E30 Zone

i am thinking about buying a viper 2 chip for my 318is is this a good thing or not is there any others i should think about . thanks for any advice

Zone chip.

thanks, does that mean the viper one is crap or the zone one is just better

ive got a viper2 in mine, happy with it. would be interested to see it on the rollers to see what its pushing out

maxfield wrote:Zone chip.

I am really confused, you don't even have a 318iS yet but you still recommend what other people say (obviously they will say zone chip on the zone board), not saying its good/bad as I don't have a clue as I havn't used it - neither have you, so don't be a parrot please.

james_obryan wrote:

maxfield wrote:Zone chip.

I am really confused, you don't even have a 318iS yet but you still recommend what other people say (obviously they will say zone chip on the zone board), not saying its good/bad as I don't have a clue as I havn't used it - neither have you, so don't be a parrot please.

i put my chip in around the time i replaced the diff for a 3.64. so i cant say for sure if its made a big difference. has upped the rev limit to 7k or thereabouts

thanks tom , so you definitely think its worth a go than

i think j is just trying to give you advice gained through the collective knowledge on the zone as the chips on here seem to better than most according to other users.

so thats a bit harsh mate.

i would say so, the car is certainly more lively as a result of the chip going in, i will rolling road it when the car is in use again cos i am curious to see whats what. ive only got a induction kit on and chip, otherwise its standard

maybe jamie should have given a reason or two as to why the zone chip is better. who makes it anyway?

Ant makes the chip.

I'm just going on what I've read and I have seen nothing but great things said about it, all zone chips for that matter.

maxfield wrote:Ant makes the chip.

I'm just going on what I've read and I have seen nothing but great things said about it, all zone chips for that matter.

thats true j.

it dosent mean they are the best and nobody is saying that but they are good.

people on here are not bias towards the zone stuff as at the end of the day we all want the best stuff for our cars and not just whats in the zone shop.

are you sure ant still does the chips though j?

i would like to drive with a zone chip fitted to see what difference there is

He might not do the chips anymore TBH I don't really know.

It would be good to have a dyno day with various chips.

Ant does the chips, and knows what he's doing! Big advantage of the zone chip is that you have instant access direct to the designer/manufacturer for total product support.

i bought a chip off ebay and there is big difference it revs to seven one and i reckon i got bout ten bhp have to get it on the roolin road though i have an e30 318is and i am keepin up with standard 325 e30s

I thought that although Ant still does his own chips, he now sells them himself through ATech, and the chips on the Zone shop are not his? Maybe that's changed again recently...

Personally i'll be getting one of Ant's chips for my iS when i get round to it - i've heard nothing but rave reviews from people that have fitted them, and as Brian says, if there's any problems or you want more detailed info, you can get hold of him to ask easily

thank you all for your thoughts .

maxfield wrote:He might not do the chips anymore TBH I don't really know.

It would be good to have a dyno day with various chips.

Sounds like a damn good idea! I'd be up for that

Sal has rolling road facilities...

I'd be up for this late this year early next year...

would be an interesting one i think. i really have no idea what my iS has powerwise so im up for finding out

Are these chips your talking about DIY jobs? and how much we talking?

I'm really interested in this as my first engine mod...

its as tricky as finding a screwdriver! took me about 20 mins

i have one of ants chips in my 318i and it does the job, very helpful guy if any problems should arise too

I've got a Superchip. Think its pretty good, Nive difference over standard. Drove the iS with the chip over from the UK. Was just as quick or maybe abit more than a E46 320Ci. Then drove the drift car back... Huge difference I thought. Both cars have K&N and Pipercross Panel filters and the chipped one has a powerflow backbox.
Also I wasn't that far behind a 200bhp M3 one day on the way to a meet.

Superchips are wicked expensive though. 250 I think. Luckily I wasn't the one that bought it

Ive one of Ant's Chip's (Zone chip)Fitted to my IS Great Mod and ive a good bit more torque as a result! Easy DIY Fitmen and im not one to just buy Zone Stuff !!!!it's Extreamly good value compared to other Chip's on the market!!!!

maxfield wrote:It would be good to have a dyno day with various chips.

What a damn good idea... except you should keep the same car on the same dyno and just change the chips, would be a fair test to see whats best.

I'm game for it

What a coincidence you have 3 iS's

Ya, be a good Idea alright. Waht would be even better would, 1st Dyno everyones car to see who's best lol
Should use one car for all the chips first to see which is best. But even better use one thats the most standard out of the lot and one thats the most fettled. That way You'd see which chip is best on its own and maybe might find out one that makes bettter use of mods.

Pity I'm all the way over here

i had my IS re mapped by chipped uk

factory power was 137

with my mods it was 149 ( heater plate removal, exhaust system and modded airbox and pannel filter )

viper 2 put in when to 154

re mapped it when to 162

Mine supposed to be remapped by Chipped UK too with the Superchip
Heater plate is the next thing I need to do, When you say Modded Air box hoe did you go about that?

kos you extracted some impressive power from your iS, i want to learn a bit more about my car and I think i'll be going down a similar route to you...

modded air box, just drilled a few holes on the cold side of it so it could suck in some more air, and added a K&N pannel filter

the head on the had had been skimmed as well, so that probably contributed as well to the increase in power.

in this months Total bmw magazine, the is a feature on my old IS, with a lot of history on the model its self, the car was quite heavily restricted from the factory in a similar fasion to the way the e36 328i is retricted.