[BiturboS4] chip poll - Audi World Already Did This - Check the Website - I attached the text in this msg

Wed Sep 11 01:48:24 EDT 2002

Tuan,

Why are u re-inventing the wheel? A chip shoot-out for the S4 has already been done and posted on Audi World's Website. I am enclosing the text of that shoot-out in this msg for thos who are interested. As a result of this shoot-out, I will probably purchase a GIAC chip (plus the GIAC Tip Chip too).

For those who are interested - here is the text from the Audi World S4 chip shoot-out.

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Chip War #1

Stock Chip (4 runs)

APR Tiptronic Chip (2 runs)

AMS Chip (2 runs)

MTM Chip (2 runs)

GIAC Chip (did not arrive yet)

The Stock chip

As you can imagine, the stock chip performed flawlessly.  We ran this chip 4 times to establish a solid baseline figure.  Because the stock chip was so consistent we are not going to report every run. The measured boost levels were extremely steady in comparison to the aftermarket chips, which can be reflected in the smoothness of the dyno.

Max Boost       Boost at 6500        Intake Temperature  Coolant Temperature   Measured HP    DTC's
.64 bar   .52 bar   123.8 degrees Fahrenheit  194 degrees Fahrenheit  258

The APR chip
Following the stock chip was the APR chip.  The APR chip used during this run was intended for a tiptronic S4.  According to APR, the tiptronic chips are more mild than their standard manual S4 chip. Because this chip was for the tiptronic transmission, it also set off a couple of DTC’s.

Run #1

Max Boost       Boost at 6500        Intake Temperature  Coolant Temperature   Measured HP    DTC's
1.10 bar  .91 bar  129.2 degrees Fahrenheit  203 degrees Fahrenheit  315

Run #2

Max Boost       Boost at 6500        Intake Temperature  Coolant Temperature   Measured HP    DTC's
1.14 bar 1.1 bar  123 degrees Fahrenheit  201 degrees Fahrenheit  308 Data bus powertrain-missing msg from trans controller.
Cruise control switch in correct signal sporadic

The AMS chip
As a point of clarification, many of the S4 owners were under the impression that ABT and AMS were one in the same- the AMS chip is not an ABT chip, however AMS is the North America Distributor for ABT, which is probably the cause of confusion.  Marc Kalajian, owner of AMS, is also the chip programmer.

Run #1

Max Boost      Boost at 6500       Intake Temperature Coolant Temperature  Measured HP   DTC's
1.23 bar 1.01 bar 123.8 degrees Fahrenheit 194 degrees Fahrenheit 324

Run #2

Max Boost      Boost at 6500       Intake Temperature Coolant Temperature  Measured HP   DTC's
1.20 1.09 127.4 degrees Fahrenheit 203 degrees Fahrenheit 318

The MTM chip

The MTM chip is designed and tested in Germany, which is distributed by Joe Hoppen/ Hoppen Motorsports in Florida.  Apparently, to get a perfected chip from Germany, they had to send many a version back and forth to get the right combination.

Run #1

Max Boost                    1.42 bar
Boost at 6500                .910 bar
Intake Temperature    125.3 degrees Fahrenheit
Coolant Temperature 202.4 degrees Fahrenheit
Measured HP                325
DTC's

Run #2

Max Boost      Boost at 6500       Intake Temperature Coolant Temperature  Measured HP   DTC's
1.41 bar 1.00 bar 125.9 degrees Fahrenheit 205.8 degrees Fahrenheit 327

Summary

What we noticed:

1)       MTM- huge mid-range and peak hp.

2)       AMS- this chip had one of the smoother curves offering solid mid- to upper mid power coming in 2nd for peak hp.

3)       APR- good lower mid-range, a little soft in the upper mid RPM’s but not quite as peaky as the other chips.  In all fairness, keep in mind that this was a tip-tronic chip.

4)       Stock- very smooth and predictable.  This chip showed us that heat soak was not much of an issue.

5)      This is the re-test for the GIAC chip was performed at UPRD in Huntington Beach,CA.  As you can clearly see it is on par with the MTM chip which was again tested during this session both at the beginning and end of the session.

Overall Conclusion

After running two different cars and the same chips, we definitely found some consistency in performance levels and smoothness of the curves.  Most of the chips performed at the claimed levels and then some- which in many cases is a tuning first.

Of the four chips represented here, we found that MTM or GIAC, AMS, and APR (in that order) would be our chip preference.

We applaud all of the chip tuners for their fine efforts and hope the fierce competition between tuners results in better products for us the consumers.

About The Testing

Surely by the time you read and chat about this article, someone will have suggested a better method or way of testing and or even try to discard the result of our test. We do not proclaim our testing methods as being the holy grail of measurements however we feel that we have significantly cut down the variables, which would have potentially changed the testing results.  It would have been nice to drag this test out over a week and mix up the variables, however at a rate of $250 per hour on the dyno and a limited budget this is as good as its going to get. The results presented here are the REAL WORLD results in a tidy package for you the reader to study and help determine on which chip is the best for you.  Bottom line is these tests are not only accurate but repeatable.

So the results are official and we have two words for you- CHIP IT!

Additional Information

UPRD (714) 842-3338

Joe Hoppen Motorsport 941-924-6380

Advanced Motorsport Solutions 949-515-1672

GIAC www.giacusa.com

Audi Performance Racing 1-800-680-7921

"Tuan Nguyen" <tuan at grdperformance.com> wrote:

>It would be in your best interest to wait for the chip shoot out.
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>Tuan
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>I'm curious to see what chips you guys are running.  Let's take a
>poll...
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>I'm running stock but leaning towards an APR, with GIAC in second place.
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