chipping a VW TDi

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Tue 26 Oct 2004 17:03
chipping a VW TDi - Sprice
Hi, just wondering if anyone has experience of a chipped VW tdi, as thinking of getting a golf mk3 90bhp tdi, and if there are any particularly effective methods, and what sort of gains are experienced?

Cheers
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Tue 26 Oct 2004 18:02
chipping a VW TDi - borasport20
try entering 'chip' and 'vw' into the forum search.....

more answers and questions than you can wish for
www.mikes-walks.co.uk
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Tue 26 Oct 2004 18:07
chipping a VW TDi - Malcolm_L
www.upsolute.com

Austrian company who have a good reputation, I've had a car chipped by them and I'm very pleased with it.
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Tue 26 Oct 2004 20:15
chipping a VW TDi - Wee Willie Winkie
www.upsolute.com
Austrian company who have a good reputation, I've had a car
chipped by them and I'm very pleased with it.


And me....
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Wed 27 Oct 2004 16:16
chipping a VW TDi - Sprice
Just checked the upsolute link, seems a good company, and theres an agent in South Wales near me! What did you pay for the fitted chip?
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Wed 27 Oct 2004 19:41
chipping a VW TDi - Wee Willie Winkie
I think it's around the £300 mark. Prices are on the website somewhere.

Of course, make sure you tell your insurance company....

DB
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Thu 28 Oct 2004 18:04
chipping a VW TDi - chris2
have a look on www.uk-mkivs.net in the performance forum for advice, there are many options and most have been tried by at least one of the members there.
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Thu 28 Oct 2004 19:01
chipping a VW TDi - Malcolm_L
It cost £305, took about 3 hours in total.

They take out the old chip and replace it with a new chip, sounds simple but just getting to the ECU was difficult.

You can buy tuning boxes which plug in to the ECU loom, these modify the signals sent to the injectors and turbo, however I preferred the Upsolute way (it's neater and it doesn't advertise the fact the cars been modified).

Upsolute keep the old chip and the old map just in case, so you can go back to the old chip if you had to.

If there's a downside I can't find it - fuel consumption did suffer initially as I couldn't resist using the performance.
However, back in normal mode consumption is no higher, in fact I'm getting slightly more than I used to but the car has <7k so it's still running in.

Throttle response is much better, used to be a slight lag which has gone completely and the power band has been extended by 300-400 rpm.

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Thu 28 Oct 2004 19:17
chipping a VW TDi - Sprice
Thanks for the feedback everybody, upsolute do seem to offer a good service!
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