Re: S6 Chip and Boost Upgrade

[Philip Ross <morphalex@yahoo.com>]

---Brooks Ellis <brooks@frii.com> wrote:
>
> >it had to be returned to standard at a cost of £3000 to them for a
new
> >ECU and wastegate.
> 
> ? An aftermarket chip & spring costs about USD$500, I can't see why
they'd
> need to put in an entire new ECU & wastegate. 

Simply because the work had to satisfy Audi UK so that the warranty on
the car would be valid.  Although Phil Payne could have fixed it for
some beer they wouldn't have been happy if that was on the invoice. 
The ECU had also been butchered in some way by the Superchip agents so
it wouldn't work properly when the standard chips were put back in. 
Hence the new ECU at a cost of GBP2300 and the extra for the wastegate.

> >I am left wondering if chips make any difference whatsoever.
> 
> They make an INSANE difference with a turbo car 

Superchips made no noticable difference to my car even with the
spring, but there are others.

On a slightly different note I still notice that the boost level
fluctuates on my car.  The little computer gauge (I know its not spot
on) varies between 1.7 and 2.1 under max load and this is matched by
how the car feels.  Is this something do with the limited overboost
for a limited period or is there something wrong with my car?  For
example if you're idling along and then you floor it in second gear it
goes to 2.0-2.1 but if you race through the gears the boost in 3rd and
4th sometimes drops to about 1.7 under hard acceleration.

Philip Ross

==
Philip S Ross

morphalex@yahoo.com
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