Pat, unfortunatley the Link actually ends up costing about £1200, as BR Developments insist on a variety of paraphenalia including knock sensor,lambda probe etc.Has anybody got personal experience of a Unichip as this only costs £465 plus VAT fitted from Powerstation.

 

Deep,

Yeah, it works fine, lots of people happy with it.

Cheers

Ian

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by TopCat:
<B>The fitter who fit it a scooby dealer contact who use to work for PDrive said UK cars can run 21psi and greys only 18psi.[/quote]

Someone told me that without major rework to the UK block, that you shouldn't go above 18psi!!! Can anyone confirm this or not??

Are we talking peak boost or holding boost for the figures you're quoting??

Cheers
Andy

 

TC

Sorry 4 the delay m8, I 4got bout this thread. Up2 now the only tracks it`s been on r airstrips and dcways, do a regular 150 mile trip every month or so on good roads
At a gues she`s done around 100 1/4 miles up2 now. Have had 2 replace / upgrade the clutch and gearbox up2 now. Various mods.

18psi..Maybe thats why the fitter "used" 2 work with prodrive
When we were setting it up it went to 26 but started pinking so we retarded it a little to 22. She`s been at that 4 over a year now. No point in wasting cash on controllers an stuff, wot me n Dave do is use the loud peddle as the boost controller

4got 2 mention she is a 93/94 wrx

Want more? mail me

 

Dave/Pete,

So what did you guys get on the RR, running 22psi ?

Mark.

 

SUPERCHIPS
I have a 6 month old MY2000 imported from Holland. I got Falkland Performance to fit a full exhaust system and a K & N panel filter. After advice from them I fitted a SUPERCHIP and noticed immediatly the increace in performance. My advice - yes buy one if this is your price range, BUT get it fitted PROFESSIONALLY and dont mess about with it. Give Kevin a buzz at Falkland on 01592 773677 he will give you the facts and figures.

 

Mark,

Checkout

 

teknopete
boost is not every thing. i am running 18psi on a MY99UK and i got 280bhp/285lb/ft on the starperformance rolling road day on the summer. but i am running with link ECU.

have you tried to run less boost on the rollers to see the difference ? the cooler air going into the engine maybe give very similar power but make thing a bit safer.

i maybe talking rubbish again though.

could not make it on the 25th as my AP clutch went again how are you getting on with your AP racing cermetallic paddle clutch, is it a pain to use ?

andy
it is not recommended to run more than 18-19psi on a UK car internals but who knows ? no one is very sure about this it is trial and error i suppose . if you get it wrong it will cost you alot......!!! it also may depend on the size of the turbo on a UK car ( it is tiny )so if you spin it too fast outside its range you get very hot air into your engine, and to combat that you need to drop the ignition advance quite a bit so you go back to square one again. unless you get a bigger intercooler or water injection, it is a vicious circle . the best thing for a UK car is a VF23 running 18psi on it will give you MORE volume of air = more power also colder air= more air molecules per volume = even more power. and probably safer too. but again i know of cars in OZ running 20psi with the standard turbo and internals in hotter climate with no problems as far as i know. so it is you who have to weigh up your risk

cheers

sam

 

Sam,

Interesting theory, I only took it on the RR to see if my repacement gearbox would hold up Serious though the 1st run topped out @ 284 but didn`t get the print. It was lifting outta the rollers so we filled the car with boddies 2 weigh her down, thats when I got the second figures and as u`ll know the car was well heated up by then Dunno wot 2 make of the results I believe that 250lbf-ft s pretty good? an that 175.5BHP @ the wheels is as well "flywheel don`t matter cause u r wheels r wheels r on the road not u r flywheel? Once spooled up its like **** off a greased stick on most surfaces

Alan @ Falkland mentioned u r mota 2 me last time I woz there. Have 2 get the gether 4 a crack sometime. chew the fat n stuff.

BTW the paddle clutch is great note the drag output figure 60BHP Bit of a bugger 2 get used 2 but 1nce u`ve got the knack s a peice of cake. Well worth the wallet ache.

Gimme a shout
Pete

 

teknopete,
how does the hks afr work,can it be used to stop a car running lean throughout the rev range? i ask because i was on the verge of letting falkland superchip my car,after reading this thread,and seeing the results at star,as they are only 15mins away from me but after reading auto express magazine,(they say that due to emissions, later uk turbos are running lean at low revs causing surging),i am now having second thoughts as i have one of those guttless my00 cars.

john

 

T-UK

I used to work for Subaru & was involved with a few surging complaints from customers.I was told by the Regional Technical Bod that the problem was overfuelling,i.e running rich between 2500 & 3500 rpm.This was the result of the ECU map on the 99/00 cars being changed to give them more torque mid-range.I have recently heard that the modified ECU to counteract this problem could not meet with the emission regulations & it was back to the drawing board.
Anyone else heard similar or different??

Still happy with my superchip

 

cheers dave,
had noticed that your car was still overfuelling at star,just worrying when a mag like auto express prints something like that .
have been looking into unichip and spoken to storm engineering(distributor),he told me that he has a rolling road and is looking into getting premises to start fitting them in fife,hopefully within 3months,what do you think of them?
very tempted to get a superchip just now,so i can give you some sport on the top marques days ,which is why i wanted to know more about pete's afr control,prices,how it works,does it signal when car is running lean/rich etc.,also i see that your car has an oil cooler,do you think this is a must with a chipped car?
think i will put this mod on hold and go for some new alloys.

john

 

Guys,

I am running a Superchip on my UK MY97 with the following,

K&N Panel
Full SS system no cats
Forge DV
SUL
PE Boost Gauge

with the bleed Valve off I peak 20 and hold 19psi with no pinking at all.

prior to fitting the SS system I was holding 15psi this was with the valve off as well.

Good chip, but try not to use the Bleed Valve for safety and get a full system and filter, run on SUL and check for Det and get a boost gauge. Than you should have a Monster on wheels!

TC

 

John

Chris from Dundee had his WRX unichipped, he's on list somewhere be the best man to ask.I had the HKS AFR on my gtir, it was a simple device & seemed to work to a certain extent-it melted plugs if you didnt turn it up enough...lol.But the fuelling on the Pulsar was a nightmare, even with 2 fuel pumps & a FSE valve.Mail Pete & ask some questions regarding his set-up.
Oil cooler's a good idea whether it chipped or not IMHO.I also use Castrol RS 10w/60 oil, seems to cope better than other brands I've tried.
Are you going to KH on the 17th??

Dave

 

can't say yes or no to knockhill,i am a farmer so things are a bit "tae f?ck",just now .
thanks for the info. ,think that i will put chip on hold for a few months,the speed at which foot & mouth is spreading is worrying me,thought it had peaked,but it's off with avengeance again.

john

 

Im a bit confused about all this boost business.My96 STI2has just come back from PE and running on 14psi 15psi peak im rolling roaded at 300bhp/265lbs torque.I do have a T75 system with cat fitted and a Blitz induction kit.I also have water injection.

Seems as though a chip job could be worth a go!!

Robertski

 

i'm also looking at chipping my vehicle - first thoughts were possumlink 'cos it's a local product, but searching the web the most useful site i've found about chipping is -

 

oops - that url in my previous post should read

 

Hi guys,

This all sounds very technical me.

I've got a Superchip fitted to my MY98 Terzo and from the previous conversations am happy that it can take a boost pressure of 18psi fairly safely. It may be able to go higher, but this could be very risky (£££ if it goes wrong). When last tested mine was only running 0.95 bar (approx 14psi).

Does anyone know how to turn the boost up? Is it easy and (more importantly) safe.

Cheers

Simon

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by SimonJM:
<B>Hi guys,

This all sounds very technical me.

I've got a Superchip fitted to my MY98 Terzo and from the previous conversations am happy that it can take a boost pressure of 18psi fairly safely. It may be able to go higher, but this could be very risky (£££ if it goes wrong). When last tested mine was only running 0.95 bar (approx 14psi).

Does anyone know how to turn the boost up? Is it easy and (more importantly) safe.

Cheers

Simon[/quote]

Mail me off line please

TC

 

does any of you guys with superchips have a knock detector such as the knock link fitted ?

i have seen one with knocklink running 19psi and although you could not hear any knocks from inside the car, the car was knocking all over the place. the car was then taken to the dealer who fitted the super chip and a refund was given.

try it just to be on the safe side. what are you going to loose apart from a little money fo rthe knock link and an extra knock sensor.