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Originally Posted by tahirh
Hi Stu,
Just joined the forum because i am looking into a remap for my 2007 XC90 D5 185BHP, I have just purchased the car.
I have spoken to Don but the idea of having to use something as old as windows xp seems a bit odd.
I have also looked into a company called Quantum Tuning, they have dealers offering remaps for £250, have you heard of them?
How is it going with your car and the remap? Would you recommend MTE over any other remapper? MTE just seems expensive. Do you know if MTE is still providing Don with files or is Don just selling existing remap files?
Thanks,
Tahir
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I sold my XC90 last Autumn after running it for c.6 or 7 years with the MTE remap software. I never had a problem with it - apart from paying around £70 or £80 more per year for insurance. It drove perfectly and felt a lot quicker than stock due to the increased torque, and it got to 60 quicker than before the remap. Fuel economy - if you drive like a saint did it might improve, but if you use the extra mid throttle torque - which for me felt like a minor rumble under the dash - don't expect any fuel economy increase.
I went to MTE as i read a few worrying stories about another tuning company where there were issues and i never heard anything bad about MTE or Don.
If i bought another XC90 with the D5 engine i'd certainly be back in contact with Don to have it remapped again.
When i got mine the process involved downloading a copy of the current software from the car, emailing it to Don, who then sent it over to a chap in Sweden (i think his name was Marcel). A day later they then sent over a modified version of it, which was then uploaded. The idea behind this is that all the Volvo software updates are then built into the remap software and you can tailor the strength of the map (from memory i went for a "mid" strength torque remap), whereas an off-the-shelf one is generic and not tailored to your car, so you might lose software updates or - at worst - if there was a problem the tuner might not be able to tweak it themselves to resolve it.
Yes, i thought at the time i had mine done it was more expensive than a lot of others, but as it was an individual map with the ability to deal directly with Don who is/was involved in motorsport rather than another firm who sell a lot cheaply, i felt this gave me a lot more confidence in the product.
hope this helps.