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Offline BigDaveC

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Re: power chips
« Reply #20 on: 12 January 2006, 21:06 »
Alwight fellas...
I was looking for ages for info on tuning boxes. I'm a different case cos I have a TDI mk3.
I was basically caught between pointlessly spending big money on a chip re-map and buying some cheap crap off ebay !
So I went halfway house. Basically 2 companies mrhoot.com and hhtuning.co.uk were the contenders for IMO the best value boxes.
The analogue ones are the cheapies, but I went for a cheap digital box for £220 from hhtuning.co.uk.
And F*ck me.... what an improvment !!! I could easily take on a 8v Gti now ! 90Bhp - 110bhp. 25% increase. Fuel consumption is a bit less, but worth it for the extra power. 90+mph uphill !
Not sure how these things work on petrol cars though. I don't think they're as effective.
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Re: power chips
« Reply #21 on: 12 January 2006, 22:14 »
mines a 97 with hitachi meter, but i got that resistor back last summer, on gaybay, from some donkey for £2.99. thought I'd give it a go.  not got the link now.
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Re: power chips
« Reply #22 on: 13 January 2006, 16:51 »
I bought one of those £2.99 ones 2 years ago but never fitted it coz I couldnt work out which plug to fit into!

Mines a 97 P and Its the 2 pin/3 pin thing with me too!

But all I can think they do is act like a choke and push more fuel in.
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Re: power chips
« Reply #23 on: 13 January 2006, 19:28 »
yea thats right, untill the car has wormed up a bit, it starts to judder on excelaration like I found out.
don't bother with it.  just a well it was only £2.99.    :shocked:
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Offline BigDaveC

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Re: power chips
« Reply #24 on: 13 January 2006, 19:45 »
They do work like a choke basically and push more fuel in. It also tends to judder slightly when pushed hardin 5th. It's the only way to make a diesel go faster. However mines a TDI with a digital chip and might work differently somewhow with 8-pin connections. It doesn't smoke though. I wouldn't take it back off, put it that way. It is bloody expensive though for what it is !! Does seem more complex than an ebay resistor in a box, but goes like sh!t off a stick!
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Offline vr4000d

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Re: power chips
« Reply #25 on: 22 January 2006, 20:11 »
i stuck a resistor on mine earlier and it was better only had a 10min blast down the road but does pull better:) will see what it does to fuel economy tho :laugh:
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Re: power chips
« Reply #26 on: 23 January 2006, 11:01 »
Quote from: vr4000d on 22 January 2006, 20:11
i stuck a resistor on mine earlier and it was better only had a 10min blast down the road but does pull better:) will see what it does to fuel economy tho :laugh:

what year golf is yours and does it have 2 or 3 wires from the air flow sensor
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Offline nosaj26

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Re: power chips
« Reply #27 on: 31 January 2006, 17:22 »
moving away from the obvious ebay resistors are sh!te!!!! has anybody had there car proffessionally superchipped ? whts the good, bad and ugly on this? was thinking about this as my next mod but a lot of money just under £300, any feedback
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