Re: Chips, turbos, & engine life

[Orin Eman <orin@wolfenet.com>]

> In message <3784223668.935792126@ADORFMAN> Avram Dorfman writes:

> > How many people out there who have chipped their Audis have suffered
> > *anything* they believe might be lessened engine life as a result of asking
> > more from the engine than Audi decided to give it?

> I saw one on Thursday.  Schrapnel-knobbel fitted at 28000 and set at 2.5
> bar - remanufactured ECU by ATP.  Two new heads and one short engine in
> 77000 miles.

That's a bit of an extreme case...  I'm not surprised that didn't survive.
More conservative boost upgrades, for example, raising the US 1.4 bar
to 2 bar absolute seem to survive quite well - in the MC at least.  Still,
that's not much different to the European spec anyway.

Orin.