⚠️ Throttle tweak + NOx codes deleted… And that’s being sold as a remap 👀

This Audi A7 came in for a remap check.

Customer had already had it “mapped” elsewhere —

but straight away, something didn’t feel right.

The symptoms

• White smoke under load

• No real power

• Felt sharp on the pedal… but didn’t pull

👉 Classic signs of a poor setup

What we found

Once we checked the file, it was clear:

• Only throttle response had been changed

• NOx fault codes had been deleted

• No real performance tuning applied

• EGR not handled properly

• DPF side not set up correctly

• ❗ Post injection still active despite a “DPF solution”

👉 Fuel still being injected when it shouldn’t be

👉 That’s where your smoke comes from

📈 What it should be

From factory, this engine sits around:

• 218HP

• 500Nm

A proper Stage 1 setup will typically achieve:

• ~310HP

• ~700Nm

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👉 +92HP / +200Nm

The reality

Before we touched it:

• No real power increase

• No proper torque gain

• Smoke under load

• Driving didn’t match what it should be

👉 It felt “mapped”…

👉 But it wasn’t

What we did

We stripped everything back and started again:

• Removed the old file completely

• Built a proper Stage 1 setup

• Corrected EGR behaviour

• Fixed DPF strategy properly

• Disabled incorrect post injection

No shortcuts. Done properly.

The result

Before:

• White smoke

• No power

• Didn’t drive right

After:

• ✔ Clean running

• ✔ Proper power

• ✔ Drives how it should

⚠️ Honest note

Because of how badly the original file was done,

the car may need minor adjustments down the line.

That’s normal when fixing a poor job —

you’re correcting someone else’s work, not starting fresh.

⚠️ What this job shows (what to look out for)

This Audi is exactly what we see every week.

🔧 Generic / copy-paste files

• Same file used across multiple cars

• Not built for your vehicle

👉 Works… but never right

💻 “We know everything” tuners

• No proper checks

• No real testing

👉 Hit or miss — usually miss

⚠️ The “flash and dash”

• Mobile

• Comes to your house

• Quick job on the driveway

👻 When it goes wrong…

“I’ll be back to sort it…”

👉 Then gone.

No support

No fix

No comeback

❗ What we usually see after

• DPF “mapped out” but still blocked

• Smoke issues

• Warning lights

• Poor running

👉 Exactly like this Audi A7

💸 The cheap remap

• £100 jobs

• Minimal time

• No proper setup

👉 Ends up costing more when it has to be fixed

💬 The takeaway

A proper remap:

• Isn’t just throttle response

• Doesn’t rely on deleting fault codes

• Doesn’t leave systems half active

👉 It’s built properly — or not at all

📍 Prestige Performance Group – Newtownards

We don’t just remap cars —

we fix the ones that have already been done wrong.

If your car doesn’t feel right…

there’s usually a reason.

Mapped on your driveway… fixed in our workshop.

📩 Get it checked properly