VW Golf 2.0 TDI chip upgrade?

[pom829]

Hi to everyone,

I how this hasn't been asked before, if it has sorry.
But I'm looking at installing a performance chip specifically a race chip from:

Chiptuning RaceChip - Volkswagen Golf VI 2.0 TDI CR, 1968ccm, 103kW (ca.140PS)

Another forum member has one fitted and he says its give extra power and increased fuel economy.

1. Whats the difference between a chip and a flash and if the chip is removed prior to a service could vw pick it up on the computer that one had been installed. The reason I ask is at this stage I don't want to void the VW warranty but I would like the extra power.

[team_v]

I would go something with local support incase anything goes wrong.

Custom Code, Oettinger or Superchips would be the best bet.

[Corey_R]

What team_v said

But to answer your question, what's the difference between a "chip" and a "flash"? These days there should be no difference - they should all be done via flash. I think that the term "chipping" is really just legacy, but all VAG cars for a while have been flashed via the service port.

There are some recent cars where the ECU is encrypted and can't (easily?) be flashed via the service port. For those cars the ECU needs to be removed and "bench flashed" using different equipment. Not all aftermarket tuners (or their local dealers) have the ability to do this yet, but then I've heard that it's a pretty rare occurence to have to do this even if the dealers have the equipment!

[parso_rex]

That beast is actually just an interceptor & not a remap. It will give good gains for the price assuming they have it working properly but you can't modify boost or any other parameters apart from fueling so the real gains can only be less than a flash. Go a remap you know you'll want to do it at some stage anyway

[slipshot]

As parso says, they are an interceptor. I think, from memory, they work on the principle of changing the parameters of the engine by tricking the ECU and changing some of the temperature settings, fooling the engine into thinking it is colder than it really is and thus providing a richer fuel mix and thus more power. Or something like that. It's a very basic and rudimentary system as can be seen from the video on their site that shows how easy it is to use. It certainly gives more power although there is some question over the longevity of the claims, and indeed how safe it is on a particular car. Old worn engines do not seem to last too long - in some cases.

As a cheap route to more power, it does the job. And it's easy to put on and remove. Nowhere near as good as a Superchips or Bluefin example though...

[pom829]

Thanks for all you feed back, Bluefin seems to be the way to go and its specific to your car.