Which 318is chip?

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Ammaco
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Post Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:49 pm

What is the best chip to get for my m42 318is? What sort of performance gains can i expect to see from it? The car is currently standard at 136bhp. Cheers
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Post Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:45 pm

Well the zone shop now seems to have one, I think it comes in mild or screamer. Apart from that I dont know anything about it

The other option is a Viper 2 chip, some people have had problems with them, others have had great results, seems to depend on the car/ecu
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Post Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:22 pm

if keggy doesn't have my ECU/chip combination (he's been on about it for ages but yet to see the £Â£) then you can have my viper chip +ecu that definitely works together for £70, saving you the hassle of having to break open your ecu etc.

the zone chip will be interesting though. who's made this one? come on, someone cough up!
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