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Old 21 March 2003, 09:01 PM
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Has anyone got or had a superchip on this model comments please power reliability etc......
Old 21 March 2003, 09:40 PM
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Use the search facility.
Old 21 March 2003, 10:02 PM
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Don't do it. Not the search facility as John has suggested the superchip part. Superchips will do harm to your car. They raise boost with trickery and do not supply fuelling etc. Money could be spent on much better toys.

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Old 22 March 2003, 03:01 PM
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I have had one on my CATALUNYA for 4 years with slight problems but nothing to do with the chip itself
Old 22 March 2003, 05:24 PM
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Mine is a CATALUNYA to , can you tell me is it worth doing is there a noticable increase in torque.
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I have an my97 chip and blled valve for sale at 100 quid all in, if you use one you want to up and monitor the fuel as well then its ok.

My uk was running 270 bhp with it with no probs but I'm after the gems ecu so I took it off to sell.

Edited to say that most probs with the chip seem to be with the imports because of the low quality fuel in the uk which exagerates the problem, but better to go the new ecu or re-map if funds allow, but as i said with upped fuel and a knocklink it could be a bargain...

[Edited by Nick200 - 3/22/2003 6:15:19 PM]
Old 23 March 2003, 09:07 AM
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i have just had a powerchip fitted from collins motorsport in congleton £293 fitted and has given me 30bhp and upped the boost to 20psi and they have given me there word that nothing will go wrong ever and it will still fly thru the emmisions on the mot,the car performs very very well
Old 23 March 2003, 12:22 PM
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Got an exhaust from Collins. I was tempted to get the powerchip, seemed very cheap. But after advice on these threads there was too much risk.
How long have you had it Stubee? Is your car a Jap import?
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the chips from collins are safe and will not damage anything,only had the wrx for a month now but its my 3rd scooby yeah its an import as well.

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stubee doo, i have brought a uk Turbo 2000 with this Collins power chip, the de-cat exhaust which i asume is a mongoose and it has a bleed valve. is your boost at 20psi stable or does it reach 20 psi then drop back. i have just installed a boost guage and found that my car boosts to how ever far i am willing to let it by adjusting the bleed valve then slowly drops back to 13 psi reaching 19 psi but i have backed it down to 17 psi for now
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dont think he still posts as his last post was 15/01/2004!!

Best bet is to contact Collins they will be able to advise best
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If the collins chip is of the same design as the superchip i.e a fuel cut defender/disabler and a bleed valve, then 20psi is an awful lot of boost for a car that hasn't had any other form of mapping.

I can pretty much garuntee you will be off the scale at the top of your fuel/ignition map and will probably be running the same fuel & ignition at 16psi as you will at 20psi.
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do you think i should just get rid of it all together.
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