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Offline axewielder

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DIY remapping
« on: 27 January 2010, 17:30 »
http://the-corrado.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=86226
applies to other mk3 engines, just have to find out what chip you have+ do some research, im finding more info all the time, will post up some more links when ive got time  :wink:

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Re: DIY remapping
« Reply #1 on: 27 January 2010, 17:39 »
http://the-corrado.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=86226
applies to other mk3 engines, just have to find out what chip you have+ do some research, im finding more info all the time, will post up some more links when ive got time  :wink:

Ask Khare what happened when he tried to do that  :undecided:

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Re: DIY remapping
« Reply #2 on: 27 January 2010, 17:40 »
http://the-corrado.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=86226
applies to other mk3 engines, just have to find out what chip you have+ do some research, im finding more info all the time, will post up some more links when ive got time  :wink:

Ask Khare what happened when he tried to do that  :undecided:

agreed..  :grin:

wouldnt bother :wink:

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Re: DIY remapping
« Reply #3 on: 27 January 2010, 17:53 »
don't bother dude!  :wink:

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Re: DIY remapping
« Reply #4 on: 27 January 2010, 17:56 »
don't bother dude!  :wink:

take on this warning!  :grin: :grin:

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Re: DIY remapping
« Reply #5 on: 27 January 2010, 18:14 »
It can be done. When i had the vr i got my father-in-law to put a socket on the ecu, so i could plug in whatever chip i wanted.
The problem is, its got to be done by a professional, as from what i remember it was a fairly specialist job.
My father-in-law does electronic engineering for a living, so i was lucky.
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Re: DIY remapping
« Reply #6 on: 27 January 2010, 18:41 »
+ on the mk3 ecu the chip is tiny, like the chip on the top of that corrado ecu.

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Re: DIY remapping
« Reply #7 on: 27 January 2010, 18:49 »
+ on the mk3 ecu the chip is tiny, like the chip on the top of that corrado ecu.

VR6 EPROM is soldered in, 16V isn't - it's socket mouted as standard, not sure aout 8v...
But anyone with a steady hand, a small (ideally thermostatically controlled) soldering iron and a solder sucker will be able to de-solder the 28 pin EPROM carrier in 15 mins or so.

It's not a specialist job as such...just a job for someone comfortable with solderin ICs.

Best to wear a ground strap too sensitive ICs don't like static!


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Re: DIY remapping
« Reply #8 on: 27 January 2010, 18:59 »
I did a guide to mk3 chip's which has fitting guides...... could be worth a read as some of the info is useful http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=102812.0
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Re: DIY remapping
« Reply #9 on: 27 January 2010, 21:57 »
+ on the mk3 ecu the chip is tiny, like the chip on the top of that corrado ecu.

VR6 EPROM is soldered in, 16V isn't - it's socket mouted as standard, not sure aout 8v...
But anyone with a steady hand, a small (ideally thermostatically controlled) soldering iron and a solder sucker will be able to de-solder the 28 pin EPROM carrier in 15 mins or so.

It's not a specialist job as such...just a job for someone comfortable with solderin ICs.

Best to wear a ground strap too sensitive ICs don't like static!



I fitted a blitzchip to my old 16v and as ess says it already had a socket, was really easy, but scary coz i was so worried about frying my ecu....luckily that wasn't the case. :tongue: