Racechip - Experience or advice?

Nimz said:
Yeah I am but, I guess the novelty has worn off somewhat. Is your warranty over in 3 years? That can't be right as the motorplan etc is 6 years as far as I know.
I've always been a BMW fan but the models I wanted (new) were out of my price range so I settled for the A.
In 5 years I will be getting my BMW :love:
You still enjoying your A250?
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The warranty is 2 years while the motorplan is 6 years. I could be mistaken on that though. I am still enjoying the A250, that car still turns heads haha, and the power is there when I need it. But, more power will be even better. The chassis and brakes can definitely take more.

A friend who works in the motor industry recommended that I talk to the Dealer Principal at the MB dealership where I will service my car, hopefully he will keep the motorplan intact should I decide to mod.

I am going to keep this car for a while, maybe 8 years. I need to do some more investing with the cash I am using to pay for the car :)
 
silver6933 said:
So you saying, wait til the car and ALL it parts are 3 years old, then increase the stress on them.
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When F1 was using turbo engines in the 80's, BMW used to take 320i motors with over 100 000km on them and use the block to create their 1200+ hp monsters. The idea was that If the block had already done that many km, any issues would have surfaced by then.
 
Drifter said:
If you do, insist that Albert does the mapping. He has been with Dastek for years.
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Will the gains on my bakkie be worth it though? Thing is already damn thirsty on fuel. Was thinking of changing the Fuel management system completely to try and make it lighter on fuel. However, I have had ZERO issues with the bakkie from day one and it's now way over 200k kms on the clock. I would rather pay more for fuel than have mechanical issues and a lighter vehicle :D
 
TehStranger said:
SauRoNZA was using hyperbole. You're clearly not familiar with the term, so I'll explain:

"Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech."

Since you don't understand hyperbole, I can only assume that your "three times the power by just upping the boost" insinuation was legitimate, which just reinforces my point.
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Jeez I'm glad at least someone understood it for what it was and didn't expect me to pull out blue prints for a 1000kw 5 second engine.
 
crysis said:
Oh, gosh. Youre right, its actually 318i. The worlds biggest geek award goes to you. Well done.
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Well thank you. As the newly titled worlds biggest geek, I feel the need to defend my title.

You are wrong once again. While the engine in the F1 car and the 318i where M10 derivatives. The F1 engine certainly did not come out of the 318.

Google on.
 
silver6933 said:
Well thank you. As the newly titled worlds biggest geek, I feel the need to defend my title.

You are wrong once again. While the engine in the F1 car and the 318i where M10 derivatives. The F1 engine certainly did not come out of the 318.

Google on.
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The block did.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Jeez I'm glad at least someone understood it for what it was and didn't expect me to pull out blue prints for a 1000kw 5 second engine.
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Although 'ol pitbull seemed to allow you some hyperbole, but yet seemed to deliberately misunderstand Saturnz's post and demand a blue print of sorts :whistle:

Anyway, seeing as pitbull is an addict who belittles others who are addicts, I don't have much time for him, or his views.

As far as I understand it, chipping your car does increase power (most especially those with forced induction), but it does come with increased risk. As the old adage goes - the higher the return, the higher the risk.
 
Brenden_E said:
Tun dum dum. 5 points to crysis and a red face to our regional google fu champion! :D
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Are you a 30% pass rate matriculant?

He says clearly that is a BMW 'new class' i.e. 2002 series. It is not the 3 series. And my book and every piece of info says they were sourced from 2002 models. BMW even offered to replace old engines in 2002 models with new ones at no cost.

They did this to ensure a good supply of the seasoned blocks.


BTW cry sistog said 318i
 
saturnz said:
If the chip only increases boost pressure without a related increase in fuelling, then the engine failed most likely as a direct result of the chip. I'm guessing melted pistons or a hole in the block.
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He had the chip running in the car for almost 2 years before the engine failure.
 
Splinter said:
As far as I understand it, chipping your car does increase power (most especially those with forced induction), but it does come with increased risk. As the old adage goes - the higher the return, the higher the risk.
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Oh there's no debate about whether it does or doesn't increase power, especially in a boosted car where it makes it very easy to increase the boost pressure.

It's just that 3x power is exceptional even in the blocks built for the job, never mind "normal" cars.

There will be a loss in reliability/longevity the question is really just whether it will affect you or rather the next owner.

And with even stock cars having issues, it's always hard to say which part and/or mod was at fault.
 
SauRoNZA said:
It's just that 3x power is exceptional even in the blocks built for the job, never mind "normal" cars.
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Actually, I do need to go find sites where I read the old Opel eco-block was producing huge Kw's (honest)... :)

But again - Saturnz (imo) was just using this as an extreme example to counter all the nay-sayers about chipping.
 
Splinter said:
Actually, I do need to go find sites where I read the old Opel eco-block was producing huge Kw's (honest)... :)

But again - Saturnz (imo) was just using this as an extreme example to counter all the nay-sayers about chipping.
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Oh don't get me wrong. I have nothing against chipping/remapping.

There's just a right way and a wrong way and these Racechip okes seem to be on the wrong side.

It's a bit more like a Verimark commercial with such lofty claims.
 
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