Tonight I went around to my cousins house and he's got a Leon Cupra remapped by Jabbasport. We both drove each others cars, some gentle driving, and then driving with some 'character.'
He got straight into my car, And I got straight into his, immediately felt comfy in each others cars, everything is layed out the same, seats are supported the same although they varied in colour from the Cupra R. Out on the road, they felt the exact same to be perfectly honest. It was hard to tell the two apart when driving briskly, they Leon Cupra being remapped pulled really early in the lower gears, the turbo spins up a lot quicker and therefore you can drive it quicker and more effortlessly. 6th gear in the Leon Cupra took off at 45-50mph.
The Leon Cupra R in 6th takes a while to get going, most probably because of some turbo lag, but once it builds up they pretty much feel the same again.
For pure flat out driving, coming off a roundabout immediately you'll notice how the Leon Cupra will take off, and the LCR does take time to be wound up. But once the speed rises, the LCR will gain back on the Leon Cupra, not by much, infact, hardly by anything, but the bigger turbo allows stronger pulling up the rev range and all the way to the redline over the Leon Cupra.
After a few minutes of brisk driving, there comes the braking, the brakes feel the same in normal everyday driving, but when you start to press on, you can feel that the Leon Cupra doesn't bite back at you like the Leon Cupra R still does. That must be the Brembo's with the slightly bigger discs kicking in. There not any more stronger than the Leon Cupra's at all, they just seem to hold and last longer.
Handling is pretty much the same to be perfectly honest, there both reasonably comfy to drive normally at sensible paces, and beyond this too.
The best part of them is the styling, parked next to each other on the drive they look identical in most places, but with the added touches that the Cupra R has, there is an obvious difference.
So, On the road, the only time the Leon Cupra R really stands out is when you hit silly speeds, it pulls on a little stronger, but If your sensible enough it's rare you'd ever do this.
Between the two, If your not sure about which car to get, and you don't want to pay the slightly extra fuel bills, the insurance and so on...
Then a remapped Leon Cupra is perfectly up to the job of matching a standard Leon Cupra R, and in some cases, a bit quicker.
Cheers
He got straight into my car, And I got straight into his, immediately felt comfy in each others cars, everything is layed out the same, seats are supported the same although they varied in colour from the Cupra R. Out on the road, they felt the exact same to be perfectly honest. It was hard to tell the two apart when driving briskly, they Leon Cupra being remapped pulled really early in the lower gears, the turbo spins up a lot quicker and therefore you can drive it quicker and more effortlessly. 6th gear in the Leon Cupra took off at 45-50mph.
The Leon Cupra R in 6th takes a while to get going, most probably because of some turbo lag, but once it builds up they pretty much feel the same again.
For pure flat out driving, coming off a roundabout immediately you'll notice how the Leon Cupra will take off, and the LCR does take time to be wound up. But once the speed rises, the LCR will gain back on the Leon Cupra, not by much, infact, hardly by anything, but the bigger turbo allows stronger pulling up the rev range and all the way to the redline over the Leon Cupra.
After a few minutes of brisk driving, there comes the braking, the brakes feel the same in normal everyday driving, but when you start to press on, you can feel that the Leon Cupra doesn't bite back at you like the Leon Cupra R still does. That must be the Brembo's with the slightly bigger discs kicking in. There not any more stronger than the Leon Cupra's at all, they just seem to hold and last longer.
Handling is pretty much the same to be perfectly honest, there both reasonably comfy to drive normally at sensible paces, and beyond this too.
The best part of them is the styling, parked next to each other on the drive they look identical in most places, but with the added touches that the Cupra R has, there is an obvious difference.
So, On the road, the only time the Leon Cupra R really stands out is when you hit silly speeds, it pulls on a little stronger, but If your sensible enough it's rare you'd ever do this.
Between the two, If your not sure about which car to get, and you don't want to pay the slightly extra fuel bills, the insurance and so on...
Then a remapped Leon Cupra is perfectly up to the job of matching a standard Leon Cupra R, and in some cases, a bit quicker.
Cheers