Ive just been on to Superchips.co.uk, out of idle curiousity to see what they did. It would seem that they offer a chip for the 2001/2002 models which gives the same output as the PPP, i.e. a 40bhp increase (give or take) and 355Nm of torque.....

Has anybody done this?? they ask 551 inc fitting and VAT.....

Just curious...

 

Don't even go down that road ! There are better products out there than the sh!ttychip. Have a search under ECU's, tek3's, unichip....

Kev

 

how so? have you had a bad exp? have you got any links to the stuff you mentionned?

cheers,

 

You can do the same (but in a superior/more controlled manner) for a tenth of the cost for starters

 

well can someone tell me how? instead of just saying its possible?? :P

 

i have a my95 and its been supachipped since 1998 then when i started top come on this forum i was advised to take it out as it could give me engine troubles which i havent got around to doing yet , i also think its strange why people say they are ****e , its a damn site cheaper than geting my ecu re mapped which would cost me around a grand ,ive had no troubles yet and its been in 5 years

 

I am probably wrong but I think the problem with Superchips on any vehicle is that they crudely clamp the boost at a pretty high level. If the the ecu then detects a problem (knock) it can not reduce the boost from this clamped level and create a safety net. This obviously could have expensive consequences.

I have always, maybe unfairly, associated Superchips with blown up Fords.

I would however like to know if a Superchip and a knocklink and boost gauge would be any more dangerous than a Dawes (manual boost controller) with a KL & BG.


Edited for wine related spelling

[Edited by 7 Foot - 8/17/2003 11:31:30 PM]

 

The dodgy bit with the Superchips is, as mentioned, the removal of the safety net. Well, two of them - the ECU control of boost level, and the removal of fuel cut (although I believe this may have now been changed to a fuel cut lifter?).
Anyway, don't compare a Superchips (or the cheaper, higher quality similar version consisting of a Dawes & fuel-cut lifter). The problem with raising the boost - with no other changes - is that you're going to be 'staying' in areas of boost that are only actually designed to be used briefly, under overboost conditions. Raising the fuel cut only allows further movement into this area.
A remap sets the car up to run at this higher boost - fueling & adavnce. As is it's on a different level! Dawes by itself is pretty safe (far far more accurate at boost control than the bleed valve in the Superchips). Raising fuel cut begins to get suspect if you ask me

 

had a superchip in my previous my97 uk turbo for about 14 months with no problems...... i think uk's are less prone to problems
than say imports....but you have to keep an eye on the boost as the screw adjuster on the bleed valve can move from vibrations in the engine bay.

[Edited by kenny.c - 8/18/2003 12:45:31 AM]