is my engine to old to chip?

[dom-1984-320i]

As above really, 1984 320i, can it be done?

cheers

[snoops]

If its L Jet I don't think it can be done, only motronic systems are chippable afaik

[dom-1984-320i]

If its L Jet I don't think it can be done, only motronic systems are chippable afaik

thats what i was thinkin snoops. cheers

[ShepsEvo3]

My mothers 1984 320i (A'reg) had Motronic and yes it could be chipped.

Unsure what chips are available, but I know Unichip would work. You would get great gains from it I'm certain as cars from that era never had great maps in them from the factory. Newer cars now are more difficult to extract much noticable extra power from - unless its turbo/supercharged

[dom-1984-320i]

would this be the case for an L Jet tho? I need more power!!!

[ed325i]

You cant chip the L jetronic ecu.
You can convert to Motronic using the loom/ecu etc from a later car.

[dom-1984-320i]

You cant chip the L jetronic ecu.
You can convert to Motronic using the loom/ecu etc from a later car.

really? easy job do you think?

[ed325i]

Yes its easy, I done my 323.

[dom-1984-320i]

Yes its easy, I done my 323.

whats envlove and what parts would i need? to be honest i would not do it myself cause a would just cock it up, but i would be happy to pay for it to be done.

[ed325i]

Engine loom.
Front crank sensor and bracket.
All the parts to mount the dizzy cap on the end of the cam.
Injectors.
Air flow meter.
I think thats about it.

[dom-1984-320i]

Engine loom.
Front crank sensor and bracket.
All the parts to mount the dizzy cap on the end of the cam.
Injectors.
Air flow meter.
I think thats about it.

cheers ed, i will look into it. my car is getting lots of love at the moment and looks wise should be how i want it by early november, then its engine time!

[bigkev]

I will be doing this conversion too dom, but i want to run the spark through the original distributor after i weld it all up inside so that the engine still looks original .
(I've got some Alpina 2,3 pistons if your interested)

[dom-1984-320i]

how much do you think your looking at kev, start to finish? are you doing the work yourself?

[ShepsEvo3]

The Unichip is piggy back, not a chip change of the ECU. It intercepts the signals between engine and ECU.

It should be able to be done with this, but whats been mentioned above MAYBE more economical for your application?

[bigkev]

I cant see it costing much more than £150 buying used parts
Yes i will be doing the work myself

[Brianmoooore]

No problem that I can see in using the original distributor just to distribute the HT to the appropriate plug. The lower part of the distributor won't be used at all.