ebay chips 300bhp are they any good

**thesoundcriminal** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 19:44

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-850-...#ht_528wt_1364

Has anyone got experiences of these chips is anyone running these

**merc85** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 20:05

Originally Posted by thesoundcriminal

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-850-...#ht_528wt_1364

Has anyone got experiences of these chips is anyone running these

no but let us know if you buy and fit one

**cherry1809** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 20:08

Not even with my worst enemies barge pole.

**Volvostorm** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 20:13

They are great if you like bore washing your engine!

No real point, as you can get a HLM remap for £150, which is safer for your engine, but not for your licence!

**claymore** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 20:18

it would be interesting to get one and actually see if it is any good, he has very good feedback.

**Volvostorm** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 20:32

Originally Posted by claymore

it would be interesting to get one and actually see if it is any good, he has very good feedback.

Probably because most are fitted to Saxo's!

**thesoundcriminal** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 20:34

Thats what I was thinking, good feedback. I am a long way from HLM I`m Plymouth so maybe I should try one has anyone got a spare ecu just in case I §§§§ up mine

**claymore** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 20:34

Originally Posted by Pault5estate

Probably because most are fitted to Saxo's!

Most of his feedback relates to Volvos.

**Volvostorm** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 20:41

Originally Posted by claymore

Most of his feedback relates to Volvos.

So it does

I must admit, I didn't click the link, I took it to be one of those resistor chip things, that fools the engine into thinking its cold all the time.

I don't know anybody that uses this chip though.

**stephenevans99** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 20:43

HLM still do the 'exchange' ECU deal that would save you the trip to Bromsgrove.

From their site....

Either send us your ECU, Tune whilst you wait or purchase a "ready tuned" ECU (Refundable old unit surcharge of £100 payable).

**claymore** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 20:47

I must addmit if I had a standard car I would quite like to try it out for the sake of £50, it would be nice to have a bit more choice of cheap upgraded ECUs

**Flatout Phil** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 21:09

Don't mean to be a party pooper, but chipping does not of itself deliver 300bhp - for that you are talking some rather more radical modifications. I would go the HLM route, I mean, £150...how cheap is that? Torque (boring though it is) is more relevant to performance than BHP per se. This chip has an ice cube in hells chance of rendering a standard T5 300 bhp.

**claymore** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 21:13

Originally Posted by Flatout Phil

Don't mean to be a party pooper, but chipping does not of itself deliver 300bhp - for that you are talking some rather more radical modifications. I would go the HLM route, I mean, £150...how cheap is that? Torque (boring though it is) is more relevant to performance than BHP per se. This chip has an ice cube in hells chance of rendering a standard T5 300 bhp.

But a HLM 304 won't deliver 300bhp either, I just think it would be interesting to compare a hlm to one of those.

**Flatout Phil** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 21:17

Originally Posted by claymore

But a HLM 304 won't deliver 300bhp either, I just think it would be interesting to compare a hlm to one of those.

I agree completely re the 300bhp - and for £49 maybe worth a punt - but the HLM unit is a known quantity (a Rica map) and comes with some sense that the engine will not blow up too readily. These chips have been floating around for some years and I have seldom (actually, never) heard any good about them.

**Santa** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 21:20

Wouldn't a "stage 3" map potentially cause more harm then good without the supporting hardware upgrades?

**claymore** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 21:22

Originally Posted by Flatout Phil

I agree completely re the 300bhp - and for £49 maybe worth a punt - but the HLM unit is a known quantity (a Rica map) and comes with some sense that the engine will not blow up too readily. These chips have been floating around for some years and I have seldom (actually, never) heard any good about them.

I agree, it would just be nice if someone off the forum actually had one to put this one to bed once and for all, we never know, we might be missing out on something. we all hear and know about the dodgy resistors but this is a chip that you have to solder onto the board, and whos to say it isn't a rica clone as well.

**LiamT4** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 21:24

It does say dependent on engine condition and setup.

The main issues i have is that you have to open up your ecu and fit this (soldering required) and that if he does have a lot of good feed back, then why has no one on here, t5d5 or voc got one?

I'd of thought if he has sold a few, with good results, we'd have heard about them.

**claymore** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 21:25

Originally Posted by Santa

Wouldn't a "stage 3" map potentially cause more harm then good without the supporting hardware upgrades?

"stage 3" can mean whatever the seller wants it to mean, "stage 3" sounds more impresive than "stage 1"

**Nealevo** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 21:27

I'm sure this is what my 850r came with when I brought it... It was like a vtec, nothing nothing nothing...4700rpm Power, gear change
It was horrible,I'm sure it was responsible for killing my engine, new engine and HLM now and it much better...
£49.00 sounds cheap but it's costly in the long run!!

**claymore** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 21:27

Originally Posted by LiamT4

It does say dependent on engine condition and setup.

The main issues i have is that you have to open up your ecu and fit this (soldering required) and that if he does have a lot of good feed back, then why has no one on here, t5d5 or voc got one?

I'd of thought if he has sold a few, with good results, we'd have heard about them.

I must admit, I thought that as well, if I had a standard car I would have been more than happy to be a guinie pig