I have a Freelander 2 SD4 2013, and was wondering about a stage 1 remap, have seen on a few other forums people have had this done and had good words to say, has anyone had it done on here and if so is it worth it, do you get more performance out if the engine, ? Did you see an increase or decrease in Mpg?

Thank you for your help and advice in advance.

i logged all my fuel with and without remaps, so when i switched to the SD4 and had the blufin recoded to the new car i carried on

The power and driving throw the gears was nicer and worth the remap for that alone, but my mpg didn't improve, infact it went down by a small amount and thats not due to using the extra power, as 80% of my driving is a 20/30/40 zones Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Hi thank you for your response , that's great to know am pretty sure am going to go ahead with it .
Regards

Keen to hear how you find this conversion, I’d like to similar to my 2014 Sd4. I had expected a slight improvement in fuel consumption and to be honest it’s current power is plenty, although the increase in torque would be beneficial for towing . Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

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With all such mods fuel economy is liable to plummet initially until the novelty of extra power wears off and you stop mashing the carpet just to test how much better the acceleration is.

Hi can I ask you why you think fuel consumption will plummet,? I have had several stage 1 remaps in cars and seen slight increase in mpg on a performance remap, they also offer a economy remap for the Freelander 2 which is slight increase in bhp and torque but even better fuel consumption.

Read my post again. A clue ".....until the novelty of extra power wears off...."

I wonder how much is down to reprofiling the response of the accelerator pedal to be more sensitive so gives the impression of more power? 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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T4 wrote:

Read my post again. A clue ".....until the novelty of extra power wears off...."

I had the Bluefin remap installed last November, so have had plenty of time to evaluate it.

Firstly, the improvement in acceleration is very noticeable, but only once you get above 2,500rpm.

I have not noticed any improvement in fuel economy, and yes, I have got over the novelty of using the extra power, but equally well it hasn't deteriorated.

It also made a big difference when pulling the caravan (my main reason for having it). Much happier in 5th gear, even occasionally in 6th.

Overall I'm happy with it.

You might consider the Bluespark 'tuning box' which gives similar benefits as far as I can tell. The main advantage over a remap however, is that it is entirely reversable if you find out that you don't like it for any reason.
My SD4 has a useful increase in torque at the lower end of the rev range which reduces the need to change to lower gears when towing but economy is also improved - my auto is regularly giving me 35mpg and I am quite a 'spirited' driver. Cheers,
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dorsetfreelander wrote:

I wonder how much is down to reprofiling the response of the accelerator pedal to be more sensitive so gives the impression of more power?

I’m with you on that. Years ago I used to have doubled-up throttle return springs on my mini(s) - made them feel much faster because you had to push harder on the accelerator pedal!  2005 D3 2.7 Auto
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RazMan wrote:

You might consider the Bluespark 'tuning box' which gives similar benefits as far as I can tell. The main advantage over a remap however, is that it is entirely reversable if you find out that you don't like it for any reason.