87uk944t

Have had a few problems with the way my car is running lately so have been considering buying a piggyback of some kind for fine tuning, my car is in a garage getting headgasket replaced and they have suggested the Unichip as i have no experience of tuning, was just wondering if anyone has any experience of the unichip?? this is in the uk but i am assuming that the unichip is not only available in the uk

nota_troll

Austalian company. My experience is through my Subaru WRX. I bought an upgrade package from Vishnu (http://www.vishnutuning.com). Unichip is really popular. Seems very reliable.

sweanders

I have one that I have no use of, PM me if you want to buy it.

87uk944t

its a company here in scotland called dastek that fits the unichip, they dyno your car and custom map it for your set-up, giving you the most out of your car for what you have got, it is similar to a piggyback but set by them on a dyno then left till any further upgrades, s i dont understand how i could use your unichip??

sweanders

The unichip is a piggy back computer that you put on your car. You can choose to buy one new or a used one, it will still need to be programmed.

I bought one to put on the 928GT I had earlier but never came around to install it and now it's just sitting on a shelf.

special tool

How much do they charge for this service?

fast951

The UniChip is a PiggyBack, I looked at using it for the 951 years ago (before they became available in the US). At first they could not support the 951, now they do. Hoockup is way too cumbersome. The real drawback is that it's not user programmable. Each time you want to program it, you have to take it to the shop that has the tools required to program it ($$$).

J Chen

Inreality what Dastek is doing is the correct way.
No 2 cars are alike & you can be sure that if properly
mapped, you're getting the best power out of the car.
Inshort it's just like us buying chips, installing WB sensors
& piggy backs fiddling with the tuning ourselves.
It might be cheaper to get the Dastek to install cause
you save money on dyno time as well as the need to buy
a WB unit.

87uk944t

i believe that here in scotland i can get the everything done for £500 (approx $1000) which doesnt seem to unreasonable, probably cheaper for same service in US cos everything is!!!!!

87uk944t

John, maybe not being programmable by me is not really a bad thing!!! i have no experience with this sort of thing, i am also terrible at wiring things up, i have managed to blow up 2 rennbay narrowband air/fuel gauges on install, so for someone like me maybe getting it done professionally by someone else is the way to go

toddk911

I believe Racer's Group uses them and/or they are a loarge sponsor for Racer's Group.

toddk911

Whoooo, a thousand dollars just for a piggy back????

You can alomst get a whole stage 1 kit from Vitesse for that much.

87uk944t

yeah thats the piggyback, dyno time and ur car tuned for optimal performance, i didnt think that it sounded too bad at that price

87uk944t

www.dastek.co.uk

hmd

Unichip are from Dastek in South Africa much like SMT6 are from PowerPerfect in South Africa.
Apparently they are ex-partners. Much like Autronic and Motec in Australia.