Hi Folks,

I am considering purchasing an Approved Audi A4. The model is a 2.0l Manual Sport and was registered in 2019. My current A4 (which I have had from new in 2012) is a 1.8T S-Line and I have to say I am surprised how well equipped the Sport is. Many things I had to pay extra for are standard on this car.

Anyway, my question is about remapping. My 1.8T generates around 170 bhp and is perfectly adequate for me. The new car only generates a 150 bhp which seems quite low by comparison. I assume the 2.0l TFSI can be upgraded via a remap and I was wondering who you would recommend?

I am not looking for a beast mode conversion, simply one that brings it hearer to the 170 bhp on my old car.

Thank you for your help and I look forward hearing your thoughts.

Kind regards

Paddy

Wiltshire, UK

Edited September 20, 20232 yr by shed13C

5 hours ago, shed13C said:

Hi Folks,

I am considering purchasing an Approved Audi A4. The model is a 2.0l Manual Sport and was registered in 2019. My current A4 (which I have had from new in 2012) is a 1.8T S-Line and I have to say I am surprised how well equipped the Sport is. Many things I had to pay extra for are standard on this car.

Anyway, my question is about remapping. My 1.8T generates around 170 bhp and is perfectly adequate for me. The new car only generates a 150 bhp which seems quite low by comparison. I assume the 2.0l TFSI can be upgraded via a remap and I was wondering who you would recommend?

I am not looking for a beast mode conversion, simply one that brings it hearer to the 170 bhp on my old car.

Thank you for your help and I look forward hearing your thoughts.

Kind regards

Paddy

Wiltshire, UK

Hi why bother with a remap when the new car will perform as well as your old car if not better, its all about how the torque curve is used on the existing map, I think you may find there is only a marginal difference in some aspects of the new cars performance especially when the newer engine has an extra 200cc which is a whole lot more to play with, go to the other end and in the early eighties Lancia did a Lancia Y10 three cylinder Turbo which at 1ltr was capable of over 105mph with a very respectable 0-60.

Steve.

14 hours ago, Stevey Y said:

Hi why bother with a remap when the new car will perform as well as your old car if not better, its all about how the torque curve is used on the existing map, I think you may find there is only a marginal difference in some aspects of the new cars performance especially when the newer engine has an extra 200cc which is a whole lot more to play with, go to the other end and in the early eighties Lancia did a Lancia Y10 three cylinder Turbo which at 1ltr was capable of over 105mph with a very respectable 0-60.

Steve.

Hi Steve,

Thank you for your reply.

You may indeed be correct as I had a similar concern when I bought the 1.8T. My previous A4 has approx. 220 bhp and I thought the new car would seem sluggish to me. I was pleasantly surprised and found that the new car was more than acceptable.

Having said that, it would be good to get a recommendation for a remap specialist. I Googled and there seems to be several out there with Superchips at the top. Does anyone have any experience of Superchips? Good or bad?

Thank you for your help.

Kind regards

Paddy

 

Hi Folks,

Well last Friday I went and test drove the Audi A4 2.0 Sport 35. Although the car is a 2019 model it has done less than 6K miles and it looked brand new. Not only that, it has all the features of my 2012 S Line and more to boot. A4s came a long way over those seven years.

The Audi dealer allowed me to go off with the car and I have to say it drove really well. It may only have 150 bhp but I personally could not tell the difference from my 1.8T with 170 bhp. No doubt my car may have lost a few horses over 11 years and possibly the new A4 is lighter etc. So @Stevey Y, you are right - no remap required (thank you).

Anyway, to cut a long story short I bought the car. I would have preferred an S Line variant but this was simply too good a car to slip by.

So sadly my faithful servant Max (1.8T) will no doubt heading off to a car auction. Good bye old friend and I just hope Max finds a kind owner.

Many thanks

Paddy

UK

As far as I am aware, the 2.0l 35 and 40 TFSi share the same engine. The 2.0l 35 replaced the 1.4l petrol engine.

My first Audi was an A5 35 TFSi. It was a good car but I found it to be a bit sluggish for want of a better word. It was almost like the factory tune was restricting things a bit too much to get it down to 150ps. It tended to hesitate before accelerating.

Both of mine were DSGs and I found that if I put the foot down, even in sport mode, the 35 would just rev away in neutral when I tried to overtake anything before finally selecting a gear. Usually by which time the opportunity to pass had gone.

The 40 is so much better in my opinion and accelerates much more freely. If you can find a good tuning place then they only need to remap it to be similar to the 40 and it will become a better car and still well within the tolerances for reliability etc.

Edited May 31, 20242 yr by Delberthot