performance chip

[magpie]

porches unless nana is driving,or any lass driving owt powerful,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

just keep the presure on and they wrap it up for a good rebuild....

[GrindCulture]

i get saxo's now but i only have an IS,for now.

I tend not to give the traffic light GPs a go, as I know my little 4potterer will fail against most things. When the usual suspects are out on the twisty bits though, that's when it gets interesting

such as skylines and subarus..

Unlike most iS drivers though, I'm not deluded into thinking my car is a scaled down DTM racer, I just know where it eccles and where it fails, miserably...

[michealewk]

a 2.2 prelude is about 188bhp.

why are they always bumming and blowing about being 200/212bhp when an old 325is can beat them lol.

hes going to hate me i have a mk2 golf 16v and i beat him in that while he had his gte redtop and i put on the number plate'' i eat redtops for breakfast'' now i eat v-tacks for dinner lol

[fuzzy]

the newer fifth generation has 200bhp. the forth has the 190ish.

[michealewk]

this one is one of the last preludes

[juggs]

Dont want to be joining into a this cars faster than that one etc etc
But i have owned a prelude and currently got a 325 and i no which one was the quicker car.
Also had the baby brother of a prelude (crx) and that would wipe the floor with my 325, just my 2p

[michealewk]

Dont want to be joining into a this cars faster than that one etc etc
But i have owned a prelude and currently got a 325 and i no which one was the quicker car.
Also had the baby brother of a prelude (crx) and that would wipe the floor with my 325, just my 2p

i will not disagree with you there crx;s are leathal but weigh nothing prelude is alot heavier especially with 4w steer and we are not quickest here we are talking fastest rolling in motion

[razzor]

Hi guys, Newbie from get this ,the old empire (canada EH!) we have a Mark Di Silva doing chips here (Toronto)
Only heard good things so far, I am looking to do my e30 325e 1985 next summer, they need all the help you can get. our group here is Maxbimmer.

[magpie]

i could only get an IS chip from evolve,,,don't think ant does them...speedtouch doesn't,,,
or it's the ebay one...which may be a gamble...but not an expensive one.

[baur320]

wasnt there a lot of bad press regarding these guys?

yes there was fuzzy!!

A lot of the bother was before the firm started. The guy who set it up got banned off here and other forums for taking money and not supplying.

I was one of many that got my fingers burnt. The words bargepole and would not touch come to mind, but then I'm biased and bitter and twisted old fart...

Recently got a mild chip for my 325 auto from Speedtouch. Had the thing fitted within three days of ordering it. Very impressed.

[fuzzy]

wasnt there a lot of bad press regarding these guys?

yes there was fuzzy!!

A lot of the bother was before the firm started. The guy who set it up got banned off here and other forums for taking money and not supplying.

I was one of many that got my fingers burnt. The words bargepole and would not touch come to mind, but then I'm biased and bitter and twisted old fart...

Recently got a mild chip for my 325 auto from Speedtouch. Had the thing fitted within three days of ordering it. Very impressed.

i thought so but i wasnt wanting to say anything in case i was mistaken but even though it happened before the company was set up it shows the sort of person your dealing with and i wouldnt touch them either , just in case.

[tomson]

Chips are only any use with fish! A total waste of time on 2.5's & 2.7's - i have the dyno graphs to prove it!!

My most recent sport made about 160BHP with an "Alpina C2.5" copy chip and a BBTB, back to standard and it made 170BHP!

My 2.7 made 185BHP with a 2.7 chip and guess what it made with a standard ECU - yep exactly the same!!

Waste of money IMO.........

[magpie]

well said.my chip has only got shot of the limiter,,£50

[e30bmlover]

Chips are only any use with fish! A total waste of time on 2.5's & 2.7's - i have the dyno graphs to prove it!!
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as do i mate... hence why i gave it away.

[tomson]

Glad I'm not the only one to think so......

[zaust]

there used to be a company called chipped uk that done some chips for the e30s. are they still around. reasonable prices iirc and people seemed happy with them. was tempted to get one to stick in my 325.

I had one on my early 2.5 lump to start with (jason c uk) I'm sure he is still around. It just moved all the values up to the top end of the rev range which was good for me, however all low down grunt was not as good as the o/e setting. When I had the live map done it made a big difference alround and was much better. But a map/ chip on it's own won't do much anyway. Get the car breathing properly first and then get it mapped as it will make a huge difference then. Were as if you go the other way with a map first when you do the rest it will just need doing again anyway.

[marcp1987]

Right.... erm..

I shall admit to buying one of those chips off ebay. The first chip he sent, didnt work. The car stutterd from anything below 3000RPM, but after that... it did drive so much better.

I contacted the seller, and he was really helpful, and he sent me two others, one which was the same, but the 3rd one worked. To be fair... the difference isnt really noticable, below 3000 its defo not. But rev it higher and there is a slight change, the revs build quicker, and its a fair bit smoother over the 4000rpm power hike bit.

But in all honesty... im saving for a Evolve chip.

[bmw1066]

Nice to hear you got a slight bump in power then M8, It's always nice when you get easey people to deal with on ebay too. Was it easey to change?

[e30bmlover]

changing the chip or ecu is a ten minute job mate.

[bmw1066]

changing the chip or ecu is a ten minute job mate.

That easey