I have a 1.6 so this wouldn't be any good to me but just seeing what peoples thoughts are.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SKODA-FELICIA-1-3-POWER-CHIP-Chiptuning-/320600385384?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4aa545a768

tbh i always say you get what you pay for and £25 for the genuine article is too cheap, i reckon it's more than likely another overpriced resistor scam,

but then it does mention soldering in the ecu!!! dead curious

I'd stay clear

It says it is not a resistor, and it only gives 7 bhp more , so no wild claims

I always thought the idea of 'tuning' was to get the best out of your particular individual engine. Each one wears differently as they're all treated differently. So, IMHO, a blanket solution is not a solution at all. Plus messing around in the ECU with a soldering iron would not be for the feint-hearted, I should imagine it's a fairly quick and easy way to immobilize the car.

well if it gives the 1.3i an extra 7bhp that takes the figure up for 68bhp to 75bhp= same as my 1.6.....

like all these things it's probably too good to be true but if someone has a spare 1.3i car lying around it could be a cheap but interesting experiment.

He's illustrating an actual chip of some form, and the claimed increase is believable for chipping or mapping an atmo engine at 10% ish. A lot depends on labour costs and how well written down the costs of his original mapping work and chip burner are I think.

it's probably legit to be honest, the actual cost of the eeprom chip is about £2, the 'performance' maps can be obtained fairly easily as well, all you need is an eeprom programmer to flash the chip... the only trouble with this is that it is extremely skilled task to solder that chip onto the ecu circuit board, it's surface mounted and my guess iis that most people would bodge it up rotten

as tom says it is not a diy job to solder that into the ecu, it is most likely a copy of the superchips gpN chip or similar so would have higher rpm limit etc..

give it a few weeks till the post titled "help my ecu now wont work" lol

I wonder if it will remove the immob too that would be good but not a job I would consider doing to swap the chips over..

cheap enough to have a go with tho and I have some spare ecu's here if anyone is feeling brave

you can buy smt reworking kits for doing surface mounted chips which apply exactly the right amount of heat etc but it's not something i would want to do tbh

did one on my impreza, but that one you solder in a base plate so you d'not put heat anywhere near the new chip.

is this a way round it p.s you will need a solder sucker

Suppose if you have a spare ECU to hand, some soldering skills, and plenty of time....