Jay,
legally yes you are meant to tell your insurance company.
Reliability will not be affected. the car will be better to drive, more responsive, better on fuel when driven sensibly. It will not affect the longetivity of any engine component. that is purely down to how you look after it yourself, chipped or unchipped.
The chip takes approx 10 mins to fit. you simply lever out the original one and replace it with the new one.
you will get better performance, improved fuel economy, better pick up.. i dont see a negative, except that you're going to want to give your car full beans alot LOL
I hope this helps.
any further question, please ask.
Mike
07976 302409.
i was looking at this earlier, there are a couple of queries/resevations
the insurance, i know that some people don't declare chips as a mod but surely the insurance company is going to want to know.
Relaibility, fitting a component that will change the way the car drives/behaves/performs will surely also affect the longevity of the engine as well.
fitting, has anyine ever fitted a chip? is it just 'plug and play'
finally what sort of improvements (on a general basis) can you expect to see from something like this?
I'm interested, i would just like those little niggles put to the back of my mind where they belong