Your ideas on performance mods

Pegsta wrote: edit - Just had a quick look at ccctech.  Site doesn't appear to be there anymore.  Either that or it's just down at the moment.  D'oh.

It's because it's http://www.ccctech.co.uk/ matey and not .com

I might have a look at what they can do for my audi

i still cant see anyone getting 30bhp for £225 ish,when tested by gmc the majority of them showed a loss when tested correctly on the rr,and i believe this,they do enable your car to rev higher but low down power is what you want!

cheers

pegsta what type of 'chip' are you refering to? a 30bhp gain is massive, considering your engine only produces 90bhp stock thats 1/3 of the engines power output gained just by replacing the chip, i find this a little hard to believe, have a look on www.gmcmotorsport.co.uk and they tell you how it is, the dastek unichip is a piggyback ecu which is programmed on your car whilst its on the rollers so maximum gains can be had, pre-programmed chips arent mapped to the individual engine so i dont see how it knows to adjust what,

and GT6-M3:

Im looking at a throttle body conversion for mine, but an exhaust and manifold that is designed for your car will give you a noticable gain, providing your putting an air filter on [try a bmc enclosed carbon one there supposed to be good might have to modify it to fit tho,] more air in more bang more power = more gasses coming out the other end so the after market manifold should have a slightly larger bore in the pipes, encouraging the gasses to get out! im having one made for my 318ti, il let you know how she gets on

The only performance mods I've used in the past are:

on my first car (Vauxhall Belmont SRi): K&N Cone filter, either 2.5" or 3" (can't remember now) Exhaust to the manifold and Splitfire spark plugs (hey - I went for the sales pitch..).  Not much but I'm convinced it made a difference.  Certainly pulled better in the top range.. and was smoother.. and LOUDER  

On my last car (Audi A4 1.9TDi 90Bhp): Chip.  Took it to 120Bhp.  Huge difference in drivable power.  Pulled in every gear right through the rev range whereas before it would die after about 3500rpm.  I would say it was better on the M'way than my 328 after the chip.  didn't lose much in fuel economy either.  Only loss was probably due to the more enthusiastic driving....