first gti advice please boys (bought one and fell in love)

[kells]

can deffo chip a abf, as you can the 8v in the mk 3's, my mate has his mk 3 abf superchipped, costs 299 quid fitted, was their when it was done..

[Diamond Hell]

Tom26 certainly has missed a lot.  I'm guessing he's read too many threads where people have misguidedly replaced the excellent quality electronic injection and ignition system with a K-jet mechanical system.

It's a sort of de-tuning exercise conducted by those with moronic tendencies.

A standard ABF will respond to chipping, but not as dramatically as yer TDI, 1.8T etc as there are fewer variables to tweak, matron.  Danny's tried various chips on his, but none felt better than the standard map, curiously.

[VeeDubGTI16v]

It's a sort of de-tuning exercise conducted by those with moronic tendencies.

kinda like using a golf syncro for a track car  oh well at least you feel safe when it rains

[Mew]

Tom26 certainly has missed a lot.  I'm guessing he's read too many threads where people have misguidedly replaced the excellent quality electronic injection and ignition system with a K-jet mechanical system.

It's a sort of de-tuning exercise conducted by those with moronic tendencies.

Or getting an abf on k-jet for effectively -£100 (as in i've broken it kept the engine, sold the bits and made a profit)

[Diamond Hell]

kinda like using a golf syncro for a track car  oh well at least you feel safe when it rains

You're speaking using all of your experience there, aren't you.

[kells]

Tom26 certainly has missed a lot.  I'm guessing he's read too many threads where people have misguidedly replaced the excellent quality electronic injection and ignition system with a K-jet mechanical system.

It's a sort of de-tuning exercise conducted by those with moronic tendencies.

A standard ABF will respond to chipping, but not as dramatically as yer TDI, 1.8T etc as there are fewer variables to tweak, matron.  Danny's tried various chips on his, but none felt better than the standard map, curiously.

your mate did he try superchips re chip?  pretty good, pulls a hell of alot better and better MPG too (unless ragged to death)

non turbo cars wont see a gain like you would get on any turbocharged car, you will only see around and upto 10% in power gains (bhp)

iv had a few cars chipped, mostly ones which have really needed it due to other mods.. i always run superchips., can deffo give it a thumbs up for the PD TDI engines  

[Wayne]

850 for a MOT, what the hell was wrong with it!!! blimey...

oh you can chip it but the gains wont be huge, will pull better in the gears tho, worth it..

unfortunately you can't chip the ABF engine (k jet injection)
but if you want a decent upgrade in power you could scrap the K jet system in favour of megasquirt. this would be a logical path to go down if you are thinking of throttle bodies?

The mk2 16V was the last to use k-jet on the KR series, mk3 ABF (16v) ans AAG (8v) plus later mk2 8v's all used ECU's, to be honest chipping will not gain much.

[kittie]

Out of interest, what sort of gains (on the ABF) can be had from going down the aftermarket management route like megasquirt or is it Emerald (??) that's supposed to be good?

Anyone ever gone for either?

[Horney]

850 for a MOT, what the hell was wrong with it!!! blimey...

oh you can chip it but the gains wont be huge, will pull better in the gears tho, worth it..

unfortunately you can't chip the ABF engine (k jet injection)
but if you want a decent upgrade in power you could scrap the K jet system in favour of megasquirt. this would be a logical path to go down if you are thinking of throttle bodies?

K Jet battled on in the Corrado unil 1995!

Nick

The mk2 16V was the last to use k-jet on the KR series, mk3 ABF (16v) ans AAG (8v) plus later mk2 8v's all used ECU's, to be honest chipping will not gain much.