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Originally Posted by Rich850R
dont go to shem, go to Tim Williams
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probably a more useful if you expanded on why really ...
anyway .... I am guessing you are only going in for a stage 1 map so celtic should be fine. BD Performance have a custom tuner who can map volvo's with rolling roads close by. I previously had a superchips map on my T5 and personally dont think it really matters where you go for just an initial map for that kick of power, any reputable mapper will do.
As for the Volvo specialists, I have tried numerous times to get Tim to map mine with 0 results, he has reported some great custom mapping work but he is incredibly difficult to do anything with, you will be pulling your hair out. I orders parts from him which arrived about a year later, and have been over half a year of him telling me hs is going to map my car with no commitment and flaking out on the week of the date we mentioned (Happened about 3 - 4 times so I just gave up). So take that which ever way you want, all notes are in my build thread in my signiture.
My car ended up going to Shems as he was recommended and he is also a particulaly hard person to get a hold of or to get updates from. He did end up mapping my car but it took him 4 - 5 months of dilly dallying around and it was still incomplete. The car is fine with some good gains but defenitly not smooth. I know barrybritcher mentioned he didnt have cruise control after, so I just want to say that I still have cruise control.
I personally would just go with any reputable mapper close to you (Do your research as there are tonnes) and stick the car in there, if there are any issues then atleast its not a hassle for you to get the car back to them. People like Superchips / Celtic tuning etc have maps not tailored to your car but to that specific model / engine, even though they are not custom, they are more reliable and less of a progression which is what custom maps are.