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I though the standard tune limited torque as it’s the max the gearbox is rated for?

So the remap might not do it much good?


 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

If there’s one thing it doesn’t lack is pulling power. Think I’d like to have a drive of a remapped one, but wouldn’t do it to mine....

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

Only ever allow Alive Tuning or Bell auto services do your RR remap. Avoid all others Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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Alive Tuning did my TD5 Disco 2 back in about 2007 when Gary was still working from his house.

JE Engineering did my TD6.

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

DrRob wrote:

Only ever allow Alive Tuning or Bell auto services do your RR remap. Avoid all others

We have an awesome mapper who really knows his stuff! The only mapper ive met who can get the best from a 3.6 WITHOUT smoke!

He's also really quite good with the 4.4 too... The 4.4 can feel really quite laggy with plenty of dead spots...

DrRob wrote:

Only ever allow Alive Tuning or Bell auto services do your RR remap. Avoid all others

Echo this

The gearbox is already at its torque input limit. A PROPER remap will take this into account, and not put any extra torque through the box, but will give a much more even spread of torque throughout the rev range

Pub/FB figures are all well and good, but not when its your own 6k gearbox on the line

I had my 4.4 tdv8 remapped and did about 120k with it and no issues , just speaking from my own experience and not encouraging or discouraging anyone else. The torque was upped by about 15% and power by the same. I sold it with 252000k kilometres on it and it just hit 290000 with no obvious problems. The same mapper ( not any of the ones mentioned here) has done 3 other 4.4 tdv8s and 1 sdv8 so far without recorded incident.

The map made it more responsive and removed the initial lag from roundabouts, junctions etc where mine felt a disconnect between my foot on the accelerator and the RR moving , it was only a split second but it was annoying. My SDV8 will be getting the remap once I get around to it ( I've been saying that for a year now) but doesn't suffer from the same issue, I'm getting the remap because I want to.

Again , just my experience  2015 4.4 AB
GSXR 1000 K5
R1 1998

On the 4.4 in my view you should ask why? If for example it gives you a 15% increase in power, how often did you run flat out before? It maybe just me getting old and cranky but rarely did I use full throttle and therefore there would be nothing to be gained from a re-map. They don't improve MPG that's for sure, they often make the display wildly optimistic by increasing the fuel rail pressure. For me, I wouldnt bother. BMW i3 Electric Car
2012 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8 (now gone)
2006 VW Touareg 3.0 TDi V6

dolph34 wrote:

The map made it more responsive and removed the initial lag from roundabouts, junctions etc where mine felt a disconnect between my foot on the accelerator and the RR moving , it was only a split second but it was annoying.

AJGalaxy2012 wrote:

On the 4.4 in my view you should ask why? If for example it gives you a 15% increase in power, how often did you run flat out before?

Leaving toll booths on the French Motorway system!

Joining motorways (to clear out the DPF)

A or B road overtakes...

Between roundabouts in Milton Keynes! "Why?" "Dunno, it's fun!"

"If in doubt. Flat out"  2006 4.2 SC

Well, with all the speed cameras and such everywhere nowadays, the "between roundabouts" grand prix maybe our last fun element of driving left