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Chipped in ECU. It was already done when i bought it. So don't know by which company. But it is not a slow chugger by any means.
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Chipped in ECU. It was already done when i bought it. So don't know by which company. But it is not a slow chugger by any means.
Hate to break it to you. But a "performance air filter" doesn't generate clearer air, it does the exact opposite. By cleaning air you're creating a bottleneck. Air flow is only as fast as the filter. By running no air filter you'll notice nice spike in power, but exponentially increase engine wear.cleaner air and more of it!
more power and better fuel efficiency
It is a matter of risk vs reward. Does the small increase in power (on average you get 1-2% boost with "performance" filters) justify the shortened engine life? If you rock a race car and replace the engine regularly, crack on. But for a daily drive?
What you want to do is create cleaner flowing air, most direct path from intake, intercooler, turbo, inlet, engine. Now you want as much turbulence as possible inside the engine, but before all it'll do is slow it down.
As with "chips" the vast majority just put in a resistor between the MAF and the ECU so the engine believes the air is colder and increases fuel accordingly. Running rich is a lazy tuning method and proves to be very expensive as the excess soot generated will knacker your turbo in no time.
And don't get me started on the inaccuracies in "dyno proven" chips. A dyno is only as accurate as the operator.
1st, never bother with "flywheel compensated", there is no scientific measurement, so it is based on a guess for laughs, stick to power at the wheels.
2nd, never let them run a smooth filter, as the same engine can appear as though it has a 100% increase in power just by running smoothing filters. Back in college I was able to get my 60bhp van to read 100bhp by playing with filters, pre-set in the computer so all that had to be done was tick a checkbox then run the test again, no one would ever know but the operator. Perfect if I wanted to will wave or sell BS products.
They are excellent tuning tools if you use them correctly, that is, record a baseline make your adjustments and then run another test. Rinse and repeat.
Of course, I could be wrong.
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You are certainly wrong about the resistor between the MAF and the ECU especially as the MAF measures air flow not temperature. Sure if its hot wire increased airflow cools it, but that lowers the resistance rather than increases it.
More often than not, you'll find a MAF will have a air temp sensor. Change the signal from this, you change how much fuel you inject into the engine. Air temperature is quite important in the combustion process, only because air temp will alter density. Cold air is denser air. Dense air = more fuel = more power. But if you only have more fuel because you tricked the computer, you get a lot of unburnt fuel.
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I like the sound u get with K+N filters
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Think that has been said, but maybe in a less gentlemanly manner. The gullability of some is frightening. On a turbo engine that has a constantly pressurised manifold it's down to cooler denser air, and the volumetric efficiency of the engine. Unless the manifold pressure is increased you will never get any more air in even if you remove the filter altogether. A clean standard air filter is just as good as a performance one. A larger intercooler does not increase the airflow into the engine, it just makes sure the air going in is cool and dense.
To be honest i have a K+N in mine and it made no difference in sound as neither it did in performance.
I had a psi powerbox and didnt like it, only made a difference after 2250rpm.
Had i chipped and was way better than the psi box. Recently added a bigger intercooler and not only the black smoke at hard acceleration is gone as u can feel the extra torque at lower end.
It feels so good not having the torque converter unlocking when u get into an incline at 50mph.
I had a psi powerbox and didnt like it, only made a difference after 2250rpm.
Had i chipped and was way better than the psi box. Recently added a bigger intercooler and not only the black smoke at hard acceleration is gone as u can feel the extra torque at lower end.
It feels so good not having the torque converter unlocking when u get into an incline at 50mph.
