 means hardware plus software. Typically an uprated intercooler, a less restrictive intake and an exhaust that lets the turbo breathe, then a file written around what those parts allow.
The order matters. The parts come first and the file is written to them, because a map written for hardware that is not fitted yet is a guess.
Why we insist on Stage 1 first
Until a car has been mapped and measured on standard hardware, nobody knows where its limit actually is. Two identical cars in different condition reach it at different points.
Doing Stage 1 first costs £345 and tells us whether Stage 2 is worth your money at all. A meaningful number of people stop there, happily, and we would rather that than sell parts nobody needed.
What it is not
It is not a way to make a tired car quick. Everything Stage 2 does increases load, and load finds whatever was already marginal.
It is also not reversible in the way Stage 1 is. The software can go back; the intercooler is staying. If you are selling the car inside a year, this is the wrong spend.
Three steps, measured
Baseline
The car is mapped and measured on standard hardware, so the restriction can be identified rather than assumed.
Fit
Intercooler, intake and exhaust as required, fitted here so we know exactly what is on the car.
Calibrate
A file developed against the fitted parts on the dyno, then heat-cycled on the road before you collect.
What From £1,850 actually buys
Cars we have actually run
Six rows from our own records, all measured on the same dyno.
| Car | Power bhp | Torque Nm | Gain |
|---|---|---|---|
Car VW Golf R 2.0 TSI |
320 → 480 | 420 → 580 | +50% |
Car BMW M140i 3.0 |
340 → 500 | 500 → 700 | +47% |
Car Audi S3 8Y 2.0 |
310 → 460 | 400 → 560 | +48% |
Car Seat Leon Cupra 2.0 |
300 → 450 | 400 → 540 | +50% |
Car VW Golf GTI 2.0 TSI |
245 → 380 | 370 → 480 | +55% |
Car BMW 335i N55 3.0 |
306 → 450 | 400 → 600 | +47% |
Your car is in the same database. Put the registration in and the calculator shows its figures.
What will yours make?
Put the registration in. If we have had one of these on our dyno you will see what it actually made. If we have not, you will see the range that kind of engine usually gives, and we will say so.
Stage 1 · software only
Measured on our own dyno, standard hardware, same day.
Stage 2 · software plus hardware
Stage 2 depends entirely on which parts are on the car, so we will not publish a figure for it. Bring it in and we will measure what it makes first.
Every published figure came off our own four-wheel dyno. Vehicle details come from the DVSA record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Stage 2 remap questions
Do I have to do Stage 1 first?
We insist on it. Until the car has been measured on standard hardware nobody knows where its limit is, and Stage 2 without that is guesswork with your money.
Can I supply my own parts?
Yes, and it reduces the price accordingly. Tell us what you have before you book so the file can be written to it.
Is Stage 2 reversible?
The software is. The parts are not — they stay on the car. If you are selling inside a year, Stage 1 is the better spend.
Will my clutch cope?
On a manual, often not. A clutch that was fine at standard torque frequently is not at Stage 2 levels, and we will tell you before rather than after.
What about the gearbox?
On an automatic the torque limiter usually needs raising too, or the box simply pulls the extra back down. That is quoted separately.
How long does the whole thing take?
Two visits. Parts fitting is a day, calibration is a half day, and they do not have to be consecutive.
Where we work
Software-only jobs we do at your address — driveway, office car park or yard. Anything that needs measuring comes to the unit, because a rolling road does not travel.
Tell us the job and we will say which one it is before you book.
Tell us the reg.
We will tell you the numbers.
Send the registration and what you want from the car. We come back with the figures for your exact engine and a fixed price, usually the same day.
0115 496 0177