[s-cars] S4 Chips

[Bruce Mendel]

It should not affect the engine in a detrimental way, assuming you
understand the following:

1. ALL maintenance is up to date....fresh fluids, filters, plugs, etc. All
hoses and belts in good shape. You may want to secure some vacuum lines and
change to some silicone/Samco hoses as more boost puts a lot of stress on
these areas.

2. You choose the right chip...nothing that's poorly designed, no running
lean, no manual/electronic boost controllers that override the built-in
safety features of the ECU, etc. Get boost gauge and most likely EGT gauge
to monitor things

3. You understand that if the service life of a part is 200K miles at normal
boost and speeds, it may become only 150K with chip....that to me is not
failure, just more stress on certain parts due to increased HP. The same is
true for brakes.....they may work fine, until you are running fast and
stopping harder a lot, and find they need to be upgraded. Same for certain
hoses, etc.

I did my chip at 65K miles, and no problems. I did full RS2 at 85K miles,
and no problems. But I did track the car, and did break things now and then
due to the increased power and speeds. But that's what you need to plan
ahead for.

Have fun!

Bruce
(all of the above is my humble opinion)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Connington" <Kevnjoyce at charter.net>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 1:48 AM
Subject: [s-cars] S4 Chips


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> Hi again from Reno, I have a 1993 S4 w/ 116K on it, and I am considering
an engine chip...
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> Wanted to hear feedback from anyone who has chipped an older engine, what
I can reasonably expect performance wise, and if they feel it will shorten
engine life.
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> Thanks for any feeback...Kevin
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