Some Chip Tuning Quesions

luckypapyrussam · 15 Mar 2007 at 21:01

Hey, i have just been wondering about chip tuning and thought i would ask a few quesions.

First of all, what sort of performance increase do you get? i heard around 20% in most cases, but some have been up to 30% increase.

And would it work just as well on small cars as it would on big cars?

Can it damage the engine? and could it damage a smaller engine more because of the strain?

Hopefully in the future i will chiptune my car, But im not sure if i will have a big car (2lr is big for me

) or a small car (1.2 - 1.6)

Thanks a lot guys

Sam.

Also anyone had any experiance with chip tuning?

luckypapyrussam · 15 Mar 2007 at 21:07

Does it only work on engines with forced injection or does it just work best on them?

luckypapyrussam · 15 Mar 2007 at 21:14

paradigm said:
Depends on if you mean "chipping" or a "remap" IMO. Diesels seem to respond ok to chipping, but for a forced induction petrol engine, especially a highly strung one, I'd go with remap every time.

Its not uncommon for the "revo" remap to take my engine from 225bhp to 265bhp which is about an 18% increase.

Whats the differance between remap and chipping then?

luckypapyrussam · 15 Mar 2007 at 21:23

Well im currently on a apprentaship in a BMW garage who are looking into buying a new diognostic machine that can remap engines also so i can get a remap for free i guess

Im not exactly sure what is involved in chip tuning tho.

What is it they do exactly?

Thnx

luckypapyrussam · 15 Mar 2007 at 23:07

Well im guessing its would be done on the MOT bay rolling road, I dont no if you have seen it, its like a 17" flat screen, its touch screen, not a laptop type one.

ill try and find a pic and some info...

luckypapyrussam · 16 Mar 2007 at 00:26

NickXX said:
BMW won't remap cars. They will void the warranty of any car they find having been remapped and log it on their database.

1. I dont have a BMW.

2. I work for a independent BMW specialist garage, not for williams them selves.

And to be honest paradigm im not 100% on how it works as i have never done it or even seen it done, i just know that the machine does do it, I will try and find out more in work tomoro.