Andy2174 Astra SRI 2.0cdti

[Mark_Richardson]

Nice write up. I must say I am surprised that you don't feel move shove especially in 3rd, 4th,  5th. Maybe it will adapt more after some mileage?

I got used to extra shove soon enough and removed the Racechip one weekend when I was trying to diagnose my coolant leak. Couldn't wait to plug it back in again. It really sharpens up the throttle response and the pickup is miles better.

Can't remember if I mentioned it before but late last year Racechip reduced the power output of the Racechip One box for the Astra 165 S/S. (It was 209hp when I bought it . Now it's 199hp) Wasn't sure what to make of it so I did email them to ask why it had changed. They skirted around the question so either it was a marketing ploy or a new map ? (Suspect the former )

For what it's worth I doubt any of those tuning boxes give more than 80% of their claimed power increase. (Especially on the standard settings.) I haven't bothered to change the standard settings as yet.