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Author Few questions about ecus, superchips and unichips.
Adam_B
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4th Jan 04 at 15:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Frstly, whats the goin rate for a standard second hand 20xe ecu? I think mines gone duff, so ive found one on mig for £50.

Whats the difference between a superchip and a unichip? I know unichips are mappable but when i asked at a local superchips dealer they said theyd give superchips my engine spec and get me a suitable map, so whats the difference and which would be better, bearing in mind price? specs goin to be mild cams, filter and exhaust, possibly a nice exhaust manifold as well.

Thanks
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i could prob give you one for around that. Just means my bucket wouldnt move

New they will be upwards of 180 from vaux.

Superchips - utter shite. They are not normally mapped to your car. Just an off the shelve 'blank' map of what they think your car may need air/fuel ratio etc.

Unichip is much more diverse. Can be mapped (has to be mapped) +/-50% fueling every 200 or 400 rpm, full throttle, part, lift off etc etc. You will be best getting one of these when the cams are fitted to get the real gains. I had one on my x14xe.... had very impressive gains. Plots are in my garage. I will go look for them

For even better gains get a set of ARP rod bolts and up the rev limit to say 8k..... whooo hoooo
Adam_B
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how much dollar for ARP rod bolts and a unichip then? If i get a unichip am i right in thinking i dont need a new standard ecu at all then?
DAYZEE
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Unichip is a piggyback so you still need the original ECU.
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You will still need a std ECU. A unichip is a piggy back ECU like the superchips ICON race thing.

ARP rod bolts can be had for about 70, and are easy to fit. I paid 350'ish for my UNICHIP including mapping.

These plots show the gains before and afterunichip.

Before was SUPERCHIPS attempt to map the car I kept the superchip in to use the higher rec/idle.

As you can see the unichip is FAR FAR better


Adam_B
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unichip it is then, would i be ok to fit the cams + rod bolts now, then get the chip sorted later?
AK
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The car would run n stuff.... but you will prob think the cams are pretty gay till you get them mapped etc
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PS - why do you think your ECU is buggered?
Adam_B
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4th Jan 04 at 19:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
car went on the rollers at powerzone a few months back, standard 20xe only made 138bhp as the fuelling goes fubar at 5590 rpm -



the guy said its either got the wrong ecu on it or its faulty.
Adam_B
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4th Jan 04 at 19:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
oh, and thanks for the info
Paul_J
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is unichip the one which I could get mapped for my corsa - then later if I buy a different car, use on something else?
Adam_B
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4th Jan 04 at 20:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yer, i think so. but i think theres only 1 place in the uk that sells em and its in Fife. arse.
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You can get unichips all over the UK. If he has problems with the ECU fueling then this would help. If the fueling problem is not due to the ECU then the unichip would not help.

(From Vibrio BTW...)
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Fife thats only a few miles fi my door, should only take you about 2hrs to get there.
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Places all over do them.... Owen Dev do them down sounth, Henry at strathclyde auto clini.... Jim King up in Aberdeen and heaps more

Fife, or rather Dalgety Bay has a Dastek place. Dastek make the piggy back ECU's and rolling roads etc etc
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quote:
Originally posted by Trotty
You can get unichips all over the UK. If he has problems with the ECU fueling then this would help. If the fueling problem is not due to the ECU then the unichip would not help.

(From Vibrio BTW...)


Would it be better to get a healthy standard ecu before i start with the unichip Vibrio?

Just had a quick look on dastek webby and it said only place was fife. I'll look again It'd take me at least 3hrs from my house.
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Yes.... the UNICHIP just takes the signals from the ECU and alters them acording to its map, hence piggy back.

3hrs..... i've travelled down to bloody londonish 3 or more time for car shit
Adam_B
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i looked on auto route express, said 3 hrs so
AK
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4th Jan 04 at 22:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no.... i believe its 3 hrs... im sayign 3hrs is nothing

 
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