Davsurfa
Torque Junkie
I've had a mooch at a remapping for my A3 and for around £300-£400, and bear in mind it's only a 1.6 engine, I'd only gain 10bhp!!! So being a cheapskate I took a trip to the Bay of E and found these "Piggyback ecu chips". With the guarantee of +25bhp increase and a bargain price tag of just twentyfive beer tokens so I'm kinda tempted. Now I'm not entirely naive and to be quite honest I really don't expect this item to live up to the guaranteed +25bhp as all it does is tell the ecu that the air temperature, that is heading in to the engine, is colder than it actually is. I understand that the engine would then pump more fuel in to match the "colder/more dense" air.
However, my questions are:
A) Is it likely to gain absolutely any horsepower whatsoever?? I did ask this on another forum and I had a reply saying they had one on their TDi and it'd made a massive difference, but it does say in the advert that it WILL NOT WORK ON DIESEL ENGINES.
And Is it likely to cause any damage, long or short term, to my engine?
Cheers for all replies and input.
However, my questions are:
A) Is it likely to gain absolutely any horsepower whatsoever?? I did ask this on another forum and I had a reply saying they had one on their TDi and it'd made a massive difference, but it does say in the advert that it WILL NOT WORK ON DIESEL ENGINES.
And Is it likely to cause any damage, long or short term, to my engine?
Cheers for all replies and input.