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[i260]

Where to folks get their chips / remaps from for the V6's?

What sort of claimed gains are expected?

What sort of price are we looking at?

[gazsomega]

if you use a proper perfomance centre your looking around 250+ depening on what you have done i have a friend who has a mini 03 plate copper s  and had it chipped remapped at gt tuning cost him 500 but puts out 251bhp at the wheels when on rolling road the lot but you can get chips off ebay weather they work i dont no some on here will point you in the right direction for that

[i260]

So a basic remap would give, what, +20 if you were lucky?

The Vectra GSi (2.5) had 195ish with the 3.0 inlet cams and an SBD remap.

Exhaust + a few more, maybe break the 200 mark?

Then you would have to be in the realms of head work, porting the manifolds and matching them to the heads, get a pair of tubular manifolds made up.

I really struggle to see 250+, it would have to be peaky on some aggressive cams surely? Not what you want with an auto! I can see 220 being attainable without stoopid money. DO you know what the spec was?

[gazsomega]

So a basic remap would give, what, +20 if you were lucky?

The Vectra GSi (2.5) had 195ish with the 3.0 inlet cams and an SBD remap.

Exhaust + a few more, maybe break the 200 mark?

Then you would have to be in the realms of head work, porting the manifolds and matching them to the heads, get a pair of tubular manifolds made up.

I really struggle to see 250+, it would have to be peaky on some aggressive cams surely? Not what you want with an auto! I can see 220 being attainable without stoopid money. DO you know what the spec was?

sorry my mistake and poor spelling he drives a mini copper s forgot to mention he spent shedloads on new cams super chager bigger breaks not just an engine remap
its powerfull for a 1.6 a bit off track from the omega was just an example

[MikeDundee]

Chips and remaps have been discussed in general car chat, have alook here:

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1244364324

Remap will give you around 13-15 bhp gain

[TheBoy]

Not too much scope for what a chip can do on a NA engine.

On the Omega V6, expect around 5% ish.  If anyone is getting 250 on a rolling road (without major engine work), I would suspect the rolling road is giving figures designed to 'please' the car owner

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

On the Omega V6, expect around 5% ish.  If anyone is getting 250 on a rolling road (without major engine work), I would suspect the rolling road is giving figures designed to 'please' the car owner

 Or having a hairdryer pointed at the air temp sensor... 

[i260]

Not too much scope for what a chip can do on a NA engine.

On the Omega V6, expect around 5% ish.  If anyone is getting 250 on a rolling road (without major engine work), I would suspect the rolling road is giving figures designed to 'please' the car owner

Agreed, but there are the other usual fringe benefits of improved throttle response, removal of flat spots and improved mpg.

5% - I would settle for another 9bhp!! Should make the 200 attainable with a bit of breathing work.

[tunnie]

i notice you have a 2.6, you can't chip those, has to be re-map

[i260]

who does the remaps that get used by forum members?

[gstylebaby]

I thought he ment £250 not 250 bhp..... :-? :-?

[MV6Matt]

who does the remaps that get used by forum members?

I think there are as many preferred re-mappers as there are members of the forum - everyone has their own preference.

I had mine done by Courtenay - but that was because I could and had always wanted to take a Vaux I owned there - no more than that!

Plenty of people will let you know who they use and recommend them!

Good luck!

Matthew

[TheBoy]

Not too much scope for what a chip can do on a NA engine.

On the Omega V6, expect around 5% ish.  If anyone is getting 250 on a rolling road (without major engine work), I would suspect the rolling road is giving figures designed to 'please' the car owner

Agreed, but there are the other usual fringe benefits of improved throttle response, removal of flat spots and improved mpg.

5% - I would settle for another 9bhp!! Should make the 200 attainable with a bit of breathing work.

throttle response and flat spots are not a problem for the V6 Omega with fully working multiram system, unlike, for eg, v6 vectra.

mpg, not really any difference that I could tell.

Main difference is a bit more power above 4k rpm

[TheBoy]

who does the remaps that get used by forum members?

I think there are as many preferred re-mappers as there are members of the forum - everyone has their own preference.

I had mine done by Courtenay - but that was because I could and had always wanted to take a Vaux I owned there - no more than that!

Plenty of people will let you know who they use and recommend them!

Good luck!

Matthew

I hope you are happy

Not a company I would use, just purely looking at their product range shows to me they do not fully understand the car, thus will never get the best from it.

[i260]

who does the remaps that get used by forum members?

I think there are as many preferred re-mappers as there are members of the forum - everyone has their own preference.

I had mine done by Courtenay - but that was because I could and had always wanted to take a Vaux I owned there - no more than that!

Plenty of people will let you know who they use and recommend them!

Good luck!

Matthew

I hope you are happy

Not a company I would use, just purely looking at their product range shows to me they do not fully understand the car, thus will never get the best from it.

Interesting comment, one of the most respected VX tuning firms about! What about the V6 do you think that they don't understand?