Travelled the 360 mile round trip to Red Dot Racing in Watford next to Smart Arse Design to get the car custom re-mapped.
There are lots of set remaps out there by companies such as SW Exclusive, Smarts R Us, Smarts for U, Dealers, MC Smarts, Big Performance, and many others. A lot of these re-maps dont have smooth power curves and have a large amount of power early on then tail off which isn't always the most pleasant drive and having experienced a couple of these re-maps before I decided to get a custom one.
Red Dot is the only placve I know of who do custom re-maps for smart at this time in the UK so there was only one choice, and I have used them before so I know they provide an excellent service.
As I have completed induction and exhaust modifications, I think this was the best option to get the most power from the car.
After approximately 2 1/2 hours and a bit of tinkering I got 107 bhp (see below) which will probably settle at about 112-115 bhp when the re-map has bedded in which will take about a week. It's not the easiest to read but the new figures are the dark lines black being bhp and the blue torque so as you can see good gains. It should be noted that rolling roads need to be calibrated specially for smart roadsters to account for the loss from the fly to the wheels, and people find that their cars vary wildly on different rolling roads, so the best thing you can do is get out there and do some 1/4 mile runs to see how quick your car is in reality.
I also had the revs raised in manual from 6,000 rpm to 6,500 rpm, this is much better as the car reaches approximately 62-64mph before wanting to change gear rather than the 58mph it used to reach. This means one less gear change and consequently a quicker 0-62mph time.So long as the car doesn't trip into safe mode, I will be going back to have the re-map twaeaked to produce in the region of 120-125 bhp. This is waht a tuned Brabus' puts out when modified (max 130 bhp), so I can't complain at these results from a standard roadster!
I can now accelerate in 6 gear from 75 mph and the car will go on to a dizzying 130mph'ish', as opposed to 115 mph as standard, it has made the drive much more pleasant with longer gears and a a heck of a lot better on the motorways.
Details of bhp of bedded in custom re-map to follow and hopefully tweaked figures... watch this space.
