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« on: February 17, 2008, 11:05:14 AM »
I have never chipped anything before so I was pleasantly surpised. I bought a chip on ebay. I got in a discussion with a guy named James who does the chips.

Pro formance is the brand, and I asked him if he could could squeeze me more than the 18-20 his chip was claiiming. It would have been possible if I had removed the cat and o2s.

In the end, I decided safe reliable 10-20 HP would be better. I didnt want to start tearing stuff off. I know from experience that the HP to reliability ratio will bite me in the ass if I press my luck.

I like my car because it starts, runs, and gets great gas mileage.

I'm no idiot, I know chip claims are usually bogus, so for the price I was willing to take a chance.

It arrived in a day or two, and it took less than 15 minutes to install. I have a spare DME "Just in case"

I followed the sparce directions, I mean sparce as in just what I needed, which means less that I would ignore. :)

If I had gotten 10 HP I would be able to tell an improvement by the seat of the pants dyno, but I could tell a more than significan difference. From 3k to 6.5k it pulls like a feind. It definelty goes through the gears a good bit faster. Revs much smoother and took a noticable "powerband" and smoothed it out. I have to say, Im a little shocked about how quickly it goes from 3-6500rpm.

If anyone wants a link to the ebay auction, I will gladly give it to them or post it if it doesnt violate any rules. To me, it is quite possibly the best $50.00 i have ever spent on a car.

Just thought I would share some feedback...

Gas mileage is better. Runs moother, revs a lot faster, Power increase was more than noticable.

Cheers and beers
Hodge
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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2008, 02:35:40 PM »
Interesting. I've seen this guy's auctions on ebay before. Is this a 91 or 93 octane chip? Maybe I'll give it a try some time.
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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2008, 03:12:32 PM »
Yeah, it stated 91 or higher octane, Im GA, and we have 93 for premium. Since I noticed better gas mileage with that than regular or mid grade, It's what I was using anyway. Im also thinking of a high flow cat, and K&N airfilter, if anyone has some feedback on those.

My wifes car is a 94 325 auto, mine is faster now...:)

Cheers and beers
Hodge
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2008, 06:02:43 PM »
hey velo if they make this for E36s plz shoot a pm over my way :P
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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2008, 03:24:29 AM »
Quote from: velomech;42935
It arrived in a day or two, and it took less than 15 minutes to install. I have a spare DME "Just in case"


I thought Motronic units are car specific and you could not always swap them around? Maybe that is only for motronics that work with immobilizer units and earlier models can be swapped freely?
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2008, 02:15:46 PM »
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I thought Motronic units are car specific and you could not always swap them around? Maybe that is only for motronics that work with immobilizer units and earlier models can be swapped freely?

E30 dme's are only engine specific, in that you can put them in any car that has the specific engine it was designed for.
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« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2008, 04:17:52 PM »
Actually mine is a 92 318I, E36.

As long as they have the DME model number, I think it can only be one 6 or 7 out there.

Later
Hodge
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« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2008, 05:56:50 AM »
Quote from: kowalski;43026
E30 dme's are only engine specific, in that you can put them in any car that has the specific engine it was designed for.


Great information, thanks! :)
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« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2008, 10:52:43 AM »
Quote from: velomech;42935
I have never chipped anything before so I was pleasantly surpised. I bought a chip on ebay. I got in a discussion with a guy named James who does the chips.

Pro formance is the brand, and I asked him if he could could squeeze me more than the 18-20 his chip was claiiming. It would have been possible if I had removed the cat and o2s.

In the end, I decided safe reliable 10-20 HP would be better. I didnt want to start tearing stuff off. I know from experience that the HP to reliability ratio will bite me in the ass if I press my luck.

I like my car because it starts, runs, and gets great gas mileage.

I'm no idiot, I know chip claims are usually bogus, so for the price I was willing to take a chance.

It arrived in a day or two, and it took less than 15 minutes to install. I have a spare DME "Just in case"

I followed the sparce directions, I mean sparce as in just what I needed, which means less that I would ignore. :)

If I had gotten 10 HP I would be able to tell an improvement by the seat of the pants dyno, but I could tell a more than significan difference. From 3k to 6.5k it pulls like a feind. It definelty goes through the gears a good bit faster. Revs much smoother and took a noticable "powerband" and smoothed it out. I have to say, Im a little shocked about how quickly it goes from 3-6500rpm.

If anyone wants a link to the ebay auction, I will gladly give it to them or post it if it doesnt violate any rules. To me, it is quite possibly the best $50.00 i have ever spent on a car.

Just thought I would share some feedback...

Gas mileage is better. Runs moother, revs a lot faster, Power increase was more than noticable.

Cheers and bee
Hodge



Sorry to say but ButtDyno (tm) usually is not showing correct results since the driver is expecting better results that they are in reality (plasebooo). No pun intended.

I going to test 2 chips on April, so we will se actual results.
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« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2008, 05:07:44 PM »
im ordering one next week and then if i have enough money i will  dyno it to see the actual Hp gain. :o
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« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2008, 08:22:50 PM »
This one made enough of a difference, little things are hard to tell, but I think it was closer to the advertised 18-20 Hp increase than I expected.

I have a dyno thats an hour  away, he charges $50 for 3 runs on thursday nights...so maybe this thursday night I will have some numbers to back up my butt...

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Hodge
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« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2008, 08:47:17 PM »
Is this reversible?
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« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2008, 09:17:29 PM »
Yeah, It's really simple. you open up your DME, via the torx screws, then unplug the chip. Plug in the new Higher HP chip, srew it back together, hook up the battery and gun it. Im really happy with the results given the $ I spent.

I suppose you can just replace it with the stock chip if you want to, for emessions or stuff.

I would imagine since my mileage went  up a bit, it actually runs more efficiently, but thats not always the case...
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« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2008, 04:18:02 AM »
Quote from: velomech;43119
This one made enough of a difference, little things are hard to tell, but I think it was closer to the advertised 18-20 Hp increase than I expected.

I have a dyno thats an hour  away, he charges $50 for 3 runs on thursday nights...so maybe this thursday night I will have some numbers to back up my butt...

Cheers and beers
Hodge
If you think a chip will give 18-20hp i'm sorry to say but you're off the hook. Maybe 5-10hp max from a cip.
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« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2008, 09:38:14 AM »
Quote from: velomech;43119
This one made enough of a difference, little things are hard to tell, but I think it was closer to the advertised 18-20 Hp increase than I expected.

I have a dyno thats an hour  away, he charges $50 for 3 runs on thursday nights...so maybe this thursday night I will have some numbers to back up my butt...

Cheers and beers
Hodge


I agree that 18-20 bhp would be very optimistic. But as you mentioned before, even a 5 bhp gain would be worth the $50 that the chips costs, compared to Turner Motorsport's Conforti tuning that supposedly gives you 12bhp for $250.

I'll be awaiting your dyno result tomorrow before I buy. It would ofcourse be best to have a dyno run before you put the chip in too. With a higher mileage car I guess you'll have some effect loss, and drivetrain. So if you'd get around 120 bhp on the rear wheels that would be good?
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