Chipping

[Drive]

Dear fellow bros

Looks like this ride is gonna be a keeper for good . First off to mod is the power/turbo. I knew nuts about chipping, so hopefully bros here can share their experiences .

 

I got recommendations on Revo but it's just a ECU flash??? and I have to spend like 2k for it? I also saw few selling this Wett chips....should I go for this? But it will be nice to get a good priced K05 ??

 

Any advice would help as I'm lost in this confusing world of chipping.

 

 

(Of course next off to mod would be handling )

Edited March 14, 2006 by Drive

[Crummytyre]

Flashing is good. Much better than piggy-backs. At least no need to worry that the ecu too smart and readjust itself to the piggy-back. You are paying for the maps, but 2k seems a bit high leh.

Edited March 14, 2006 by Crummytyre

[Fluffy]

you could get the BSR flash from Autovox about $1.6k to $1.8k

[Kevinlapon]

Bro, my 2 cents as I drive the same car as you have but modified.

 

You can speak to Kenneth or Dennis and go for the GIAC chip. You can find more information about it from www.giacusa.com This is also known as "Garrett" chip. I believe your model is AGU-code and if yes, this is the best matched for you. You can use WETT but there are issues in this chip, resetting back to the stock settings after a couple of weeks. Revo is a good chip as well but then I'm not sure whether your engine code has the mod from Revo. You can check with CAG Motor Sports for more info on Revo.

 

The most applicable and similar chips are GIAC and APR. From postings at www.audiworld.com and through my own research, the Garrett chip provides the highest torque ratings.

 

Strengths

The Garrett ECU greatly increases the amount of torque coming out of the engine. The surge in power comes on above 2000rpm and goes to about 5000rpm. I found the GIAC chip to be smoother than the stock chip! The car is so much fun to drive, all i can say is torque, torque and more torque, it does not stop pulling until redline.

 

Weaknesses

Unfortunately, the chip makes the car a hoot to drive, and thus my fuel economy has suffered from my fast driving.

 

www.giacusa.com/programs.php?mpid=77

 

In addition, you can go for a K&N Cold Air Intake and maybe a GFB diverter valve. If you like, you can go for a performance/competition clutch, lowered suspension, strut bar, sway bar, oil cooler, guages, performance exhaust, etc.

 

All this is more like Stage 01 ~ 02 modification.

 

If I were you, I wouldn't touch the turbo for now because of the pricing. If your stock turbo has no issues, then drive with it until it die on you. Then it's a good time to change to a K04 or K05 or anything else you want to move up to.

 

After the Stage 01 mods you feel the power is not enough yet, you can port your engine (which is a very precise job and expensive and you cannot drive for weeks or even months), bore your throttle body, etc which are more mechanical mods.

 

So from Stage 01 ~ 02 you can go up to about 200 ~ 250 BHP and with the engines mods I believe should give you about 300 BHP. With more torque from GIAC, you'll be flying high then bro

 

There you go, it's your choice what you want to do.

 

 

Cheers!

[Falc]

Hi Drive,

really admire u, u can lun 5 years without modding.

 

Anyway, welcome to the dark side. To prevent wastage u may want to decide how much hp u want ultimately and plan your way there. There is no k05, only k04-15 for the traverse engine like yours. Good thing about K04 is that it is a bolt-on mod. But K04, even with the right software, doesnt give that much increase from mere chipping, and if u want more, like 200++whp, go for the big turbo (BT).

 

With 5 yrs under your belt, it may be a good time to change the turbo also.

[Conned]

BRo ,

 

I think u got ur mod list upside down..ur nex mod shud be handlin first , brakes , and then power...power is nothing w/o control n safety. how abt driver? mod de driver first..haha..no offence...im sure we all here are good drivers..me being de worst...but safety n control first..ya?..

and i wudnt list down my list of mods here...

 

btw..REVO, APR is flashing n GIAC has jus got flashin program in.

FLASH n CHIP is entirely different.

huh? got K05 meh?..

 

jus my 0.02cents worth.

Be safe.

 

since u are keepin ur ride for good.. good choice ) , the take away ur advertisement lar..hahah

Edited March 14, 2006 by Conned

[Tashi]

yo bro

I love such talk man, highly technical, lots of stuff that makes one drool, now the pocket needs to be deeper. haha! Would love our SPB to be "souped up" also leh.

 

keep cool bros in this "dark side"

[Kevinlapon]

Sure no worries bro Let's make that first trip down to the "doctor" one of these days as we discussed and from their we can move forward.

[King]

can use for NA VW car?

[Kevinlapon]

I think possible. Please take a look at the URLs there and you could get better information bro.

[Falc]

In this case somewhat different. Coz the exact same car, though 150hp here, is 180hp elsewhere. And it has been well tested by the vw fraternity that u can just drive safely with minimal increase wear and tear even, when chipped to 190-200hp. It is just a matter of under-statment by vw.

[Falc]

NA can forget it, coz even if u can find, the gains are miniscule.

[Kevinlapon]

Well I wouldn't quite agree with you on that bro.

 

Octavia 1.8T is 110 Kw => 150 BHP => S01 -> 197 ~ 200 BHP

Octavia 1.8T vRS ?135? Kw => 180 BHP => S01 -> 225 ~ 235 BHP

 

Both use the Golf GTI Mk IV platform. The vRS under-carriage, suspension is different from the normal 1.8T but yes the engine is "quite" the same with stock performance exhaust, 3-spoke steering, boot-lip, etc. If I'm not wrong the turbo could be different too.

 

So they're 2 different models with slight changes from one to another but cannot really be compared. As for the vRS, the handling is already built-in but for the norm 1.8T mods can achieve that.

 

 

Cheers!

[Falc]

Of coz if u wanna change suspension, upgrade brakes, that's well and good. My point is they are not essentials, and will not affect safety.

 

Is the brakes on the vRS different too?

 

And it could just be becoz it's vRS. For GTI Mk4, the 150hp and 180hp versions sold here and USA, respectively, they are really the same except for the tuning.

[Kevinlapon]

Yes the tuning is quite different and also the engine code, ECU mapping, etc.

 

I assume you going on the "Under Powered" track bro?

[Falc]

On the over power track already. No more such mod for me.

[Falc]

Wait, sorry just notice this:

Octavia 1.8T vRS ?135? Kw => 180 BHP => S01 -> 225 ~ 235 BHP

 

It requires change of turbo right? Then not called stage 1 anymore.

[Kevinlapon]

No not for the vRS. That's why I'm not sure whether the vRS has a different turbo or not.