Gareth Member 71 Member For: 23y 8m 15d Posted 19/05/03 11:23 PM Posted 19/05/03 11:23 PM I'm having it installed on Friday. Will let you know how it goes.
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Legacy Donating Member 1,841 Member For: 23y 11m 13d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 20/05/03 09:29 AM Posted 20/05/03 09:29 AM I'm having it installed on Friday. Will let you know how it goes. good o cant wait to see your post...
Gareth Member 71 Member For: 23y 8m 15d Posted 25/05/03 02:44 AM Posted 25/05/03 02:44 AM Well, install was aborted due to a fuel elbow (or something) that they broke and they didn't have a spare. Just a waste of about 3 hours of my time, and a rental car, etc...Of only people did what they said they would do and planned ahead.I'll update once it's done.
Ford_Power Member 798 Member For: 23y 5m 23d Posted 25/05/03 02:52 AM Posted 25/05/03 02:52 AM Damn,that's GOT to suck - sorry to hear that. Hopefully you get it done soon and its what you want. Looking very forward to hearing your review on the PowerChip.l8rRoss
Gareth Member 71 Member For: 23y 8m 15d Posted 14/06/03 05:40 AM Posted 14/06/03 05:40 AM OK. All I can really say is WOW. :D :D :D I picked the car up last night and drove home, and it just feels like a different car. In reality, it has probably exceeded my expectations.I'm going for a long drive over the next few days so by Monday night I should be more experienced with the upgrade and will post again over the next week.Apparently 9.5 lbs boost. You can now hear the blow off valve when you get off the gas. I need to Dyno so I can see the actual rear wheel Kws.To give an idea of the power increase, I was changing lanes and kicked back to first (yes mine is an SSS) at about 30 k's and the rear wheels broke traction (in the dry on tarseal). It will also break traction changing up from first to second. Thank goodness for the traction control!I have driven a 300kw HSV and this feels like 400kw in comparison.
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Legacy Donating Member 1,841 Member For: 23y 11m 13d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 14/06/03 05:57 AM Posted 14/06/03 05:57 AM OK. All I can really say is WOW. :D :D :D I picked the car up last night and drove home, and it just feels like a different car. In reality, it has probably exceeded my expectations. O.K....take a deep breath and walk me thru this slowly so I understand what you have done and what it cost..... :lol:
Gareth Member 71 Member For: 23y 8m 15d Posted 14/06/03 06:15 AM Posted 14/06/03 06:15 AM Ok. Deep breath taken. All I have done is installed 2 things, the BMC Carbon Fibre airbox and the Powerchip 98 chip.The guy who installed the chip for me said he adjusted it to 9.5 lb boost.The air box was about $550 and the chip was $1395 plus $100 to install.Love the result!
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Legacy Donating Member 1,841 Member For: 23y 11m 13d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 14/06/03 09:07 AM Posted 14/06/03 09:07 AM The air box was about $550 and the chip was $1395 plus $100 to install. Thanks Gareth (.......I'm married so that is a bit outa my price range at the moment)
tazz_008 Member 35 Member For: 23y 3m 28d Location: Dapto Posted 14/06/03 10:20 AM Posted 14/06/03 10:20 AM Thanks for the feed back gareth , I cant wait to see your dyno results. Do they reprogram the ECU or is there a extra chip? I had my BMW done and they just reprogramed it via the link .
AMoffat Member 744 Member For: 23y 9m 16d Posted 14/06/03 10:30 AM Posted 14/06/03 10:30 AM Yeah, a couple of grand for more power, I'm thinking, I'm thinking.
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