willmason 0 Posted October 22, 2003 Has anyone else bought a power chip off Ebay? these are proper in your ECU jobs! I fitted one last weekend and what a difference its made.All for 22 euros (£15) and thats with your p+p from germany. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dazzyvr6 0 Posted October 22, 2003 what engine is that for?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dan 0 Posted October 22, 2003 WOW! How difficult is it to change the ECU DIY? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveo29 0 Posted October 22, 2003 tell us more...is your engine standard/modified?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willmason 0 Posted October 22, 2003 They do the chips for any vw 16v,G60,VR6 they havent developed one for the newer engines yet. I fitted my chip in 15 minutes tops it was that easy there is only one removeable chip and you just swap it over.I have a 2.0 16V and it used to be flat in the low revs but now it seems to pull right through the rev range the only bad point is that it seems I have a slightly slower top speed but who does the top speed all the time?The company claims +14 BHP on the 16v engine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dan 0 Posted October 23, 2003 Had a look on Ebay, are these the same chips that are advertised for sale @ £3.99 + free mobile phone booster? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GazzaG60 0 Posted October 23, 2003 iid be a tad sceptical about chips of unknown origin. whos to say they havent only thown a bit of timing in to make it more perky. Have you had a wideband on it? it may not even have been programmed in a car Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 23, 2003 The company claims +14 BHP on the 16v engine Which company? do they have a website? Cheers, Thera Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willmason 0 Posted October 24, 2003 these chips are the real deal there from a company in Germany called Chiptuning and their website is the same name plus .com you have to go on the worldwide search on ebay to find them their email address is mailto:[email protected] but they dont speak english so you will have to translate what you send and receive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted October 24, 2003 tbh........i'm just a bit sceptical about these "cheap" chips......it maybe has improved your performance(short-term) but can they gaurantee that say 6months to a year down the line it won't make your engine go bang with expensive results........ :? :? :? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pookyvr6 0 Posted October 24, 2003 Sorry to be pessamistic, but it bollock's. Its a resistor that you fit somewhere to the air flow meter which basically tells the engine less air is getting in than actually is. The engine then compensates and puts more fuel in. So, I guess: worse fuel economy, bad compression, confused ECU and more than likely, a new engine, ECU and head gasket before long. You'd be better off shoving a portion of "chips" in your fuel tank. If anyone believes they can get +15bhp for £15 then good luck to you. Williamson, your not the bloke selling them on Ebay are you? Thought so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60 0 Posted October 24, 2003 do it right. its not a cheap car to be replacing parts on (ecus, engines) be smart. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VR6 0 Posted October 24, 2003 Its a resistor that you fit somewhere to the air flow meter which basically tells the engine less air is getting in than actually is. The engine then compensates and puts more fuel in. If there was less air, why would the engine compensate by putting more fuel in? Surely it would be telling it more air was getting in, therefore, more fuel could be burnt? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60 0 Posted October 24, 2003 ya that makes more sense VR. the ecu is the brain of the car. why would you want to trick it into doing harmful things to itself? kind of masochistic isn't it? :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris VR6nos 0 Posted October 25, 2003 pookyvr6, Sorry pookyvr6 but you're talking sh1te, you've got it wrong, read first then write! and welcome to the forum, hope to see you post more in the future. Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VR6 0 Posted October 25, 2003 Bit harsh Chris? lol May have just typed in the wrong word by mistake. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 26, 2003 Williamson, your not the bloke selling them on Ebay are you? Thought so. Well?!?!?!? :roll: :x Thera Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pookyvr6 0 Posted October 26, 2003 Christopher, talking shit about what exactly? Here's the Ebay link which I referred to: So I got it slightly wrong. Big fu*king deal. Another northener frustrated that they're not Scottish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted October 26, 2003 Ok ok.. if you can't play nice, you can't play at all. Any more of this and the threads headed for locksville.. Lets all try place nice eh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites