Do you want Superchips with that?

[ZStation]

Anyone get a Superchip fitted to their motor?

If so, what's the motor, and did the chip make any improvement?

I have an Astra 1.6 that's got more flatspots than an airfield, and aparently a Superchip will sort it out.

[fiji bob]

have you tried servicing it? i dont personally think superchips are worth the money unless your car has a turbo the gains just arent worth the money they charge

[conan]

I put a starchip in a vauxhall cavalier SRI about 15 years ago and it made it into a different motor. It was good to start with but the chip made it a lot better. I know it probably doesn't apply now but there are advantages to be had from the chips. It's a case of doing your homework first. There are different chips for different requirements. I put one in my dads motor to increase fuel effiency and that worked as well. It was flat all the way through the rev range but it did what he wanted.

Don't do it now as I'm on a company car.

[Graeme*Kustom*]

By my understanding, if you uprate the exhaust and induction system, having the engine computer tweaked allows a higher fuel / oxygen intake which results in more power.

If you have these mods already, then having the ecu tweaked by a pro should able to improve performance noticably even on a non turbo car.

[ZStation]

Hmm..sorry I forgot about this thread. :p

I'm still thinking about this mod, though she's due her 40k service in a month or so, so I'll see if new plugs and filters will help a bit. One of my housmates just got an identical Astra, same age and spec but his has 25k on it against mine with 38k. His doesn't have quite as many flat spots - still a big laggy below 2500rpm.

I guess I've been driving diesels too long. My driving style needs low end torque, as I'm typically in 4th by 45mph. It's very difficult to get out of the habit - after 8 years driving oil burners, old habit die hard.

[fiji bob]

changing the exhaust/air filter doesnt gaurentee any improvement though it really depends on how restrictive the original stuff is and no manufacturer is going to intentionally restrict their engines as they wont be seen as being competitive against other manufacturers, any car with a lambda sensor should adjust the fuelling automatically its only when you start doing major mods ie headwork different cams etc that the standard ecu maps might not have the scope to be able to adjust to, imo superchips and co charge far too much for a chip that probably costs less than a fiver and a few minutes burning the maps to suit the intended car £200 would go a long way towards a decent ported head which would make a far bigger difference than a chip on a standard engine

[ZStation]

Well, just got the car serviced last week - £225 all in. Ouch.

But! Good news is it goes much better than before. Apparently the air filter was in a pretty bad way.

[jon bda]

Originally posted by conan
Don't do it now as I'm on a company car.

Pop down the scrappy, find a second ECU...get that chipped and Bobs your fathers brother...
:D

[conan]

Originally posted by jon bda
Pop down the scrappy, find a second ECU...get that chipped and Bobs your fathers brother...
:D

Never thought of that, might just have a look:D