ronjeramy

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......... Do you ever get frightened whilst mapping customers cars, be it their driving or the power of their car

nyscooby

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I get a little freaked whilst in with a mapper on the road...

bustaMOVEs

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Of course they do (some).
I remember someone who told me, xxx mapped his car and wanted to abort and not map his car any further as it was too powerfull, the guy wanted more power and mapper told him ooooh nooooo!
Going back quite a while though

The Pink Ninja

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Usually the other way round i think.....Some owners dont like to keep their foot flat to the floor when they are asked too.....so i`ve heard

g7prs

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I think most cars would struggle to scare Andy F considering the power his has.

cster

The lack of aptitude for driving would be more of a concern than the power of the engine I'd' have thought.

g7prs

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Every time I have been on a mapping session with Andy its a straight section of road ( test track )

RICHARD J

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Bobs mapped mine a few times both with me driving & with one of my mates driving. We both agreed afterwards that we were far more scared than he was. The phrase nerves of steel was mentioned.

jura11

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NOS mapped on our wagon on the road


Jura

Jolly Green Monster

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I used to do a lot of road mapping.. never bothered me in the slightest.. I was more concerned when stuff like asking someone to drive normally to let the engine warm up having just installed a new ecu and a base map and they start bringing it on boost etc.. lol
So started giving a pep talk before going out mapping
Then a few things happened and specially Rob Gallagher was killed in the passenger seat of a skyline whilst possibly mapping, just highlighted that not just talking car damage and a bit of time in hospital but we aren't immortal.
From that point on I have been a lot more careful and try and keep speed to a minimum, and choose a particular road for it that if something were to happen you are going to be okay. A car can be setup and mapped without going silly speeds.. however if the car is high powered then its just much more sensible on a dyno with knowledge of the different environment the car lives in and then check it after, repeatable comparisons, fault finding easy, quicker, safer.
We all drive these cars and know what they are capable of and its inevitable that they are capable of going a lot faster than is necessary in a lot of road conditions.

Simon

chocolate_o_brian

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I have one thing to say which will NEVER leave me:

1bar in 4th, FLOOR IT!

Bob Rawle, January 28th 2012

Alan Jeffery

We don't get frightened because we don't allow it to happen.
Customers are paying us to map the car, and they shouldn't be subjected to risk, either for the car or themselves or indeed anyone else going about their business.
I've heard a number of stories from customers about their experiences, with at least one saying the mapper was cross with him for not going over 100mph on a busy public road!
Only once was I ever scared by a customer, who drove like he stole it on what was supposed to be a demo of a problem. It didn't last, as I just applied the handbrake very hard indeed. He then got a lecture as to which of us the racing driver was. (it was I)..

JohnD

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I remember sitting in the back of my 99MY back in '01 while Bob Rawle mapped the Link ECU and Branko drove. I just wanted it to end! The majority of the process was fine but the 3 figure confirming pulls up and down the A3 were 'interesting'

JohnD