Haha, I was wondering exactly the same thing, especially because I had them solder a socket onto my ecu so all they'd have to do is pop a chip in there, no soldering involved.

 

Most tuners will offer discounts when upgrading your programming...I know AWE Tuning does.

 

1st...... after my morning commute into work I was watching my tach and my turbo seemed to really start spooling-up around 2500-3000 ish.. so I'd have to say 4K seems to be a little high

2nd... as far as trade in on the chip for a K04, yes, AWE offers $200 off the K04 package for your old chip as long as your got it through them

 

i paid $200.00 to upgrade from x-chip to K04 software

 

K04 software running on a K03.....
... sounds like a blown turbo just waiting to happen to me..

 

i am running a K04 turbo

 

so would you guys say something is wrong because when I'm in 1st gear from a dead stop when I hit about 3000rpm my turbo is right between 0-5psi and then when I get to 3900rpm the turbo spikes to 15-17psi and feels like I just shot a 100 shot of NOS thru my car, is that the way it works with the GIAC chip or is something wrong with my car????????? and no I'm not using the A/c at all

 

I had a similair problem with my ko4, one of my oil lines, i had a seal that was blocking oil flow, and causing it to overheat, and wasnt making like 7psi.

 

my car was chipped(GIAC) just yesterday at AWE's shop in WillowGrove and it DEFINITLY does not perfornm like that.

I say the boost becomes NOTICABLY more powerful around 2.5K-3K and continues on giving good boost well through 4K.

 

Aaron, it sounds like something is wrong but I can't seem to put my finger on what would cause that. BTW, you must have ice water in your viens to not be using the A/C.