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[M20LSY]

I have a 2000 facelift CDX 2.5td with the manual box.

I drove down to my local diesel tuning company who is regarded as being pretty good around here. He told me my car is 130 standard that are restricted by Vauxhall though the BMW with the identicle engine has 153 standard. He said these have been done before and go to nearly 170 if he takes the original brain out and reprogrammes it.

He then said that because mine has done 140k, he wouldn't advise a full map like he has done before, but rather try for an extra "20ish" horse power so the tolerences aren't as hard on the engine.

Has anyone chipped this engine before? Or chipped the 2.2dti? I'd appreciate any advise guys & gals.

[RobG]

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1285314752/8

[Omegatoy]

chips are available through here to bring the engine back up to and beyond the bmw specs,
been around for 5 years, best bet is to pm the boy as he has my original contact for the chip you may need to put chip
socket into the ecu

[M20LSY]

chips are available through here to bring the engine back up to and beyond the bmw specs,
been around for 5 years, best bet is to pm the boy as he has my original contact for the chip you may need to put chip
socket into the ecu

Thanks mate! So do you recon it would bo ok/safe enough to get it chipped even with it being an older engine and the higher miles?

[aaronjb]

I don't think it's the engine you need to worry about, but rather if it's an automatic, the gearbox..

[Elite Pete]

chips are available through here to bring the engine back up to and beyond the bmw specs,
been around for 5 years, best bet is to pm the boy as he has my original contact for the chip you may need to put chip
socket into the ecu

Thanks mate! So do you recon it would bo ok/safe enough to get it chipped even with it being an older engine and the higher miles?

Mines just coming up to 151000 miles and i've got the full fat chip. So long as you keep your oil changes regular (I do mine ever 3000 miles) you should be ok and you will notice a massive difference in BHP and torque, mine will spin the wheels in 3rd if the road is damp

[M20LSY]

It's not the automatic, it's the manual I have in my car. I'm led to believe that the manual is quite rare in the 2.5td, I'm not sure if that's true or not.

[aaronjb]

It's not the automatic, it's the manual I have in my car. I'm led to believe that the manual is quite rare in the 2.5td, I'm not sure if that's true or not.

I think it is - but that's good, gearbox will be fine, then The only thing it might do, IMHO, is prematurely age the clutch.. but at least that is (essentially) a consumable rather than a gearbox

[M20LSY]

chips are available through here to bring the engine back up to and beyond the bmw specs,
been around for 5 years, best bet is to pm the boy as he has my original contact for the chip you may need to put chip
socket into the ecu

Thanks mate! So do you recon it would bo ok/safe enough to get it chipped even with it being an older engine and the higher miles?

Mines just coming up to 151000 miles and i've got the full fat chip. So long as you keep your oil changes regular (I do mine ever 3000 miles) you should be ok and you will notice a massive difference in BHP and torque, mine will spin the wheels in 3rd if the road is damp

So you'd recommend it then mate? Doesn't yours smoke when you floor the throttle? Is it the td or dti lump you have?

[Elite Pete]

chips are available through here to bring the engine back up to and beyond the bmw specs,
been around for 5 years, best bet is to pm the boy as he has my original contact for the chip you may need to put chip
socket into the ecu

Thanks mate! So do you recon it would bo ok/safe enough to get it chipped even with it being an older engine and the higher miles?

Mines just coming up to 151000 miles and i've got the full fat chip. So long as you keep your oil changes regular (I do mine ever 3000 miles) you should be ok and you will notice a massive difference in BHP and torque, mine will spin the wheels in 3rd if the road is damp

So you'd recommend it then mate? Doesn't yours smoke when you floor the throttle? Is it the td or dti lump you have?

Its the 2.5 manual same as yours and it does smoke but if you get the No7 chip from TheBoys supplier its much better

[M20LSY]

Ideal! Is it an expensive chip? I was quoted £220 from the guy at PowerTune. That was for the less agressive map, boasting about 20bhp more than standard.

[aaronjb]

Something like £70 from TBs man, I seem to recall? Never did get around to buying one before I chopped the TD in, though, so don't quote me on that

[Elite Pete]

Yeah, around the £70 mark but you will need the number of your ECU 

[Psychoca]

I run mine with a full fat chip too (approx  170bhp)...  The only thing I get with mine is lumpyness at around 1500 rpm in first and second....

[M20LSY]

Only £70  I was quoted over £200!! Is it just one of those plug & play kits you guys are talking about? I hear they are no good in the long run.