Caleb Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 ChipSeen these on ebay and says that will fit most cars, however the loww rrp put me right off and especially seeing othered for £160 etc . . Prawn any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick_spider Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 I'd be very wary of those. I think they're normally a resistor which tricks the ECU into thinking the engine is cold(er) and hence it puts a richer mix of fuel in.I'd think in all the years that manufacturers have been developing engines if there was such a great quick fix which gave +15bhp they'd have done it already.If you're serious about getting more out of the engine on a budget, have a look on www.msefi.com.Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Meh they look alrite, just bought one lol, for 2 quid worth a try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 (edited) my dad makes these thing for Fords and they wanted something like 5% more performance, so they simply turned the wick on the equiptment to give it the 5% increase in performance, to keep a long story short less than half way through durance testing the turbo flew apart rings fryed themselves because the materials just wernt able to withstand the 5% heat increase. or so the story goes i guess you could sayEDIT: May be a completly different thing to me that doesnt look like a racing chip that attaches to the cars electronics looks like just a cheapo plug on thing Edited February 3, 2006 by pissin_on_the_fence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 So it's basically like a choke? Seems stupid to me, a great way to waste extra fuel for no reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Wouldnt tough it personally, just get a remap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 I thought everyone knew these things were bollocks by now?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials_pimp Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 (edited) They are just resistors in a box.They dont really work, you just overfuel.The reason REAL power chips are sooo expencive is because they are properly installed into the PCM and they Re-map the Fuleing and Ignition to provide more power.If you want to go the extra 4ft, get a Bluefin, from Superchips. This allows you to re-map your car from the cockpit, so you can choose ecconomy, or power.They arent cheap by all means, but you know they work and dont do any real damage.But you must allways remember, when modifying an engine, you MUST make sure the base unit is up to scratch, everything is working as it should and there is no wear in anything.If you dont, you will plow loads of monney into the "mods" and the engine will give up as it wasnt strong enough to cope.What engine are you modding, sometimes there are better things to do than chips 1st Edited February 4, 2006 by trials_pimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Papasnap Maher Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 What engine are you modding, sometimes there are better things to do than chips 1stAt a guess from his msn name, a pug 306 1.9td Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
011001000110010101110010 Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 (edited) those ebay chips tell the ECU car has just started so putting more fuel in and eventually the ECU will re learn what it used to do or it will f**k your catalitic converter. Edited February 4, 2006 by derf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Heheh thought they were too good to be treue, i wasnt planning on doing any moddying to the engine for a good while yet anyway just wanted to learn about what to do etc, for when i'm ready.yeah joes riight it would be on a peugot 306 1.9 turbo diesel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Check out www.dieseltuninguk.co.uk (may be .com) but i dont know if it would work on the pug, depends on age etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Street Lee Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Google it up large for "the derv doctor" cause some of the lads round here that drive oil burners rave about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 am i not right in thinking that the 306 tdi's ran some sort of mechanical injetion instead of a totally electronic system?#did you also know that you can up the boost on the tdi a fair bit, and get a fair few more horses from them pretty safely....however, dont be tempted to up the boost all the way, or it WILL blow 6 months down the line.... happened to a mate of mine..... he upped it 3 times, in stages, until it was as high as it could go, and a few months later she blew out bigtime and melted a piston!EDIT: as people have said, those 'chips' are just resistors.... a few of my mates bought them....on a 1.1 106 it simply wouldnt start AT ALLon a 1.4 astra it started but ticked over at 1600rpm constantly and was a dog to drive..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Street Lee Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 The early TDI's were mechanical injection and you're right in saying that you can manually wind the boost up on the wastegate, then the fueling to suit. They go like f**k to be fair Later models were the HDI engine which is all ECU controlled, common rail injection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Later models were the HDI engine which is all ECU controlled, common rail injection.common rail rocks! for work i drive a 130bhp passat which is common rail, and thats an awesome car! 130 horses and a 6spd box aint slow, yet still returns 50mpg every day beasty car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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