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Title: anyone tried these???
Post by: bappy on 09 December 2008, 17:43:00

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OPEL-VAUXHALL-V6-X30XE-chip-232HP-305NM-Omega-B-MV6_W0QQitemZ140286890216QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item140286890216&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1299%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

If it's true that looks like a bargain....

Title: Re: anyone tried these???
Post by: markey mark on 09 December 2008, 17:47:51

iirc ian-d has one and is quite happy with it !  :y

Title: Re: anyone tried these???
Post by: Gaffers on 09 December 2008, 17:51:14

i would be sceptical about it actually doing anything to improve performance.  It might just use more petrol to make a louder noise thusa giving the impression of better performance...buyer beware  :y

Title: Re: anyone tried these???
Post by: bappy on 09 December 2008, 17:53:20

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i would be sceptical about it actually doing anything to improve performance.  It might just use more petrol to make a louder noise thusa giving the impression of better performance...buyer beware  :y

my thoughs exactly... maybe I'll pm ian-d...

Title: Re: anyone tried these???
Post by: amigov6 on 09 December 2008, 23:47:33

Same as my exhaust & induction kit. I'm happy to be looked down on by those sensible folk in quiet cars. Still purrs as quietly as yours driven gently so ok to take Granny to church.
    Otherwise, what's wrong with a bit of noise? :D

Title: Re: anyone tried these???
Post by: Ken T on 09 December 2008, 23:53:48

My mod sounds  better, and its cheaper too. Its a hole in the back box  ;D

Ken

Title: Re: anyone tried these???
Post by: bappy on 10 December 2008, 13:23:24

lol I have a sabrepower custom stainless backbox and I just ordered a new pipercross foam panel filter for under 40 quid....

should sound pretty good :)

I just dont want to spend £60 on a computer chip and have it do nothing more than squirt more petrol in the engine...

Title: Re: anyone tried these???
Post by: Jay w on 10 December 2008, 21:04:19

most of the chips i have come across will/do improve the performance, but to the figures quoted, i doubt it very much....

if it gives an extra 10/15 bhp then it is money well spent i would say

Title: Re: anyone tried these???
Post by: VX1 on 10 December 2008, 21:09:33

If you want to go faster there is a cheaper option...........................












Take the interior out and everything else that makes the car heavy  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: anyone tried these???
Post by: bappy on 11 December 2008, 13:05:30

LOL with the drastically reducing costs of MV6s these days I'm actually considering buying a second one and doing just that :D

The ideal would be to put a 3.2 on a 3.0's manual box with all the mv6 running gear in the cheapest 2.0's body available, one that has no climate control etc, weld up the back doors to reduce body twist and remove ALL the interior except for a nice recaro driver's seat. (not necessarily in that order lol)

add sports exhaust, chip, filter and maybe a supercharger and you've got yourself one nippy miggy!