jaygsi
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i've just bought a superchip for my corsa but when i came to look for the ecu had abit of trouble finding it can anyone help?
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Gaz
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ok in your driver's footwell look down at your feet then to the right,
theres a plastic that goes from your dash down to the floor. take that off and you will find a silver box - thats your ECU
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Dave A
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you may have difficulty fitting it if the car is a later model as the ecu has to be flash programmed rather that just plugging in the new chip. also make sure you know what you are doing! e-proms are very sensitive to static, you should wear an earth strap on your wrist whilst doing it.
and even then you will find the car will just run rich because superchips are crap.
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Gaz
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take it to a garage that know what there doing if your serios about putting it on..
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Dave A
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or just sell it on e-bay. its about as much use as a power boost valve or a ecotech valve
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jaygsi
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your joking i thought superchip improve performance, by pushing more fuel in the engine?
well its going on my 1.6 sport, any ideas how i can improve the performance lads?
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Rob B
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buy a new inlet manifold, the likes of dblias  , mantzel and lexmaul are you best bet for noticable power increases 
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Jas
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where would you put the superchip on an m-reg corsa sri 8v? and what does it look like? any pics?*
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Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by jaygsi
your joking i thought superchip improve performance, by pushing more fuel in the engine?
yes it does. but whats the point in that? it just runs rich.
ive re-built 2 x16xe's that were run with a superchip. both showed signs of overfuelling
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pavorotti
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overfueling wat u mean mate drinking petrol yea?
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Cybermonkey
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almost. overfuelling means the air/fuel ratio is too high, and engine will lose power
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Will_Sport
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is there really any benefit of getting a superchip or uni chip? if someone could tell me what the difference is, how much setting up costs and what they'd do to me x14xe that'd be super happy mega cool.
also what would one do on a x16xe with lexmaul inlet (the plan for next summer possibly if i still have it)
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Cybermonkey
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Lexmaul does not require any aftermarket chip/programable ECU, since it makes the most from the standard map and cams
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jaygsi
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i don't mind the car using more fuel as long as the performance is improved, i'm inking of getting the head scimed posted and poilshed aswell
how much are the performance inlet manifolds and what kind of power increase are we talking?
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Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by jaygsi
i don't mind the car using more fuel as long as the performance is improved, i'm inking of getting the head scimed posted and poilshed aswell
how much are the performance inlet manifolds and what kind of power increase are we talking?
a superchip will do NOTHING for your performance! why put more fuel in if the car doesnt need it?
what you need to do is remove the inlet restriction by fitting a mantzel or dbilas style manifold, then think about other mods.
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jaygsi
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ok i will do that mate, where can i but one of these from and for how much?
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Dave A
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i would get a dbilas. can get them from regal.
does the same job as the mantzel but in my opinion the build quality is a bit better. (although i had a mantzel)
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jaygsi
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well i don't want to spend silly money, i found this kit whichs sounds good but abit pricey
INDIVIDUAL THROTTLE INJECTOR SYSTEM,OPEL/VAUXHALL CORSA DOCH 1.6 16V 78KW/106HP gives a performance increase of about 22KW/30HP( engine type X16XE-ecotec with TUV with engine cover).
Price £1,070.00
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