gti chipping

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 1:06 pm

i'm still looking for a polo gti - decided on it over a lupo gti for all the times i'll be sat in manchester traffic jams i can play with buttons on the dash and all that.

given that the polo is a heavy car and as discussed the 106 gti would beat it to 60, i'll have to get mine moving quicker, quickly (when i eventually find one) as my peers have 106 gti, 306 gti-6 and an integra (which i dont hope to race, that will be a case of just letting him hit 14,000 revs and zooming off - then waiting for him to refuel, which he as to do, very often)

so, what options are available in re-mapping the engine?

i know the lupo needs some piggy back ecu stuff - i'd much rather not have anything like that, as i dont really intend on telling my insurance company about the chip, should i get one done - cos well, i cant be bothered.

(nb: all my other, visible mods, are decalred on my mk4 and would be on my gti when i ever find one)

ttaw2 · Post by **ttaw2** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:38 pm

If you're telling porkies to your insurance company, then my advice would be not to do it

If you were to do it and would want it to be readily removable, then a piggyback chip would be the way forward, as you can rip them out and the car will go back to standard, as the original chip is still there "underneath"..

Not sure on who's making good chips at the moment, someone will know

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 9:26 pm

i figure a re-map thing wont be at all obvious to anyone that its there

actuallly having another chip in there thats non standard i can imagine being well obvious for sure, in which case i would tell the insurance company

but if only extensive testing of the ecu will make the altered mapping obvious, i'll fib

(a little)