Tip Q
5th Gear
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 6,508
From: South Bay
RE: Tip Q
the tip chip is awesome from what i've heard. reduces shift time from 1 second to .2 seconds. shaving 80% off your shift times is pretty damn significant....for the one who has a cvt..the bad news is, i don't believe the tip chip will work for you...the worse news is, that cvt tranny is pretty weak and adding any significant hp is very risky (giac has a cvt-specific ecu chip that is pretty much the standard chip, but with 1/2 the torque 
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2nd Gear
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 646
From: Boston
RE: Tip Q
I've sorta started looking around at chips, I might make that investment next summer. Anyways....here's my current list of ECU's that for my B5 2.8 tiptronic.
-Greedspeed - 6 HP gain for $180
-Wetterauer (from Autobraun) - 17 HP gain for $475
-GIAC - gotta call for price and specs...anyone know?...but they sell a plug-in controller for an additional $150 to change your ECU from stock, sport, 100 octane race modes. Pretty Hot, do they all come with those?
-Is there such a thing as a GT2X chip?
I dunno if the Tip chip is worth it, but I'd def. be interested to try it out. Not sure if the cost is worth the shorter throw.
Lemme know if I'm off on any of this...
-Greedspeed - 6 HP gain for $180
-Wetterauer (from Autobraun) - 17 HP gain for $475
-GIAC - gotta call for price and specs...anyone know?...but they sell a plug-in controller for an additional $150 to change your ECU from stock, sport, 100 octane race modes. Pretty Hot, do they all come with those?
-Is there such a thing as a GT2X chip?
I dunno if the Tip chip is worth it, but I'd def. be interested to try it out. Not sure if the cost is worth the shorter throw.
Lemme know if I'm off on any of this...
2nd Gear
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 584
From:
RE: Tip Q
The GIAC tip chip works fantastic, when you shift, you can got redline, then shift. If you don't have the chip, you have to shift before red because the rpm's will continue for a second or more. It's worth it on the 2.8!
3rd Gear
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 1,514
From: Toronto
RE: Tip Q
ORIGINAL: AUDI05
when im driveing around, haha, yes I take my took off
.... but when Im racing I either run red line
but since i have the CVT, if i floor mine all the way, and then past this point of depresion that most dont know about, the CVT keeps the rpms at 6 grand and its accelerates darn quick, but i need to test, and see which way is faster
but i wan to chip my car and get the tiptronic chip so it shifts faster
wait! does a tip chip work for CVT's?
when im driveing around, haha, yes I take my took off
.... but when Im racing I either run red linebut since i have the CVT, if i floor mine all the way, and then past this point of depresion that most dont know about, the CVT keeps the rpms at 6 grand and its accelerates darn quick, but i need to test, and see which way is faster
but i wan to chip my car and get the tiptronic chip so it shifts faster
wait! does a tip chip work for CVT's?
No . Your car is the least mod friendly A4 you can get. Tip chip for CVT ? A CVT is not a tiptronic. Its a CVT.
Member
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 70
From: Illinois
RE: Tip Q
Is it possible to mix n match? like get an APR chip and then a GIAC tipchip? I was thinking of gettin the GIAC ecu chip but i guess the flashloader that they offer which is need for upgrades isn't compatible with my 1999.5 ...or am i wrong? I seriosly hope i am and somebody would wanna correct me