Remapping Normal Cars?

Sqaull20 · 25-11-2008 8:51pm #1

Any advantage or is at a waste of money on a normal car?

I have a 00 lancer 1.3, which is running great, long nct, great tyres, service history etc and I want something with a bit more power, but with the car market the way it is, I think I will keep it.

There is a place in limerick that will remap my car for about €275.

http://www.tunemyecu.com/index.html

Is it worth it or should I sell the car and get a 1.8 alfa or something for 2.5k?

I´d say I could get around 2200 for the lancer?

Its white, 00, 110k miles, nct 04-10, tax 04-09, serviced 3 weeks ago and regular in the past.

What do you think?

Thanks

Philush · 25-11-2008 8:58pm

chipping is great,it does up the power on your car etc etc and in fact works best on diesel cars. but tbh if your cars only a 1.3(dont mean to sound offensive or condescending: chippings betterr on bigger engines) and its running fine i wouldnt bother,and as you said car markets in a state so you nearly better off keeping what ya have if its running as good as you say,keep the money you'd spend chipping it in your pocket, and come january if you still want a new car go grab yourself a bargain, reposessions etc are gonna go through the roof after christmas so it'll be good time to grab yourself a bargain

Henry Ford III · 25-11-2008 9:13pm

Chipping or remapping only has any real gains on turbo charged cars.

p.s. The used car market is in an awful state. €2200 for a Lancer nearly 9 years old might be impossible.

Sqaull20 · 26-11-2008 8:27pm

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Chipping or remapping only has any real gains on turbo charged cars.

p.s. The used car market is in an awful state. €2200 for a Lancer nearly 9 years old might be impossible.

Yeah that could be difficult.

So remapping/chipping (same thing?) is perfectly safe and wouldnt cause damage to the engine in the long term?

I will try to sell the lancer for as much as I can and have about 5k max to spend.

Im thinking 1.9 Renault Laguna which are going for nothing, Focus 1.6 110bhp model or 306.

tossy · 26-11-2008 10:14pm

Philush wrote: »

works best on diesel cars. but tbh if your cars only a 1.3(dont mean to sound offensive or condescending: chippings betterr on bigger engines)

Common misconception that,chipping works best on turbo/supercharged cars,doesn't matter if its diesel or petrol,the reason for this is boost is a big adjustable,but remapping isn't just a matter of turning the boost up to full whack,its a fine art.

Also remapping doesn't work better on bigger engines but obviously the overall gain is a percentage of the current output so it will seem to give higher yields.

Pretty much all engines can be remapped but it comes down to bang for buck,and the gains on a small NA engine (i'm guessing 5-10hp) wouldn't be worth the 400 euro (approx) payout.generally the gains on any NA engine aren't worth it,i have a NA engine with a fairly hefty displacement and a remap will only give me 15bhp so not worth it.