mav
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Reply i got
Hi Gordon,
The price of the ECU upgrade is £470 inc VAT. You would need to come to us
for the upgrade (Bromsgrove) as none of our installation centres are
equipped to upgrade this model. The process takes approx 2 hours to
complete. Rolling road testing is not included, but is available if you
wish. Full diagnostics and checks are included in the price.
Regards,
Adam.
Chip tuning.
cheaper that dastek and should see same power about 30-40bhp...
And these guys are specialised volvo tuners.
only problem driving to bromsgrove, Birmingham?
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Pop
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mav is your name gordon?
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Dave A
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I would prefer to pay £400 for a ecu re-map that is tailor made for your car on a rolling road with genuine printouts rather than a 'hit and hope' plug in type of thing.
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jr
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what dave said
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mav
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is that pop.. 
these guys have been tuning volvo's for god knows how long..
On Performance volvo group they all swear by them...
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mav
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there site
http://www.volvotuninguk.com/Disclaimer_-_This_web_site_is_not_affiliated_with_Volvo_Car_Corporation/index.htm
dastek are £550...
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mav
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RICA ECU Upgrades are designed to get the very best out of your Volvo!!! Unleash the full capability of your car. Power and torque increases that give unrivaled performance on the road, together with improved fuel economy. All ECU Upgrades are a complete re-map of your ECU. There are no bolt-on devices or aftermarket chips fitted. All the power increases quoted for petrol cars are using 98 RON super-unleaded petrol such as Shell Optimax. Please see our Questions page for further details.
Our ECU upgrades are developed by RICA who are specialists in tuning Volvos for over 20 years. There are many parameters altered in the engine management system to ensure that the engine is running at maximum efficiency. The diesel ECU upgrade offers smoke free performance that no tuning box upgrade can, and is ideal for towing. All the upgrades are 100% service compliant. For the 1999 and later models, ECU upgrades are done through the OBDII diagnostics port. The car is simply plugged into our system and the ECU is reprogrammed
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Pop
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no idea why but i always thought mav was shortened from your first name.
sorry to go off topic... you remember you were wanting to know how to turn off the auto headlights on your car?
i asked at work and it can't be done manually on your car. it's an easy process that can be done on the computers once connected to your car. costs about £30 but don't quote me on that
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mav
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cheers pop....
My sidelights are not working at the moment and it's uiting me as I turn it to sidelights during the day and thast mean i have no lights on...
£30 ain't bad though..
mav is shortened 2nd name, marwick ie mavrick ie mav
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whitter45
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I have heard angel tuning are very good and mobile
Quotes are 375 - 400 I think
I may be having it done with them too
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Pop
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i thought your first name might have been marvin!! no idea why, very random i know
like i said don't quote me on the £30, it was a while ago i asked and i might have just pluced that price from nowhere. i'll ask again and u2u you
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mav
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never heard of them.........good price though....
heard any good stories?
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mav
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quote:
Originally posted by Pop
i thought your first name might have been marvin!! no idea why, very random i know
like i said don't quote me on the £30, it was a while ago i asked and i might have just pluced that price from nowhere. i'll ask again and u2u you
marvin  
cheers mate....
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whitter45
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Mav
Heard very good reports from them
www.angeltuning.co.uk or it maybe .com cannot rememeber
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mav
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cheers will have a wee look
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Dave A
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this is the bit that worries me, they quote:
All ECU Upgrades are a complete re-map of your ECU. There are no bolt-on devices or aftermarket chips fitted ECU upgrades are done through the OBDII diagnostics port. The car is simply plugged into our system and the ECU is reprogrammed
and then they go on to say:
The process takes approx 2 hours to
complete. Rolling road testing is not included
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mav
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yeah that was the bit no rolling road time, thats why i asked that, so how do you know???? Have to pay for rr time yourself??
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Dave A
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so that means they have a pre-programmed 'map' that they use to overwrite the standard one in the ecu. they will make changes to ignition timing, fuelling and possibly adjust the parameters of certain signals such as intake air temp etc....
without giving it a full new 'map' that is tailor made for your car, how can they be sure that the fueling and ignition timing is spot-on? even being a few degrees out on ignition timing etc... can leat to detonation and a very poorly engine. running slightly lean can be even worse. A solution to be sure would be to put it on a rolling road whilst being mapped, oh wait, they dont do that. Its guesswork mapping, similar to a Superchip etc....
Get it done properly!
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mav
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aye Dave your making sense mate, never thought about it like that..
Just heard alot of good stories etc..
cheers
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jr
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would persoanlly pay the extra and go to dastek, as theres should be a tailored map liek dave explained
by the time you have payed to get doen to that other one etc price wont be to diffrent anyway
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mav
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yeah i know and time money etc going down there...
Hoping to get it done in next few months if money allows etc
cheers for the help guys
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Dave A
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plus the dastek one can easily be removed and you are back to standard again. the other one cant.
also, if you add more mods, i.e turn up the boost, cams etc... then you can get the dastek re-mapped to make the most of them.
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Simon
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I was born in bromsgrove,this helps a lot i know
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Gregor
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I thought you were called Maverick and drove a fighter jet 
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mav
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Close enough Marwick and drive a volvo
aye Dave your right mate, goping to have a word at dastek when we do the rollin road i'm oprganising
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