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Originally Posted by Santoshbhat Wow! 3.5 secs shaved off from 0-100 is truly phenomenal Karthik.
Wonder why Fiat gave it such a conservative tune. For this sport version, this kind of performance would really grab everyone's attention. |
Completely agree with you on the performance part, Santosh. This car ought to have been quicker in stock form as a 'Sport' version.
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Originally Posted by nkrishnap To add to the woes are the gear ratios selected for the 1st and 2nd gear . The remap + a Euro spec gearbox would have had this one do 0-100 around 10 secs which would have been very good.
But the 3.5 secs improvement is quite good for now. |
+1 on the gear ratios part. It does lose out in 0-100 time due to an extra gear shift required, thanks to the short gear ratios.
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Originally Posted by hemanth.anand "Wait for me!!! Huff!! pufff!" This is my car's voice here.
Now I won't be surprised if TV9 reports any UFO spotting in Bangalore
Even I wanted to join you and I tried calling you yesterday around noon but couldn't reach you...May be you were testing your car and you were way too fast for the mobile networks to connect
Now eagerly looking forward to your leather interiors and other mods.
Congratulations on the new Car! |
Thanks Hemanth. There was some network connectivity issue even for me there. IronH4wk tried contacting me, and I got the sms after 3-4 hours, when I again returned to the city, hehe.
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Originally Posted by ghodlur Karthik,
Apart from turning head, the monster will now scorch the roads too. Congrats on the mods already done and the future ones too . I bet Fiat India will be closely follwoing this thread and nodding their heads in disbelief. You dont know they might launch a model named after karthikk instead of Abarth .
Now the question to be asked is "kitna kam deti hai"? |
Thanks a lot Girish sir!
It has really transformed the driving experience of the MultiJet, enjoying the change for now, hehe.
Not much difference in the fuel efficiency department. In fact if driven with a light foot, Sidharth and Vivek were saying it can return better figures since the drive is effortless and we don't need to prod the throttle pedal as much as we would do in stock form.
Here's a snapshot of the fuel efficiency post-remap, recorded for a distance of approximately 100 kilometres or so. There was a lot of pedal-to-metal action, followed by today's chaotic B2B traffic on the way to office. A/C was on throughout the tripmeter distance. The remapped car still returned ~13 kmpl, which was in fact slightly more than what I would have got in stock form *winks*
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Originally Posted by akshay4587 The Performance figures and Power output look promising.
Btw how about switching to Pre 2012 suspension,will give her a better stance and reduce the body roll |
Thanks a lot Akshay! Good suggestion, but I think I need the increased ground clearance for a while. My office commute involves some bad patches of roads through a state highway, and bottoming out twice a day, everyday is something I wouldn't want to get into. I'd love to have lowered the car and enhanced the looks and handling otherwise.
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Originally Posted by motomaverick Congrats Karthik, shaving off 3.5 secs from the stock is pretty good. I guess if the Punto shaves off some weight this will be even more fast. Waiting for the rest of the upgrades. |
Thanks for all the help motomaverick. I remember I used to trouble you all the time at 3M, asking different doubts about the remap. Glad to join your club now.
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Originally Posted by brraj Congrats and Welcome to the diesel mod club . |
Aye aye! But petrolheads remain petroheads sir *lol*
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Originally Posted by nipcarlover Awesome Karthik!
Finally the Red Rocket has the power to match its looks! Car looks absolutely awesome right now, but it would look 100x better with lower pre-2012 suspension.
Anyway, keep posting more about your awesome mods! |
Thanks a lot nipcarlover! Looking forward to the rest of the mods now.
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Originally Posted by shashank.nk Congrats Karthik! Now you have 2 jets that fly in your garage
Looking forward to your thread and the vbox timings, the improvements look very good even with a stopwatch. 3 secs is excellent. Heard he does similar magic on the 1.5tdci too |
thanks a lot Shashank! the detailed thread should be out in a week or so from now. Meanwhile, looking forward to the ownership review of the EcoSport TDCi.
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Originally Posted by DRIV3R Karthikk, Congrats! Did you ask for a better low range as car is going to spend most of the time within the city? |
Thanks DRIV3R. Yeah, I went for a better low end and mid-range to aid city driving and overtaking at lower rpms.
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And pending information:
ECU flash counter?
Any other way other than the flash counter (if it's present) for the FASS to know that the ECU is fiddled? I mean, just during a routine service, would everything remain the same when the technicians plug in their examiner tool?
I know, too many questions, but it's the paranoid me. |
ECU flash counter is only updated if the remap is done via the OBD method. The Bench flash method directly writes the map file back into the ECU and this is not detectable by scanning at the service centres (none of the service centres here have the infrastructure to bench flash as far as I know). The only way they can detect this file has changed is by sending the ECU to Magnetti Marelli, Italy. And we all know Fiat service centres far too well by now, to believe they will go to that extent.
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And when are my suggestions getting executed? :P
1. Headlamp moisture
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Tried the method on 1 day. The moisture seems to be slowly getting released. There is only a small amount of fogging now. I'd still not got the replacement lamp until today. When I disconnect the bumper again for re-fitting, I'll blow hot air into the lamp and seal it properly. This should fix the issue. Thanks for the assistance with these lamps DRIV3R. They really look cool.
I forgot to update on this actually. The dealer had no stock of this part when I went for servicing. I have placed an order for the OE spoiler (thanks again for giving me the part number long, long ago on this review thread itself)
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3. Patch up work for the abarth decal on front fender, seems like you got some red area after changing mud-flaps? Get it done during your next 3M visit.
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Yeah, that's a sore area which needs some focus sometime. I had some of the black vinyl left over after the DIY vinyl application last year, packed away somewhere in the room attic. Need to get some of that down and patch up that exposed portion sometime.