Advice Regarding Recent Remap Results

[xciteuk]

Hi everyone

I've been following these forums for a while now but this is my first post! Really hope someone can give me some advice..

A few weeks ago I bought an early 2010 1.6 Fiesta Zetec S TDCI. Lovely looking, clean car but seeing as I was coming from a 1.8 focus I was a bit underwhelmed at the power. Not that I was after a bullet, just something that's fairly nippy and that I can confidently overtake with!

Anyway, after long hours researching whether to remap or not I decided to go for it with a local company (comes highly recommended on many forums and has a fantastic reputation). They took it in for the day and yesterday I drove her home... I have to say, I really didn't feel a massive difference! Yes she's a bit more nippy, but you have to rev the balls off her... there seems to be quite a bit of turbo lag as it takes a while for the power to kick in, particularly between the lower gears? It was a stage 1 remap with a reputable company who do their own software.

When I was paying for the service before driving her home the guy said that my car was the model with DPF, however I really don't think this is right. It's a Jan 2010 model and I believe the 95 horse fiesta's with DPF didn't start until March 2010? Please correct me if I'm wrong! I didn't say anything at the time as I really didn't think it mattered... My question is, if he thought it was the later model, would that have possibly had any effect on the type of map they uploaded?

From reading up on peoples experiences on remapping their (same model) fiesta's, the general opinion is that it's like driving a new car following a remap... this isn't really what I'm experiencing.

The point of this post is to ask if what I'm experiencing sounds normal or typical? Or has something maybe gone wrong? I was never expecting the car to turn into a rocket, but I did expect better response / 'lift off' from the gears? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

[Willy]

Superchips claim a 23bhp / 36nm increase. It doesn't look a lot but it's enough to notice.

http://www.superchips.co.uk/search?make=9&fueltype=2&model=1&variant=2175

[xciteuk]

Yeah that's in line with what the place I went to told me to expect... It just doesn't quite feel like it and since there was no rolling road I don't have before / after figures. I was out today and overtaking still feels like a struggle for the car, like I said I don't expect a massive gain but surely I should feel more than I do. The lag between lower gears just makes me wonder if there was an issue with the map...