Changing Your CHIP
05-04-2003, 08:14 AM
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Hi,
Does Cyntex have a website? Or otherwise would be really grateful if you could let me have his email. Have a RUF chip but I was wondering is Paul could do a chip just for my mods done.
Cheers
Does Cyntex have a website? Or otherwise would be really grateful if you could let me have his email. Have a RUF chip but I was wondering is Paul could do a chip just for my mods done.
Cheers
05-05-2003, 02:01 AM
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Someone has Cyntex's info. handy I'm sure...I'm at work and consequently don't keep it handy...you should see the "yellow stickies" strategically placed about the hutch for my desk at home!! 
Keep in mind, if you do have a handful of "mods" to your drivetrain, best you get a chip that's burned with YOUR car on the dyno, it's about the only way for a "Tuner" to be accurate with their initial settings and to find the best settings in the end to burn onto your chip.
My engine is all stock, except for drilled airbox and a "Euro-premuffler" in place of the catalytic converter and a secondary bypass...and the oh so feared LWF!
...the fellow Rennlister I refered to basically had the same setup, so I thought I'd try his chip...it seems to wake up the car quite a bit.
...and it runs better, no stalling. <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" />
Keep in mind, if you do have a handful of "mods" to your drivetrain, best you get a chip that's burned with YOUR car on the dyno, it's about the only way for a "Tuner" to be accurate with their initial settings and to find the best settings in the end to burn onto your chip.
My engine is all stock, except for drilled airbox and a "Euro-premuffler" in place of the catalytic converter and a secondary bypass...and the oh so feared LWF!
...the fellow Rennlister I refered to basically had the same setup, so I thought I'd try his chip...it seems to wake up the car quite a bit.
...and it runs better, no stalling. <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" />
05-05-2003, 03:49 AM
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I have seem that some of you have RUF chips, I have just purchased one but haven´t install it yet, I would like your opinions on it.
Thanks
ALEX
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Thanks
ALEX
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05-06-2003, 06:58 AM
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pzull, HERE is the post I meant to list Paul's # at!
His # is (610)738-8804, located in Pennsylvania...not affiliated, yadi yadi yadi. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />
He is heralded as one of the finest "tuners" on the Eastern Seaboard.
He prepared the two Minis that will be running in the Grand American Cup Series this year...kinda neat, added 20-30HP or so to those little things just through "tuning".
His # is (610)738-8804, located in Pennsylvania...not affiliated, yadi yadi yadi. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />
He is heralded as one of the finest "tuners" on the Eastern Seaboard.
He prepared the two Minis that will be running in the Grand American Cup Series this year...kinda neat, added 20-30HP or so to those little things just through "tuning".
05-07-2003, 06:26 AM
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Strabo, no negative effects noticed on engine, temps or anything.
Andy, I dunno where Paul is located specifically, being that I have NOT been to his location, I got the chip from a Rennlister with an RSA that required a new chip after getting some extensive modifications...so I got his old one being that I had similar modifications that matched the programming on the chip...seems to work well - ZOOOOOOOM! <img border="0" alt="[burnout]" title="" src="graemlins/burnout.gif" />
I believe he has a Mustang dyno, and from what I know, that is NOT incorporate a "rolling road" scenario.
I'm sure he could still help you out, he may have a rolling road setup as well, but I'm quite certain that he has a Mustang dyno.
Andy, I dunno where Paul is located specifically, being that I have NOT been to his location, I got the chip from a Rennlister with an RSA that required a new chip after getting some extensive modifications...so I got his old one being that I had similar modifications that matched the programming on the chip...seems to work well - ZOOOOOOOM! <img border="0" alt="[burnout]" title="" src="graemlins/burnout.gif" />
I believe he has a Mustang dyno, and from what I know, that is NOT incorporate a "rolling road" scenario.
I'm sure he could still help you out, he may have a rolling road setup as well, but I'm quite certain that he has a Mustang dyno.
05-07-2003, 02:52 PM
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apw964,
Mustang is a manufacturer of dynamometers.
Strabo,
I have not experienced increased engine temperatures since installing my chip, either. I took my car to the track last weekend, which is a good 200-mile roundtrip, and saw no changes. My car was actually running cooler than the week prior (before the chip), but I believe that was due primarily to a recent oil change and cooler temps, ~60 degrees.
Why do you ask? Have you heard this might happen?
Mustang is a manufacturer of dynamometers.
Strabo,
I have not experienced increased engine temperatures since installing my chip, either. I took my car to the track last weekend, which is a good 200-mile roundtrip, and saw no changes. My car was actually running cooler than the week prior (before the chip), but I believe that was due primarily to a recent oil change and cooler temps, ~60 degrees.
Why do you ask? Have you heard this might happen?
05-07-2003, 04:49 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica"> Why do you ask? Have you heard this might happen?
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Joey,
The 3.6 liter motor in the 964 seems to have just barely sufficient engine cooling capacity, and top end wear (valves, guides, etc.) is not uncommon. If the engine management chip is changed to allow the motor to produce more power, it seems likely that the engine would produce more heat and might run hotter.
But it looks like that's not a problem. That's great.
Strabo
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Joey,
The 3.6 liter motor in the 964 seems to have just barely sufficient engine cooling capacity, and top end wear (valves, guides, etc.) is not uncommon. If the engine management chip is changed to allow the motor to produce more power, it seems likely that the engine would produce more heat and might run hotter.
But it looks like that's not a problem. That's great.
Strabo
05-08-2003, 12:39 AM
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HAHA! <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" />
...just kidding.
Honestly, you're lucky if a chip yields 10-12HP...this is not going to generate anymore heat. A chip just "optimizes" fuel flow at certain positions of the throttle/barn door sensor and smooths out the powerband, usually moving a bit of HP to the upper end.
I have noticed a nice little increase via the "butt-dyno", but it's not phenomenal or anything...what is phenomenal is the deal I got on the chip!
Again, this was USED chip from a fellow Rennlister...do NOT expect chip burners to offer you a deal, it's not likely they will.
...just kidding.
Honestly, you're lucky if a chip yields 10-12HP...this is not going to generate anymore heat. A chip just "optimizes" fuel flow at certain positions of the throttle/barn door sensor and smooths out the powerband, usually moving a bit of HP to the upper end.
I have noticed a nice little increase via the "butt-dyno", but it's not phenomenal or anything...what is phenomenal is the deal I got on the chip!
Again, this was USED chip from a fellow Rennlister...do NOT expect chip burners to offer you a deal, it's not likely they will.
05-24-2003, 05:56 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Jeff Curtis:
<strong>Snip..
Enter a fellow Rennlister who has a '93RSA that he recently modified the heads, exhaust, etc. and that required a different custom chip than the one he was using for an otherwise stock motor with LWF.
This cured TWO of my questions:
Snip..
2) can a chip actually provide a noticeable improvement in acceleration and driveability?
The answer to both questions is a definite YES! <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" />
This chip was burned by Paul Schwartz at Cyntex, a well-known tuner on the East Coast and it works like a champ!!
The car idles smoother at startup, hasn't stalled on me yet (the dreaded LWF issue) and provided a noticeable increase in acceleration on the "Butt Dyno", even my girlyfriend noticed!
Snip..
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Jeff, I Told You So.........
"Enter a fellow Rennlister who has a '93RSA"
Me......
<strong>Snip..
Enter a fellow Rennlister who has a '93RSA that he recently modified the heads, exhaust, etc. and that required a different custom chip than the one he was using for an otherwise stock motor with LWF.
This cured TWO of my questions:
Snip..
2) can a chip actually provide a noticeable improvement in acceleration and driveability?
The answer to both questions is a definite YES! <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" />
This chip was burned by Paul Schwartz at Cyntex, a well-known tuner on the East Coast and it works like a champ!!
The car idles smoother at startup, hasn't stalled on me yet (the dreaded LWF issue) and provided a noticeable increase in acceleration on the "Butt Dyno", even my girlyfriend noticed!
Snip..
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Jeff, I Told You So.........
"Enter a fellow Rennlister who has a '93RSA"
Me......
05-24-2003, 09:09 PM
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Nice to see you've finally come to the Dark Side.
Jeff, I am your father...
OK, not really, since I'm just a little older than you are.
My RSA is on its second chip, due to extensive head work. I've been happy with both, and there is a definite, noticeable improvement.
Jeff, I am your father...
OK, not really, since I'm just a little older than you are.
My RSA is on its second chip, due to extensive head work. I've been happy with both, and there is a definite, noticeable improvement.
05-26-2003, 03:03 AM
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Read the post "Chip from Cyntex" and see what
the OBJECTIVE view is about chips.
Then put your car on a dyno for "real" numbers
and don't provide subjective claims to others.
Don't let owners waist time and money on mods
which are questionable. This site is not like
the Pelican Parts site or it shouldn't be.
Lorenfb@aol.com
the OBJECTIVE view is about chips.
Then put your car on a dyno for "real" numbers
and don't provide subjective claims to others.
Don't let owners waist time and money on mods
which are questionable. This site is not like
the Pelican Parts site or it shouldn't be.
Lorenfb@aol.com