Have a chat with Matty at Wallace Performance - they'd be the closest place that would be in a position to map it, and he owns and knows a decent amount the coupe.

not as cheap or as good as having a proper re-map

I had the older unichip fitted to mine, it was terrible, the car constantly cut out on idle or when changing down at low revs, it wasn't a nice car to drive.

I removed the unichip and all was well again.

Make sure you get the latest version as I'd hate for you to waste as much money as I did!

A proper remap meaning what?

Proper proper proper

Unichip has more features than the standard remap Dave .
Google it and you'll see lads running over 700bhp on a unichip.

Early ones were hit and miss but the latest version offers as much as some stand alones.
You can also see all the stock ecu parameters in live or freeze frame easily.
Including finding out why the stock ecu map brings the injector light on in 3rd gear and above.
As I thought the maf voltage is hitting 4.88 volts before the light comes on then going out of range after.
Maybe a reason why most setups tail off the boost to bring the maf back into voltage range.

This setups so good that you can connect your phones to it via Bluetooth and see what it's doing.
Very good customer support and safety features.

John I know a fair bit about it as I have installed the unichip q's on a few cars and also been there while they are mapped from my point of view.

1. The Unichip Q is not that new, been around about 5 years. It can be very clever for certain applications, but ultimately it works the same as the old Unichip by intercepting signals to the ECU in order to trick it to do something else e.g. MAF voltage, crank sensor.

2. There are limits to what it can do because it is not actually controlling the car, the factory ECU is. Bigger injectors can be a real problem

3. It may need extra hardware e.g. MAP sensor, iDriver etc, in order to get it to work.

4. It's not a cheap option, with average supply/fit/map costing £450-750 depending on what is required.

the guy I know who does this is also one of only a few who are apporved by dastek south afirca and been out there for their courses.

However in general terms you would always tune with the ECU to have full control where possible.

Dont get me wrong this is a good bit of kit and in the right circumstances can be very clever. sometimes there is no alternative if ECU is "locked out" other than standalone.

John I know a fair bit about it as I have installed the unichip q's on a few cars and also been there while they are mapped from my point of view.

1. The Unichip Q is not that new, been around about 5 years. It can be very clever for certain applications, but ultimately it works the same as the old Unichip by intercepting signals to the ECU in order to trick it to do something else e.g. MAF voltage, crank sensor.

2. There are limits to what it can do because it is not actually controlling the car, the factory ECU is. Bigger injectors can be a real problem

3. It may need extra hardware e.g. MAP sensor, iDriver etc, in order to get it to work.

4. It's not a cheap option, with average supply/fit/map costing £450-750 depending on what is required.

the guy I know who does this is also one of only a few who are apporved by dastek south afirca and been out there for their courses.

However in general terms you would always tune with the ECU to have full control where possible.

Dont get me wrong this is a good bit of kit and in the right circumstances can be very clever. sometimes there is no alternative if ECU is "locked out" other than standalone.

Hi Dave

Are you an Authorised Unichip installer/dealer???

Dave its not often that a live map gives you change from £450 to £700 taking into account fuel and distance etc.

I would disagree saying live map is superior as its clearly not.

And if you want to revert back to standard then you can sell the unichip for minimum £400 whereas the live map chip is worth nothing.
So the investment gives back a return.

Map sensors and injector drivers are included in the £700 mapped price.
So no additionals.

Fitting these takes 20 minutes.

Fitting bigger injectors is actually easier on the unichip than in the stock ecu.

Also live mapping is about intercepting or corrupting the signals.
Neither are what you would class as direct.

Hi Dave

Are you an Authorised Unichip installer/dealer???

Could only find a Paul Shepherd in your nick of the woods?

http://www.unichipeurope.co.uk/dealer-network.asp

and who and where are they based

We've mapped 4 coupes now with the unichip with bigger injectors.
Paul shepherd doesn't map coupes as far as I'm aware therefor I can only assume that you've purchased the cable from eBay and your illegally mapping the unichip.

This is piracy and the exact reason why unichip ONLY supply to registered dealers.
Otherwise inexperienced so called mappers will be on forums rubbishing there products without the knowledge to know what's causing the issues.

If your not a registered dealer of this system then you don't have the updates or customer support.
Hence why there running rough.

If you do have the above then its down to the mapper or a serious issue on the vehicle.