What would be the easiest, cheapest or safest way to tune this car?
Am thinking about chipping it or upping the turbo pressure, which
way is the best?
Have heard that upping the turbo pressure will give it 180bhp which
is the same as the new 1.8t engines. And it should'nt put any more
strain on the engine than it does on the new engines.

Mikael Jakobsen

 

"Mikael Jakobsen" <mikaelj@broadpark.no> wrote in message
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> What would be the easiest, cheapest or safest way to tune this car?
> Am thinking about chipping it or upping the turbo pressure, which
> way is the best?

Chipping basically increases the turbo pressure, so it's kind of the same
thing. Chipping means changing the engine software - fuel mapping, boost,
etc. Just upping the turbo pressure alone would not be adviseable because
it will lead to lean condition (engine will be starved for fuel) which is
not good. That's why you should purchase a chip from a name-brand tuner
that knows exactly what they're doing.


> Have heard that upping the turbo pressure will give it 180bhp which
> is the same as the new 1.8t engines. And it should'nt put any more
> strain on the engine than it does on the new engines.

There are other subtle differences between the newer and older 1.8T engines
such as VVT (variable valve timing), compression ratio, updated turbo
internals, etc. But yeah, squeezing 180hp out of that engine should not put
a very excessive strain on it, but then again - it all depends on how you
drive it and how well you take care of the turbo (proper warm-up and
cool-down procedures, synthetic oil).

Cheers,

Pete

 

thanx


"Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mikael Jakobsen" <mikaelj@broadpark.no> wrote in message
> news:3f63566e@news.broadpark.no...
> > What would be the easiest, cheapest or safest way to tune this car?
> > Am thinking about chipping it or upping the turbo pressure, which
> > way is the best?
>
> Chipping basically increases the turbo pressure, so it's kind of the same
> thing. Chipping means changing the engine software - fuel mapping, boost,
> etc. Just upping the turbo pressure alone would not be adviseable because
> it will lead to lean condition (engine will be starved for fuel) which is
> not good. That's why you should purchase a chip from a name-brand tuner
> that knows exactly what they're doing.
>
>
> > Have heard that upping the turbo pressure will give it 180bhp which
> > is the same as the new 1.8t engines. And it should'nt put any more
> > strain on the engine than it does on the new engines.
>
> There are other subtle differences between the newer and older 1.8T
engines
> such as VVT (variable valve timing), compression ratio, updated turbo
> internals, etc. But yeah, squeezing 180hp out of that engine should not
put
> a very excessive strain on it, but then again - it all depends on how you
> drive it and how well you take care of the turbo (proper warm-up and
> cool-down procedures, synthetic oil).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pete
>
>