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« on: 15 July 2011, 18:08:36 »
is this "chip" more like electronic snake oil or can it work
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Re: tuning wizard
« Reply #1 on: 16 July 2011, 03:06:21 »
I Dont think OOFers are big fans of 'tuning chips' there are previous post which rarely got any thumbs up/go ahead.  :y
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Re: tuning wizard
« Reply #2 on: 16 July 2011, 08:16:29 »
DTi is a flash ECU based on EDC15. Thus performance gains are really around reflashing it, or fooling ECU to change parameters.

The cheap options to fool ECU are pointless. Might work for a few miles, but the ECU soon learns, and throttles back.

More expensive options can work, but are normally £300+
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« Reply #3 on: 16 July 2011, 08:53:55 »
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I Dont think OOFers are big fans of 'tuning chips' there are previous post which rarely got any thumbs up/go ahead.  :y
I wouldn't say that, so much. It's more a case of is it worth it. Pre face petrol ecu's take a chip quite easily, but the gains are not as pronounced as on diesels which give more power and more economy. Win win.

Drive by wire petrols run a flash only ecu, which I'm fairly sure needs specialist equipment to talk to it and the ability to create and tune the map as required on a dyno if a map doesn't pre exist. Expensive and economy will most likely suffer with more power.

Plus on a personal level with a 3.2 I should be looking at slowing down not speeding up and playing with amg mercs. ::)

However if it could be made more efficient as well I would consider it, but then that's the key to the whole thing, if you can pull that trick off. :y
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Re: tuning wizard
« Reply #4 on: 20 July 2011, 22:47:52 »
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I Dont think OOFers are big fans of 'tuning chips' there are previous post which rarely got any thumbs up/go ahead.  :y
I wouldn't say that, so much. It's more a case of is it worth it. Pre face petrol ecu's take a chip quite easily, but the gains are not as pronounced as on diesels which give more power and more economy. Win win.

Drive by wire petrols run a flash only ecu, which I'm fairly sure needs specialist equipment to talk to it and the ability to create and tune the map as required on a dyno if a map doesn't pre exist. Expensive and economy will most likely suffer with more power.

Plus on a personal level with a 3.2 I should be looking at slowing down not speeding up and playing with amg mercs. ::)

However if it could be made more efficient as well I would consider it, but then that's the key to the whole thing, if you can pull that trick off. :y

Thats what i meant but wrote it a little briefly i guess!  :y
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