remapping the HDi engine

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My Name: martinbingo

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hi as anyone had a remap done to the 1.4hdi 8 v, if so pros and cons price and who did the work...the reason i ask is i used to have a td5 land rover 0-60 14sec 26mpg top speed 73mpg after remap 0- 60 8.1 sec 33 mpg top speed 94mph and cost 250 pounds by dynachip in liverpool, but they come to your house to do work about 2 hours to complete, i was going to phone dynachip about the c3 but i thought i would as you all first...martin
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Hi martinbingo, I would be interested to hear how much improvement you can get out of the 8v engine. Citroens solution was to double the valve count and swap the turbo for a variable vane one to squeeze more power.
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