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jasons · 12-03-2008

you have the 175 bhp version?

I tried an angel map, it smoked bad low down, lacked performance, and compared to a £3.99 35,000 tuning file map off ebay, was not a patch on the proven 192bhp map (this was for a 140bhp) that came off ebay.
I don't know what power angel claimed with their map, and nor do I know what it produced on a rolling road, but I would guess at 165-170bhp, but I don't doubt that they would claim much more for it.
I would be very carefull about claims made for chipping on your driveway, some chippers make stupidly high claims just to get you to go for them, then if you do dyno prove it like some here have done, find that you are 30bhp down.

A bmc may help a couple of bhp, thats all, to get anything good out of a JTD, 3.5 bar map sensor, FMIC, 3,1/4" maf and straight intake, these are the minimum to extract any form of real power, an air filter alone is a great way of extracting turnover & profit mind, best of british to him!

12-03-2008	#15 (Post Link)
jasons AO Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 784 Member car: 156 2.4JTD 200+bhp	Re: Angel map, with or without BMC?! you have the 175 bhp version? I tried an angel map, it smoked bad low down, lacked performance, and compared to a £3.99 35,000 tuning file map off ebay, was not a patch on the proven 192bhp map (this was for a 140bhp) that came off ebay. I don't know what power angel claimed with their map, and nor do I know what it produced on a rolling road, but I would guess at 165-170bhp, but I don't doubt that they would claim much more for it. I would be very carefull about claims made for chipping on your driveway, some chippers make stupidly high claims just to get you to go for them, then if you do dyno prove it like some here have done, find that you are 30bhp down. A bmc may help a couple of bhp, thats all, to get anything good out of a JTD, 3.5 bar map sensor, FMIC, 3,1/4" maf and straight intake, these are the minimum to extract any form of real power, an air filter alone is a great way of extracting turnover & profit mind, best of british to him!