RobSheffield Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 noticed a lot of mention of these recently. I remember reading somewhere an article written by an early Superchips employee. He stated that the chips were nothing more than a chappy in a darkened room with a random code generator. a certain number of times out of 10 they improved thigs, and the other amount of times they blew the engine due to lack of fuelling on turbos. Vauxhall (calibra?) turbos particlarly iirc. i dont remember the details so feel free to correct me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I like McCains Homefries taste better and be more usefull in a Supra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I meet a guy who was one of the top people at superchips and he admitted they could do nothing with the ECU on the MKIV. Most people who have parted with £500 can feel the difference:p Snake oil in the fuel tank works just as well;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Isn't that fraud then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 (in the voice of the granny from catherine tate) " what a load of old shit" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 There was a 'special' in M&M a couple of years ago, with the two 'directors' of superchips explaining how their innovations are taking OEM designers by surprise. They were lamentable, I felt sorry for them. They also had a bench with a guy (trainee of some sort) playing with an oscilloscope, that was the 'R&D' shot. Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Someone (Bedlam?) has a Soarer which was fitted with a Superchip by a previous owner. IIRC it turned out to be nothing more than an expensive Fuel Cut Defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Someone (Bedlam?) has a Soarer which was fitted with a Superchip by a previous owner. IIRC it turned out to be nothing more than an expensive Fuel Cut Defender. Yep a super chip for the JZA80 is no more than a FCD and bleed valve. I can think of better ways of spending £550 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henshall Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 is this right,? ive just looked on the superchip site and it says upto 55 more hp in the midrange, its just a fcd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Link1 Link2 Link3 Link4 Link5 Link6 Link7 Link8 there's more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jase_93tt Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 About 7 years ago, I had a superchip + bleed valve fitted to my first MR2 turbo. Parted with £400 quid and at the time thought, hey, not bad for 35hp or whatever it gained me, until I realised a few months later it does exactly the same job as a 90 quid fuel cut defencer, lol Wouldnt touch superchips with a bargepole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedlam Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Hmm Just seen this thread and yes it does nothing much more than act as a fcd, but i forgot to take the effing thing off before mapping. Andy PS and yes the poor guy who owned the car before us did pay 500 quid for it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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