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Will this chip actually do what they're promising?
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:19 pm
by mr. megane
Re: Will this chip actually do what they're promising?
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:51 pm
by Anthony
Re: Will this chip actually do what they're promising?
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:57 pm
by direstraits
They usually do more than man would ask. Damage the engine...
Re: Will this chip actually do what they're promising?
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:29 pm
by Paddy
There is generally two answers to a question, The long, 'Yes' and the short 'No'. This question gets the shorter answer...
What this does is in a nut shell is trick your ECU into thinking the air intake is colder than it is thus dumping more fuel into the chambers...
It’s just an expensive 'pig-back' system. The same results can be achieved with a variable resistor and a few wires.
As for the 20 odd bhp gain from a 2.0... that number came from a lottery...
Re: Will this chip actually do what they're promising?
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:44 am
by mr. megane
Thanks, guys!
I thought it sounded too good to be true since I've only heard the opposite
Re: Will this chip actually do what they're promising?
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:16 pm
by steeley52
I bought one of the chips(about £80) for my megane 1.5dci 106 bhp, the fuel consumption was slightly better so i gave it to my son for his megane 1.5dci 86bhp,there was a good increase in performance and also between 10-15 mpg better.My opinion is they work for some and not others
Re: Will this chip actually do what they're promising?
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:43 pm
by Paddy
steeley52 wrote:I bought one of the chips(about £80) for my megane 1.5dci 106 bhp, the fuel consumption was slightly better so i gave it to my son for his megane 1.5dci 86bhp,there was a good increase in performance and also between 10-15 mpg better.My opinion is they work for some and not others
The reason it worked well for you and your son is because you both drive a turbo. For a Naturally Aspirated engine the gains are negligible.