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Author Topic: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?  (Read 7527 times)

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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #30 on: 08 January 2008, 19:33:47 »
Yep I know, just bragging!   ;-)
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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #31 on: 08 January 2008, 19:58:18 »
You say that I would need a AR35 gearbox but does that apply to 2.5 td bmw engine?
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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #32 on: 08 January 2008, 20:36:39 »
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You say that I would need a AR35 gearbox but does that apply to 2.5 td bmw engine?

Yes.

If you chip your BMW 2.5 diesel, it WILL blow your gearbox.

You need an AR35 which is fitted to 3.0 & 3.2 Omega's
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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #33 on: 08 January 2008, 20:56:53 »
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You say that I would need a AR35 gearbox but does that apply to 2.5 td bmw engine?
Yes, this thread is specifically about 2.5TD (crappy BMW unit) and chipping.  You most definately do not want to chip a 2.5TD auto without doing something to stop the box melting...
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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #34 on: 08 January 2008, 22:01:41 »
...2.5TD (crappy BMW unit) ???

If 225k is crappy, with just a change of heater plugs and a water pump in the last 100k...then crappy suits me fine !!  ;D

Just don't go boosting it if it has an AR25.  Mine lasted about two days. Ok, it had done about 160k, so it would have been tired, but the best AR25 just won't last.
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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #35 on: 08 January 2008, 22:06:40 »
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...2.5TD (crappy BMW unit) ???

If 225k is crappy, with just a change of heater plugs and a water pump in the last 100k...then crappy suits me fine !!  ;D

Just don't go boosting it if it has an AR25.  Mine lasted about two days. Ok, it had done about 160k, so it would have been tired, but the best AR25 just won't last.
Yes, crappy. 'Designed' by a bloody imbecile.

A bloody pain to do most jobs on, stupid and weak tensioner for belt, a bloody viscous fan, most jobs need the inlet to come off, but BMW 'designed' it so the intake is a pain to remove, prone to silting radiators, water pumps prone to shedding impellors.  Oh boy, I could go on all day.

But then, I have become intimately familar with these engines ;D
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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #36 on: 08 January 2008, 23:02:50 »
if it's that bad, why drive one?
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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #37 on: 09 January 2008, 00:51:23 »
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if it's that bad, why drive one?

I don't think he realised before he bought it!  ;)

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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #38 on: 09 January 2008, 01:22:01 »
True, the waterpump did just that on mine.

I suppose it's pretty much a typical example of German over-engineering. When it's right, there's not much to match it...but when it goes wrong...!!

Maybe I've just been very,very...very lucky with both mine.   ;)

(Oh Lord...Why do I get the feeling I've just tempted fate ??)
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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #39 on: 09 January 2008, 21:03:14 »
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if it's that bad, why drive one?

I don't think he realised before he bought it!  ;)

Kevin
there is a lot of truth in that statement.

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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #40 on: 09 January 2008, 21:06:51 »
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True, the waterpump did just that on mine.

I suppose it's pretty much a typical example of German over-engineering. When it's right, there's not much to match it...but when it goes wrong...!!

Maybe I've just been very,very...very lucky with both mine.   ;)

(Oh Lord...Why do I get the feeling I've just tempted fate ??)
The engine is overrated (due to badge?), and prone to very expensive failures, even in BMW spec.  In detuned Omega spec, its awful.


I hate my bloody tractor, yet and endeared to it. Odd really.  No idea why I have a secret soft spot for it....
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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #41 on: 10 January 2008, 10:01:26 »
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Its future depends on the chancellor, and Kevin Wood's availability....

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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #42 on: 10 January 2008, 12:30:04 »
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Its future depends on the chancellor, and Kevin Wood's availability....

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Oh yes, your name is in the frame  :-X
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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #43 on: 10 January 2008, 12:54:35 »
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...2.5TD (crappy BMW unit) ???

If 225k is crappy, with just a change of heater plugs and a water pump in the last 100k...then crappy suits me fine !!  ;D

Just don't go boosting it if it has an AR25.  Mine lasted about two days. Ok, it had done about 160k, so it would have been tired, but the best AR25 just won't last.
Yes, crappy. 'Designed' by a bloody imbecile.

A bloody pain to do most jobs on, stupid and weak tensioner for belt, a bloody viscous fan, most jobs need the inlet to come off, but BMW 'designed' it so the intake is a pain to remove, prone to silting radiators, water pumps prone to shedding impellors.  Oh boy, I could go on all day.

But then, I have become intimately familar with these engines ;D

Is it still in bits in the garage then ::)
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Re: Can I chip my CPU and give my Omega 35bhp more?
« Reply #44 on: 10 January 2008, 13:07:17 »
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Its future depends on the chancellor, and Kevin Wood's availability....

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Oh yes, your name is in the frame  :-X

Right. I have a can of petrol and a box of matches. When are you free?

 ;D
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