Racechip - Experience or advice?

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Currently looking at buying the Racechip Pro 2 Unit

30KW Power Gain
65NM Torque Gain

Cost is 4K

Anyone bought from these guys before?

Any problems with warranty and maintenance plan?

Racechip are willing to send me something in writing to say that it will not affect either.

Thanks
 
No experience with them, so cant really tell. Do they give a money back gaurantee.
 
Dude this is a gimmick. You will waste your money. And you will lose your warranty if Merc gets a sniff of it.
 
30KW from a chip alone? I don't buy that for a second.

Petrol or Diesel?

Either way it's a 25-30% gain which isn't feasible. If it really is putting out that much more power I would be seriously worried about reliability.
 
SauRoNZA said:
30KW from a chip alone? I don't buy that for a second.

Petrol or Diesel?

Either way it's a 25-30% gain which isn't feasible. If it really is putting out that much more power I would be seriously worried about reliability.
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Petrol - yeah,that's what I was thinking
 
if its forced induction its possible to get those gains, irrespective of whether its diesel or petrol

simply up the boost and account for the new fueling map via the chip
 
gregmcc said:
Mercedes will laugh in your face if you show them this.
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It's not really to show them. It is so that if Merc voids the warranty etc I can hold Racechip liable for it.
 
I hardly think you will be able to hold racechips accountable for the warranty. There are numerous reasons for this.

Most warranties' state, that any unauthorised changes affect the warranty.
 
Check out the threads on racechip on the Ford ST forums.

It basically fools the ECU into thinking that the car is not getting any boost, so it increases the boost pressure.

There is no feedback to any other system, so depending on how you set the Racechip unit and drive, other systems could fail.

That said, a friend has it in his A4 and loves it. He has had the engine fail, but whether it was from the gearbox or the chip is another issue.
 
SteveO said:
Check out the threads on racechip on the Ford ST forums.

It basically fools the ECU into thinking that the car is not getting any boost, so it increases the boost pressure.

There is no feedback to any other system, so depending on how you set the Racechip unit and drive, other systems could fail.

That said, a friend has it in his A4 and loves it. He has had the engine fail, but whether it was from the gearbox or the chip is another issue.
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Well that doesn't sound too convincing :wtf:
 
You have to pay to play with respect to the modding game.

Expecting an OEM to honour repairs, after you have modded it, is quite unethical behavior.
 
silver6933 said:
You have to pay to play with respect to the modding game.

Expecting an OEM to honour repairs, after you have modded it, is quite unethical behavior.
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Well if they sell a product they should of tested it to see what damages it can cause before selling such..... in my opinion

I guess modding is not for me then
 
saturnz said:
if its forced induction its possible to get those gains, irrespective of whether its diesel or petrol

simply up the boost and account for the new fueling map via the chip
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Interdasting, but shouldn't he just sell the Merc and but a Delta Motor Corporation of South Africa Opel Monza 160i GSi car of the year 1991? It would be the more historically significant option.

@ OP - Don't bother with Racechip, by buying a Merc A200 (not a bad car mind you) performance wasn't your top priority. Enjoy the car, or sell it and buy something quicker (with proper mod potential).
 
Ya, rather don't. Firstly, I'm pretty sure Merc will void the warranty on your shiny new car and secondly, you need to let your insurance know you have modified it. If you have an accident and the assessor catches a whif, they might not pay out.
 
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