Hi all,

I have recently come across a dealer, New Oak Ford in Melbourne who is supplying chip upgrades covered under a dealer warranty the same as a ford warranty. Don't have the specs yet but was wondering if anyone had heard of this or had had it done?

Cheers.

...maybe theyre from Ford.....

But then again....need the specs!

Hoping to get the specs today an will post them as soon as I do. I doesn't sound like they are from ford because the dealer provides the warranty not Ford itself. Anyway we will get to the bottom of it.

I remember something about this. The chip isn't from Ford though, I think it was an Xede (could be wrong). Regardless, I wouldn't be buying an off the shelf chip, without it being specifically tuned to my car first.

Yeah, there is a ford dealer in Ryde, sydney, that does them. Its their own chip with apparently more wire connectors than either aps or exede so they claim its better. They claim 280fkwk for the car, which is about 210rwkw. They also say that they do not mark the boost up over 6lb.

Personally, I don't know if this would be possible -280kw on only 6lb when they don't do anything else to the car. Peter from APS, you have any comments here?

They offer warranty on the car as long as it is serviced with them, which is fair enough. Their quote was $2600.

Personally, I don't know if this would be possible -280kw on only 6lb when they don't do anything else to the car. Peter from APS, you have any comments here?

They offer warranty on the car as long as it is serviced with them, which is fair enough. Their quote was $2600.

Read another thread a couple of weeks ago and someone was saying a dealer in Newcastle was doing this too. Perhaps it is another super exxxy Herrod self advertising product?, as they do have some stuff in the Ford Dealers.

Gregorys Ford in Canberra are doing off-the-shelf chips (not tuned to your car in real time) that are sold to them by Herrods but are actually Unichips. I was talking to the mechanic that fits them the other week and he reckons they've never had a problem. Don't know how warranty for the car or the chip is handled though.

Gregorys Ford in Canberra are doing off-the-shelf chips (not tuned to your car in real time) that are sold to them by Herrods but are actually Unichips. I was talking to the mechanic that fits them the other week and he reckons they've never had a problem. Don't know how warranty for the car or the chip is handled though.

Could create one hell of a warranty problem for Ford from a legal standpoint, just like how the manufacturers lost when the courts decided that they didn't have exclusive rights to service their product once it was sold and registered, any legitimate could do the service. Using that precedent, if Ford are supplying and fitting Unichips via Herrods, then techniclly any Unichip fitted by an approved APS dealer would not void warranty if the power it made was not above what Ford dealers claim their fitment will acheive Food for thought

Yes it could be interesting. I went back there with my car because of brake shudder and of course I knew the fixes were just machine until under the limit and only then replace so I had already bought DBA slotted and just wanted them to fit them (free labour). Spent about 15 mins 'discussing' this with the service guy who wasn't going to have a bar of any modifications. He thought I wanted them to pay for the discs as well. That would of been nice but I'm a reasonable person (most of the time...) and just wanted them to actually fit them for free. I still had to reason with the guy saying I would be saving them money by them not having to pull them off and machine the discs (and eventually replace) every month or so. He finally came around to my way of thinking, I hate to see what would happen if I had a problem with my trans due to a Herrod Unichip being fitted. That is one of the big reasons (other is lack of money!) I have not modded the motor in mine.

I hate to see what would happen if I had a problem with my trans due to a Herrod Unichip being fitted. That is one of the big reasons (other is lack of money!) I have not modded the motor in mine.

Well the guys in ryde are offering warranty on the car if the upgrades stop at 280kw, which makes it reasonably safe to say that the trans can cope with that level of power even under harsh treatment.

I think that even stage 2 would be ok for the auto trans if the owner didnt thrash the hell out of it. Of course, you can use the power but I think even continual thrashing of the auto at 240kw would bring it undone within a certain amount of time.

any ideas on what the boost levels for stage 1 aps are? Peter?