a_j_mair
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what is the difference between full managment and just a reprogrammed chip?
how they work, price wise etc
you would need full managment for throttle boddies? correct?
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Ditch
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yea you will want some kind of mapable engine management to make the most (well, to make anything at all really) from throttle bodies.
A programmed chip as you call it, is next to useless on a normall aspirated car.
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drunkenfool
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Full mappable management lets you basically control everything on the engine, and is a must have for tbs. You are looking at around £600 plus mapping for one, whereas piggyback chips can be around £100. Check out emerald, omex and DTA if you are interested. I personally went for emerald, link here...
http://www.emeraldm3d.com/em_m3dk.html
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Ditch
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emerald does seem very good for the money!
but before you buy new management check you have somewhere local to do the mapping...
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corsa5dr
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Cant some places remap your standard ECU for a good result?
[Edited on 22-08-2005 by corsa5dr]
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Ditch
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depends on what car you drive dude 
My mates MR2 turbo has a seriously clever bit of ECU as standard, but then again those engines were hand built by yamaha and are not your average vauxhall production rubbish
[Edited on 22-08-2005 by Ditch]
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corsa5dr
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Yeah I suppose 
But a lot of Pugs/citroens have the standard ECU's remapped for decent results and surely they dont posess the forefront of engine management technology.
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Ditch
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probably not....
there are sometimes settings to chuck more fuel in at certain rpms, which is crude but effective providing the engine needs that fuel at that given point.
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