which chip is best drivable?

Re: which chip is best drivable? (hsaleem)

they're all pretty comparable -- lots torque down low, very similar in shape to stock. All of 'em are fairly smooth, so this poll is going to be highly objective!

Re: which chip is best drivable? (hsaleem)

try http://www.18turbo.com and check out the dyno graphs section.

Re: which chip is best drivable? (KonigGTI)

Yeah but those are old graphs of old software.

Re: which chip is best drivable? (einsig)

My bad, I assumed they updated.

Re: which chip is best drivable? (flanders)

thanks all
flanders
which do you have?
is there a way to get done here in Toronto?
thanks,

Re: which chip is best drivable? (hsaleem)

What is "driveable" to you? I mean, my old Autothority chip was nice and smooth, pretty fast. On the other hand, my GIAC is REALLY fast, not quite as "smooth", but definitely better if you want power.

Re: which chip is best drivable? (hsaleem)

Getting a 3"DP will smooth things out further. See my block 120 dyno in my lame page link in sig. You'll see that after the 3"DP my torque was much smoother.

Re: which chip is best drivable? (soon2k2gti)

I've been in a Dub with a GIAC and my car itself is APR'd. The GIAC you can feel just pushes power out, while the APR is a little smoother with it's delivery. If I could do it all over again it would probably be the GIAC that I'd go with.


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Re: which chip is best drivable? (hsaleem)

The answer depends on how you like to drive. For me the GIAC is drivable because I drive like I'm trying to outrun a tornado.
Also, I really doubt most people here have driven all of these chips. I own two which is rare in itself, and had driven an older APR program. I would say see if you can hop a ride in some chipped cars and see what you like.

Re: which chip is best drivable? (dbrowne1)

i have an APR stage 1 chip that was instaelled at waterfest and i cant complain at a;; about it
it works great

Re: which chip is best drivable? (hsaleem)

Well I've been thinking about getting the APR chip and I have about 37000 miles...would it damage the engine if I get a chip and what's the largest amount of mile you can have when installing a chip for the first time?

Re: which chip is best drivable? (BMGBeetle)

The problem here is that very few have driven more than one chip. What are they comparing it to?

Re: which chip is best drivable? (jim wilson)

jim
comparing the stock
cheers,

Re: which chip is best drivable? (hsaleem)

Having owned both Upsolute and APR i can say that both of them are very smooth. Power delivery is smooth and linear. No boost spikes, no jerky throttle. Acceration & throttle responce are very much improved. It feels very much like a stock car, just quite abit faster with impressive acceleration. If you are looking for multiple programs (ie. stock, 93 oct., race) then i would go APR. If you just want to chip it and only have the one program I would go Upsolute. Both offer excellent customer service and are good to deal with. Any ?'s e-mail me.
Eric

Re: which chip is best drivable? (jiggyjames79)

I don't know if anyone saw my reply to this Post Topic but I'm concern about having almost 40,000 miles on the car and thinking about chipping it for the first time. Would this be okay?