ebay chips 300bhp are they any good

**LiamT4** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 21:31

Originally Posted by claymore

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

If i win the lotto tonight i'll get a t5 and try one lol

**Kingsford G** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 21:52

I`d stick to the safe gound-HLM

**deathrider311271** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 22:04

surely as long as you fit an AFR guage and boost guage too keep an eye on thing it cant be that bad

**Rhys** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 22:18

Sounds a bit suss, after reading up on Jan Elwoth's website (Swedish Volvo tuner) more reasonable output from a chip/ecu is around 265bhp. I took an interest in his site when I bought what was advertised as a WothRline ecu on fleabay for £65 - after sending pics to him he confirmed it was one of his and should give 265hp and 400Nm on standard setup in a non-aggressive way. I've got a cat-back as well but no idea what figures it's throwing out - tbh not bothered, all I know is it's got a bit more oomph lol.
Interesting to see what one of these chips produces and in what way.

**thesoundcriminal** · Saturday 16th June 2012, 22:44

well I just saved about £80 on three new tires from a mechanic mate who was scrapping mot failure with 3 brand new tires on it

so I`ll risk it and get one, once my t5 has got its mot. I`ll get a boost gage fitted at the same time any recombination's on fitting a boost gauge.

**woz** · Sunday 17th June 2012, 00:26

Originally Posted by woz

DURR

Chaps
This is faintly rediculous. For £50 or whatever plus £45 for a spin up on a rolling road, we could prove or disprove the Ebay chippy vs. the HLM thing once and for all and save us all a load of time and munny,

If there are 50 of us reading this say we are paid £8 /hour at work and say our leisure time is only worth the same (??) thats £400 per hour - about £6 per minute that we waste pondering these non-life changing challenges.

one chip , one rolling road, one answer, one refund...
We could answer the exam questin once and for all, pos the result on Utibe and if the ebay ads are scams they are exposed. Job done.

Or am i being shallow and stupid?

Woz

**nuttyt5** · Sunday 17th June 2012, 01:04

I've got one and i have plugged it into laptop and it shows everything the same as a rica 304 I run on this map from eBay and I haven't had any problems with it wot so ever and I'm running my boost off the white into black on standard gauge she loves it. My opinion is its a rica with no sticker and a lot lot cheaper

**thesoundcriminal** · Sunday 17th June 2012, 06:14

Blimey well thanks for that. Thats what I was hoping.
.

I'll get one next week and get someone to
fit it. if you see me with a soldering gin you would understand

**stephenevans99** · Sunday 17th June 2012, 07:45

Originally Posted by nuttyt5

I've got one and i have plugged it into laptop and it shows everything the same as a rica 304 I run on this map from eBay and I haven't had any problems with it wot so ever and I'm running my boost off the white into black on standard gauge she loves it. My opinion is its a rica with no sticker and a lot lot cheaper

Is this the same car that suffered a bent rod?

**claymore** · Sunday 17th June 2012, 08:52

Originally Posted by stephenevans99

Is this the same car that suffered a bent rod?

you can bend rods with any map if you have the wastegate set wrong.

**claymore** · Sunday 17th June 2012, 08:53

Originally Posted by nuttyt5

I've got one and i have plugged it into laptop and it shows everything the same as a rica 304 I run on this map from eBay and I haven't had any problems with it wot so ever and I'm running my boost off the white into black on standard gauge she loves it. My opinion is its a rica with no sticker and a lot lot cheaper

This is the information we want, true life experience. I had a feeling it was just another Rica clone.

**Justin** · Sunday 17th June 2012, 09:07

Originally Posted by Nealevo

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!!

I only ever drove 1 car with a map like that, it was done by SW autos and i have to say it was awful to drive, that also blew its engine apart within 2 months!

I would expect the software to be Rica or another popular brand that has been copied and perhaps edited to attempt to avoid copyright and the seller is a close member of within the Volvo community.

**craigoodwood** · Sunday 17th June 2012, 20:15

i've had one of these chips rolling around in my armrest since i brought the car, your welcome to it if you want it, i had a go at putting it into a spare ecu i got hold of but getting the original volvo chip out was a right pain to diy.....