jims13 6 Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 only 89 dollars!!!http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/96-99-VW-VR6-OBD-2-PERFORMANCE-CHIP-EPROM-2-8-MOTRONIC_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33597QQihZ015QQitemZ250018227730ive emailed him as it works out at 47 quid!!!!! gonna see what he says, but cant see why they wont work, specially as they use a lower octane fuel than us.im gonna try oneyour thoughtsjim Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 my thoughts are the same as yours mate Link to post Share on other sites
andybg40 0 Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 I thought that as the US had lower octane fuel their chips had less ignition advance. Ask him how much maximum advance he gives and compare it to the likes of Stealth. If this chip has low advance your car will be slower. That was the problem with GIAC chips, they were not configured to UK fuel until recently. Link to post Share on other sites
IbiVR 0 Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Also different ecu's. US run motronic 5.9 and uk runs motronic 3.8. Also US spec cars run SAI and EGR. It'll see this missing on a uk engine and will overfuel.It might run, but it wont run right.Tom. Link to post Share on other sites
IbiVR 0 Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Ahh yeah, also US ecu's are socketed - UK ones are not, so you will need to unsolder the 44 pin surface mount chip and solder the new one in.Tom. Link to post Share on other sites
jims13 6 Posted October 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 thx for the info guys, ive had a reply back already..he says for 150 dollars inc postage back he will remap my ecu to run on uk fuel, the site shows gains of 20ft torque and bhp up from 174 to 191. not bad gains if they are true. ill shall ask the question about ign adv etc, and see what he says. the company is inmotionusa.com take at look at the european pages and tell me what u think. im assuming these are a generic map. even so , will work out cheaper than a chip from the likes or superchips , does stealth perform a live map??? im not intrested in bhp btw, its the torque i want . i also assume this remap should/would work well with my new 6 branch and stainless system/ramair filter.??thx jimalternatly does anyone no of a uk based company that does'nt want 350 + quid for what im sure in most cases is a generic remap or reflash of the orig chip. Link to post Share on other sites
matth76 1 Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Stealth do the best remap (far far better than any off the shelf chip)... cost is £300. However I really wouldn't bother with one as you won't gain any power at all if you have an OBD2 vr. Once you get cams or bigger mods then a remap is a good idea. A standard OBD2 vr actually has around 185. The earlier OBD1 has 174 and has a totally different ECU (which does benefit from a remap). However the OBD2 ecu is very good and adapts to minor mods very well. I asked all of this to stealth as I had exactly the same mods as you at the time and Stealth said any gain would be very minimal. However I had to go for Stealths remap as my car was pinking badly after having had my chains done - otherwise I wouldn't have spent my money on it. But the gain was literally only 2bhp. Not worth it mate unless you have bigger mods. Link to post Share on other sites
jims13 6 Posted October 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 ok thx for the info, maybe ill put the money towards me charger that i want.cheers jim Link to post Share on other sites
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