FAO - Chipped Valver Owners

[_Tom]

Hi all

Just wondered how much better a chipped valver behaves? What are the benefits? Anybody wish they never got theirs chipped? Does it make them pull any harder from low revs and so on............

Just tryin to get info really!

Cheers

TW

 

[turbo man]

Fastchip say you can nly get 5 bhp from a chip on a standard valver. they only really benefit with a sett of cams, Exhaust airfilter etc.

Henk at Fastchip done the custom chip for mine, but that is slightly different because I am running boost!

 

[_Tom]

Hmm 5 bhp is that all? I thought it was more along the lines of 10. Its a hill power chip im lookin at.

Anyone else care to give me a review?

 

[BenR]

They dont do much at all....chips in general.

 

[u33db]

About 5bhp sounds a realistic number. Think its a bit of a waste on a std motor anyway as it just raises the limiter - bit pointless because the engine is still making its power at the original rev limit. IMO dont bother unless youve got cams/major engine work and even then.....

 

[_Tom]

Hmm the chip in my mates R19 seemed to improve it alot. Not so much in terms of power but the way it was delivered. Seemed to pull much more evenly through the rev range.

 

[Matty]

Got a BB chip fitted over a year ago when they were about 250 quid. Had cambelt and water pump changed and wanted it chipped to.

Produced 148 bhp with BMC CDA, Magnex inc Decat and chip. So about 11 bhp increase IF car came out of factory at 137 quoted bhp AND if I had not lost any power over years of use.

So other than any power increase, the other benefit is better drivability with power seeming to come in a bit earlier and things seem better all round.

But at todays prices I would not go for a chip unless it was a SMT6 or unichip as they are not much more than an ordinary chip now.