ED. 30 307BHP Bluefin article.

[Manu_R32]

Apprantley that is truee....you dont need to change the chip thats in ur engine 

[Hurdy]

The Superchip "Bluefin" allows you to plug into the onboard diagnostic port under the steering wheel and select whether you want the car to be standard or have the performance map. Whether you have the standard or the performance map selected and take it into a dealership the map is invisible to them. The part that is important is that when you take it into the dealers they can re-flash the memory of the car and put in their own standard map. In a case like this (which has happened) a Bluefin would no longer work. This is because the Superchips maps (Standard and Performance) are paired up by Superchips and when the dealership reflash the map there is no longer a paired set of maps. Where this has happened you would have to get in touch with Superchips and re-pair the maps back up for them to work.

[Manu_R32]

The Superchip "Bluefin" allows you to plug into the onboard diagnostic port under the steering wheel and select whether you want the car to be standard or have the performance map. Whether you have the standard or the performance map selected and take it into a dealership the map is invisible to them. The part that is important is that when you take it into the dealers they can re-flash the memory of the car and put in their own standard map. In a case like this (which has happened) a Bluefin would no longer work. This is because the Superchips maps (Standard and Performance) are paired up by Superchips and when the dealership reflash the map there is no longer a paired set of maps. Where this has happened you would have to get in touch with Superchips and re-pair the maps back up for them to work.

Some ones been doing their homework 

[Hurdy]

The Superchip "Bluefin" allows you to plug into the onboard diagnostic port under the steering wheel and select whether you want the car to be standard or have the performance map. Whether you have the standard or the performance map selected and take it into a dealership the map is invisible to them. The part that is important is that when you take it into the dealers they can re-flash the memory of the car and put in their own standard map. In a case like this (which has happened) a Bluefin would no longer work. This is because the Superchips maps (Standard and Performance) are paired up by Superchips and when the dealership reflash the map there is no longer a paired set of maps. Where this has happened you would have to get in touch with Superchips and re-pair the maps back up for them to work.

Some ones been doing their homework 

More than you know!

[Russ.C]

Thanks for the info Hurdy, very helpful - I'm seriously considering getting one for my Edition 30. Good write up from VW Driver.  So if you were to re-install the standard settings before letting VW get their hands on it, would the performance map then be ok to just re-install once you got it back? I was under the impression that you could return it back to standard at any time? Sorry i'm a bit clueless!

[Manu_R32]

Apparantley you can change the program when ever you want, as many times as you want. You can even download new programs to achieve your desired perfomance (to limits) and you can change back to standard program when ever you want....it takes around 20 minutes to do so apparantley!

[Hurdy]

Thanks for the info Hurdy, very helpful - I'm seriously considering getting one for my Edition 30. Good write up from VW Driver.  So if you were to re-install the standard settings before letting VW get their hands on it, would the performance map then be ok to just re-install once you got it back? I was under the impression that you could return it back to standard at any time? Sorry i'm a bit clueless!

It doesn't matter whether you have the standard or the performance map in the car, if VW re-flash the memory it will wipe one of the paired Superchip maps.
When you first get a Bluefin you read the standard VW map on the car and send it via the internet to the Superchips site. The Bods at Superchips then "pair-up" the standard map with their own performance map, send it back to you and this pairing is unique. This is the reason you cannot go out with the performance map and download it into all the GTI's you come across. So, if VW re-flash the car there is no longer the unique, matching pair of maps and you are stuck until you can get Superchips to re-match them for you. Luckily they do this free of charge as they know it can happen.

[Peskarik]

I wonder what they do exactly to the engine. Do they just increase the boost?

Found...

"Superchips carefully matches increases in turbo boost pressure with the remapped ignition timing and fuelling. It doesn’t affect reliability or the life of the engine. "

Is the last sentence true? 

[topher]

it'll do just as many miles... you'll just do them quicker

[Peskarik]

The Superchip "Bluefin" allows you to plug into the onboard diagnostic port under the steering wheel and select whether you want the car to be standard or have the performance map. Whether you have the standard or the performance map selected and take it into a dealership the map is invisible to them. The part that is important is that when you take it into the dealers they can re-flash the memory of the car and put in their own standard map. In a case like this (which has happened) a Bluefin would no longer work. This is because the Superchips maps (Standard and Performance) are paired up by Superchips and when the dealership reflash the map there is no longer a paired set of maps. Where this has happened you would have to get in touch with Superchips and re-pair the maps back up for them to work.

Some ones been doing their homework 

More than you know!

Does it mean you've ordered one of those things?