Hi guys, i ordered a powerchips 195 chip from ebay, the user has good feedback but it arrived with the back off of it and a fair bit of silicone on the circuit board....
is this normal? bit worried.....i clipped the back on no problems and now looks ok again was just wondering, heres some pics:




And clipped back together easily enough:



What do u think?

Cheers Adam

 

only way to tell if its ok is to try it I guess, both chips I had for the FRST were metal superchips style

 

Yes i know the chips u mean mate, i put a post up asking about this chip before i ordered it:

https://passionford.com/forum/genera...-any-good.html

guess i will have to wait till tomorrow and see.

 

Would have thought it would be fine unless it looks damaged elsewhere.

 

powerchips have a good rep so as said unless the board etc looks damaged I would not fret

 

No the board etc all looks fine, so will give it a try first i suppose :s

 

just to check, you know you need other supporting modifications to run a 195 powerchip? you cant just clip it in a standard FRST?

 

hold on a sec ive just seen your spec... CVH35, T3, and a 1.8 ZVH?

the map on that chip will not be right!



best case it runs poorly

worse case the engine melts

 

195 chip, uprated fuelpump and beiges? which are meant to work together?
im not running above 14psi which is suitable for standard pistons on a 1.8 ZVH?
and the car is always mapped by power engineering before its drove and will be off their first.
my understanding is, if i want to run more boost, its forged pistons or management....why do u think its due to melt? it idled and ran fine (round the block) on a non suited 165 superchip....just interested...top end or something else, as said i always map the car once i have done engine work.

 

It's not getting mapped by power engineering it will be getting the fueling checked, big difference m8 the map is in that chip!

steve

 

Plus correct me if im wrong,There is only 2 places in britain that can map frst's and power engineering isnt one of them.

 

He's just worded it wrong guys... Cool down..

 

Yes sorry i meant fuelling and boost checked
Im interested to know in what way this chip isnt suitable seeing as its 195 spec?

CheeRS Adam.

 

Because its the spec of the chip not the spec of your car

If the same way that you can fit a different sized door into the standard opening, it requires some buggering about before it's sorted, and you may find that urging the correct door in the first place is the cheapest option in the log run

 

Thans for that Dojj, so the chips scrap? or is their a way round this?

 

I think what people are getting at is, that chip is designed to be run on a 1.6 cvh not a 1.8 zvh, therefore the map may be wrong

 

Get your car to pe and get them the sep the chip to see if it's suitable, don't swap the chip and then drive it there

 

as above, the issue is the TURBO is different and so is the capacity.

these 2 things will affect the requirements and therefore the MAP on the chip will be wrong.

dont get me wrong the car will start and drive, but it could also potentially melt!

dont bin the chip, the hardware itself is worth 75quid! you just need somewhere to remap it.

the only place i KNOW can do this is motorsport developments. grove garage MIGHT be able to do it, but i heard his equipment got nicked.

probably a few more places in the UK but i dont know of them.

AFAIK PE dont have the equipment to do this.

 

chips liek this are usually 'off the shelf'
so yours is suitable for an efi turbo with certain things added to it
therfore if you fit it with higher boost etc you will need the fuel to match and without it you will melt a piston or 2 or 4

to be honest ive run a few zvh's on 'off the shelf' chips for cvh and its been fine but thats no proof yours will be, i figured whats 200 cc's at 18psi lol

get your wallet out, big port/valve head, fancy turbo, and a few other bits and you are talking some good power

course it wont stop there and you will soon want forged big end rebuild, bigger turbo, alloy fancy bits and when you turbo round you have 10 grand in you bay