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Author Subject: chips
jalittle

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Post #1
i know its a 1.8 and people are going to say just buy a gti6 but i want to chip my 1.8 it has the manifolds and cams but needs a chip to get the full benifits. i cant find any chips and iv heard the ecu isnt mapable.
help please
Posted 29th Jun 2011 at 03:27
matty_rallye

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Post #2
A 'chip' would be a complete waste of money. U sure the ecu cant be mapped by Wayne Schofild of Chipwizards. If you havent tried him then it would be worth a call.

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Posted 29th Jun 2011 at 04:06
cwspellowe

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Post #3
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, £400 remap would buy you a good condition gti6 engine..

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Posted 29th Jun 2011 at 04:23
24seven

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Post #4
The only reallisic option if you really want to keep the 1.8 is to either fit full GTi6 management and get it remapped, or get an aftermarket ECU on it, but as said for the cost of either you'd save a bit just putting a '6 lump in complete anyway, and come out of it with more power. The 1.8's management copes well enough with cams and manifolds from a '6 anyway, though it's true it would be better with a different map.

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Posted 30th Jun 2011 at 06:58
jalittle

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Post #5
If I had the time and space to put a engine in I would but I dont so I am planing to put a gti head on so I can have the cam sensor for a gti ecu just need to do abit more research first
Posted 30th Jun 2011 at 12:55
owain

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Post #6
jalittle wrote:
it has the manifolds and cams but needs a chip to properly screw the engine over


If you get to the point where you're thinking of "chipping" a car, you're doing something wrong I'm afraid.

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Posted 30th Jun 2011 at 13:11
daveyboy

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Post #7
If your're thinking of chipping an N/A car full stop you are on the road to bieng fleeced.

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Posted 30th Jun 2011 at 20:11
bobdylan_55

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Post #8
As said, chipping does near on f*** all. If anything itll make your car worse by increasing fuel consumption.
Wayne at chipwizards should be able to remap for standard ecu, but for a cost of around £400.

gti6 engine much better.

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Posted 30th Jun 2011 at 20:23
jimmyhackers

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Post #9
heres my two cents, feel free to critasise Razz

i bought a remapped eprom chip off ebay for my old 1.4 for £50. it raised my rev limit from 6300 to 7300. it lowered the bottom limit of the power band by about 1000rpm. so to start with it had 75bhp. After 16 years it had about 60 :p and with cold air induction the chip and a decat it had probly 70 :p

in heinsight to think the ecu can only really change 3 things on a n/a aengine. when and how much fuel to squirt and when to set it on fire.

i lernt my lesson. you want more power? buy a bigger engine

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Posted 5th Jul 2011 at 02:18
roland rat

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Post #10
jimmyhackers wrote:

i lernt my lesson. you want more power? buy a bigger engine


+1

/thread
Posted 5th Jul 2011 at 02:20
owain

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Post #11
+2

/thread again

I'd hate to see the inside of some of the engines people put these chips on.

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Posted 5th Jul 2011 at 04:03
thugpuggin

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Post #12
I'm now hungry after reading this.



Wedges will have to do.

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Posted 5th Jul 2011 at 04:19
owain

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Post #13
Stuffing those inside your engine would still leave less grease and shit than an eBay one would.

Hmm....chips.

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Posted 5th Jul 2011 at 04:23

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