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Has anyone got any experience of chipping the ECU in their 318is? Have seen a posting advertising chips for M20 engines with good reports from zoners for £25, does anyone know of similar chips for the M42 engine?

I have done some research on the internet and the best I can find are American and on ebay, they cost upwards of $50 and have no feed back as to performance.

no great advantages to be had from a chip on these motors

i have one from evolve,
i think speedtouch on here sells is ones now.

the chip may give a bit better mpg and the rev limiter is lifted from 6.5krpm to 7.5krpm.

that's about it

I got one from Evolve. Here is the dyno plot

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/706/image001v.jpg

Still makes 136bhp but revs to 6750rpm.

mine seemed to make alot of difference after i chipped it, unless you but from evolve and speedtouch its hard to get a chip to suit the i.s though as theres 3 types of firm ware and its luck of the draw which 1 you have.

i'm at a rolling road meet tommorow.

i'm not expecting miracles but we'll soon see if i have more than 136 ponies alive

Good luck tomorrow . Anybody have contact details/website link for Evolve? I want one of their 318is chips but don't know how to get hold of them.

Thanks
Brian

here you go brian,phone them up on monday.
i remember i had to give the ecu code and also the standard chip code from the back of the chip.




http://evolveyourcar.com/default.asp

Good man thanks

the best to do is to get a lightened m20 flywheel and a suited sachs clutch with the longer thrust bearing shaft


the chip does help but i only had my car a week before i chipped it so i can't remember much what it was like pre chip.

Mine chipped well, certainly a lot more punch, and @ BOB yes still slow

chip cost £30 off ebay.

shame you have lightened flywheel Magpie otherwise we could have had a chip challange tomorrow Morining

the fly gives no bhp advantage.

game on dude

your on

I found the best thingto do with the M42 engine is to pull it out and put and M52 in there

On a 'less' serious note I had a chip in my IS and didn't notice any difference. I have no idea where the chip came from though to be honest - it just said 'viper' on it!

Bob_S wrote:no great advantages to be had from a chip on these motors

Bob shush.. my chip made a fairly noticeable difference, and it only cost me 30 quid on ebay..

best value for money upgrade i know of

asmith, did you get the same one i bought ?

alex if the turd your getting tomorrow needs owt then let me know before i crush the 325i.

Yea the same as yours Alex, i think, from an american company.. Will be very interested in hearing all your rolling road results.

asmith88 wrote:Will be very interested in hearing all your rolling road results.

me too !

here's mine





not bad i spose

That looks pretty good Magpie, just a chip and flywheel? I'd be happy with that if my car had similar figures.

I had a Viper chip in mine at the start, swapped it with the standard one for the NCT and you would notice the difference then. Around town I found myself holding onto revs just a little longer before changing gear. Felt like there was less power lower down in th rev range.

I've a evolve chip in it now that I got the lend of to try out. Can't say there's a difference between it and the Viper one. More power lower down the revs and no limiter at 6500rpm. Be nice if it improves my mpg as well, 26average around town with the viper chip

there is a slight difference between the vipe and evolve but i'll let alex tell you all.

i have a k&n panel filter also.the guy said mine was "SMOOTH"

jozi you have more weight than me re mpg

magpie wrote:here's mine





not bad i spose

Very good, chip does seem to make a fair difference

magpie wrote:
jozi you have more weight than me re mpg

Never thought about that as being a factor, even though it is. Another reason to be a little less unhappy

I've a K&N panel filter also as well as a BBTB no fancy flywheels though, not yet.

What diff you using Jozi?

Pretty sure it s a standard 4.27 open diff that came in the touring from the factory, it's not going to help the mpg either, I got it up to nearly 34mpg with lots of motorway and little town driving.

Ah, same as mine then. Although mine averages 35-38mpg weekly with mixed motorway and A-road driving and a little town driving in between. Bone stock M42 with a K&N panel and a dodgy exhaust.

GrindCulture, sent you a pm, stop the topic from going more of topic

magpie wrote:there is a slight difference between the vipe and evolve but i'll let alex tell you all.

i have a k&n panel filter also.the guy said mine was "SMOOTH"

jozi you have more weight than me re mpg

Smoother..... , my power is lower down

When you comming to wash My Car Magpie??????

need loads mick, shells to good to scrap to be honest looks like it will be getting put back on the road, its only done 90k too

so were in the 152bhp "IS" club then.


good results m8

is the cab a chromie?

magpie wrote:so were in the 152bhp "IS" club then.


good results m8

is the cab a chromie?

it certainly is mick, although it did have the wrong facelift bumpers, has small lights and on a G reg so deffintly a Pre-facelift

zero rot in the usuall places, just some wierd holes in the rear valance

need a fuel pump, rocker cover and oil filter housing to get it fired up. will do away with the oil cooler till i know the engine is sound as they cost more

oh and 2x chrome bumper 2x wings a door, and a front valance and it will be complete ish

what colour is it?

is the roof still with it?

magpie wrote:what colour is it?

is the roof still with it?

Alpine white II, has a roof but has a massive hole in it and plenty of cuts, wierd wheels though, some sort of bbs replica things

has a shitty slush box though, will get that ripped out

i have a pedal box, fluid res and metal bulk head clutch pipe £20?

magpie wrote:i have a pedal box, fluid res and metal bulk head clutch pipe £20?

the manual conversion is the last thing i will do mick