you are 100% right 2ks4...I have wanted to chip my car since december of last year when I bought it....in fact, that's the reason i went turbo, because it's alot more mod friendly... For the most part I just want to have a reliable semi-quick car....like you said, the harder you drive the car the more likely something is going to "wear-out"...since i already have 107K on practically every part on the car...I figured I would invest in some peace of mind, instead of waiting for a problem...I am a strong believer in preventative maintenance....so far you and lazer are both telling me to chip the damn thing already and to not worry about anything, at least until there is something to worry about....

Ok, I will not change or mod anything.....the next chunk of change I spend on my car will be a GIAC chip and thats final....I'll definately keep everyone updated

thanks again!

 

i think you are the hardest person that wants to chip to actually convince to get a chip ever

now chip your car, and come back when you are bored with that power and we can convince you to blow more money on your car

 

that would definately be me, every time I have the cash and am ready, somehow I b!tch out and end up spending on something else...

I won't ask anymore chip related questions until after I have been chipped, hopefully the next set of questions will be in a few months when I finally go pc-16

thanks agan!

 

I dont know if you are still in the market for a chip but i just did the InMotion chip and it has great power. I am going for a final dyno test next week to get the official numbers but i know it has alot more power you can feel. The guys at InMotion of nice and helpful also

 

its up to you. do you want bigger numbers and more confidence in reliability for more money, or decent number and less confindence in reliability for less money?

i will not believe those inmotion numbers till someone posts a dyno. im bettin the car they used for the dyno they did had a few supporting mods. if your gonna get a k04 in the future, you should probly get GIAC. your gona have to upgrade the software with the new turbo and if you already have a GIAC chip, then they give you a discount when switching to another program.

1-cause GIAC is a torque monster. all their chips are geared towards large amounts of torque and kick in the pants power, while companies like APR concentrate on getting high end power
2-dv is not gona add any horsepower. with giac you should have ~190 sumthin hp and 230 sumthin tq
3- probly supporting mods. if you have a testpipe or high flow cat you gain a LOT of torque, so if the test pipe (or an exhaust) is intalled before the chip you will probly gain 80 ft lbs but if its completely stock you'll gain something closer to 50.
4. im sure there's some dyno's out there, im just too lazy to look for them lol

get your books on the internet. you will save so much more money.

 

just realized this post was 2 weeks old[&:]

 

It's all good

I am currently dead set on GIAC...after I get chipped I'll b sure to let everyone know whats up...thats for the replies, better late than never!...

the prob with buying books online for me is that I am not sure wether or not I am going to take the classes I sign up for until after I meet the teach...If I can stand the teach then i just buy a used book for their class and save about 25% off the new book price and I get it same day without hassel or shipping and being able to flip through the pages and srring that everything is there without someone elses highlighting and notes, plus if I buy the wrong book than i can just return it in person

 

tru. thats why i buy my books on facebook. its local people who took the class and the bookstores here dont give you near what they charge people for the books so a lot of students sell them thru facebook. my book this semester were supposed to cost 400 but i got them all thru facebook for under 100 bucks

 

00 avant w/k&n, giac, evo dv, borla catback 102,000mi -i installed all items in stages, and every one made a difference in performance. also, everytime atleast one hose (main intake, brake vacuum line, hose @ dv, hoses w/sensors, hoses w/out sensors, etc) blew. every time. i'd expect to reconnect or replace some of those. i don't know your tranny, but (according to the audi dealer i had install mine and i agree) the giac reconfigures the tiptronic. also, hp is the great lie. torques your power. nothing better than following your car and watching the whole car settle when it shifts gears.

 

The GIAC ECU Flash, does NOTHING for the TIP trans, you need the TCU chip for that.