Why is ECU remapping expensive?

[Deadpixel]

Surely a guy sitting on his laptop for half an hour shouldn't cost between 3 and 4 hundred quid? No parts and negligible labour. What am I actually paying for?

[Gazwould]

Someone wants your trousers down .

£200 for a good generic file , you are paying for the guys time , travel and the cost to develop the file .

[A7_UFO]

assuming the map was properly developed, there would have been extensive rolling road and live mapping to find the optimal set up. If you're a big company like ABT/Revo, I agree that cost of developing that one map can be quickly surpassed.

[Crasher]

You are paying for someone's intellectual property, just like when buying software.

[andy666]

Hi the price would depend on the year of the car and wether it could be done through obd pluggin or if the ecu needed to come off. Average price on a obd custom remap it between £ 150 to £200 pound and some remappers offer warranty on their mapps