piggy back power mod chips do they work??

[bakerboy-2007]

iv been looking at ways to make my 1997 vr4 leggie go faster can anyone tell me do these air plug in chips off ebay work ?????

they promise anything frm 5-30bhp improvement and better mpg.....??????

i have fitted a k+n air filter, decat with twin exhaust and a hks bov, any suggestions will help......
many thanks/Wyhy

[bradc]

Those aren't chips, they are simply a resistor and aren't worth anything.

REAL ECU's such as MAP ECU, Autronic and Emanage can increase your power by 50-100hp

[Wodjno]

^^^^^^^^^^^

As above

But to add:

If your filter is an uprated panelfilter, then ... Good Job /yes

If its a cone or mushroom ? then bin it !

[elnevio]

^^^^
What they said!

Plus, bin the idea of the resistor ('chip' - makes me larf...) - more likely to do damage!!

Easy extra power = boost control

Either get an Electronic Boost Controller or a Mechanical Boost Controller (aka Manual Boost Controller). EBC is the expensive option, but allows you much greater control, whereas the MBC is the cheapo option and is a bit more 'agricultural'! I have an MBC. I also have an equation: MBC = :d!

[bakerboy-2007]

many thanks guys, i will shop round for a boost controler,

i have fitted my bov on the side under my battery been told today i need to fit 2 bov's as vr4 is twin turbo ....... is this true????if so where is the other dump valve located????
im a little confused now....

[peter thomson]

There is just the one bov

[bakerboy-2007]

many thanks again some know-it-all at demon tweeks in wrexham knows f'c all about leggies only he has'nt got one and drooled over mine.....lol

i will sign up for full membership this week

my friend just found a mint vr4 leggie in chester i converted him from a gsi astra he got fed up of my texts .......you cant catch me....game on now....
told him about this site too......
thanks again guys

[John TheAntique]

I wouldn't take any more advice from that source if I were you. One thing I have learnt in the short time I have been a member is -- only take advice from this site:scholar: ---any thing else is either hearsay, made up or just plain wrong.

[Turbo_Steve]

Mind you, we can have some blinding disagreements :D

[John TheAntique]

Ah yes --but the truth will out

[elnevio]

Mind you, we can have some blinding disagreements :D
No we don't... :P



CVR4 is :afro:

[Turbo_Steve]

Just to add to all this that an MBC is NOT a Manual boost controller (as I keep seeing) but a MECHANICAL one.

So a bleed valve will deliver an increase in boost, but generally doesn't do much for spool times. A proper ball+spring mechanical device (Dawes device springs to mind) will pretty much beat any electronic boost controlller for spool time, however it is much less useful at controlling boost spikes.

I've run both, and whilst it can be a bit of a faff getting the MBC setup "just so" that it works well regardless of the temperature (It doesn't know how to compensate like an electronic device) the spool time really is unbeatable.