MTH Powerchip Mod

Cheers Martin,
I reserve the right to remain the sceptical Devil's Advocate, just my nature and experience of false horsepower promises, but I'm not saying that the Map DOESN'T produce the 25BHP etc.

My main thrust ("oo-er Missus!" etc) is (see above) that I find it “thought-provoking� to say the least that if it does, then MINI people have been paying through the nose for small gains from, say, "Superchips" etc, and further up the ladder, 200BHP from JCW and (admittedly better value) 210BHP from Hartge etc. If the £40.00 MTH Remap DOES produce 195 reliable BHP, that's nothing short of ("Fast Show" voice) BRILLIANT!!!! and very good news for MINI owners but should be very bad news for a lot of Tuners out there. Especially "Chiptuning".....

According to the figures and some mild speculation, with the above remap, a good exhaust system & manifold (Playmini) and a K&N panel filter, you could be looking at (a fantastic sounding) 215BHP for about £900.00 which is I reckon as much as you'll ever need in the real world. I'm open to persuasion and know you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, but it doesn't stop me from wanting to see the dental records! I'll see if "EVO" comes up with anything. Enjoy the car in the meantime and keep us informed.

:) no probs, I know what you mean about being sceptical. I am always sceptical about companies that try to keep things as a "black art" and charge through the nose for it - thats what I like about the MTH mod, you can do it yourself.

Hopefully EVO will come out with something - if not then maybe some results from redpoint will give us a good test.

Things are quietening down with work now so those of you who are waiting for an Aberdeen chip party I will look into sorting something out.

woohoo i'll bring salt, some chippy sauce and my cooper. its worth the drive there so i can have fun on the way back......see if i can get the old man to bring the s

Ok weefozzy Jnr - look forward to seeing you there!!! :)

I have emailed franz about getting between 5 and 10 cars done with a quick turn around. Apparently he has been having problems with his email and has got a bit of a back log now - but he has now created a quicker way to send the files to him via his website - so once he clears the back log we should be game on!!!!

I'll keep you all posted

cheers martin, i'll keep an eye out for more info.

Spot on Martin :p Keep us posted :p:D:approve:

Just had my Leon Cupra on the rolling rd @ Starperformance just outside Kirkcaldy today.
Was up to meet some folk from the seat forums (couldnt live without car meets etc.)

Was well pleased with the results. For a standard 1.8L 20V Turbo (180bhp in the book).
197 BHP at the crank @ 6060 rpm
151.5 BHP at the wheels
191 LBF -FT of torque @ 3170 rpm

Wooohoooo nearly touching 200 BHP, with a custom remap would be looking at around 230 BHP.:D:D:D

I thought Turbo / Supercharged cars were not allowed on rolling roads? (due to possible engine damage)

Well I MTH'd Redpoint Rallyings Rally Cooper on Friday/Saturday. Download the file friday night and emailed it to Franz at about 8:00PM and received the modified map back about 11:00PM.

Reloaded the map back into the car saturday afternoon. Fired the car up and it started up fine. Cant test the car just yet but Martin of Redpoint is hoping to give it a test prior to the next rally in November. Hoping that once Franz has cleared his backlog we can ask him to taylor the map to suit the operation of the rally car.

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quote:Originally posted by Duncan Stewart

I thought Turbo / Supercharged cars were not allowed on rolling roads? (due to possible engine damage)

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I have heard bad things about the effects of running supercharged cars on rolling roads - but people still do it. The new 4x4 Dastek road at Wallace performance in Aberdeen claims to be able to handle supercharged cars - but I still wont be risking it ;)

Martin I see from one of the other threads that your planning on having your 'chip' party early in November. What date are you thinking about:question: Unfortunately the only weekend 'I'm free'(said in a John Inman voice:D)in November is the 20th/21st:( :p:D:approve:

Looks like I will be aiming for the 20th/21st then doesnt it!!!! :)

Franz has gone quiet again - but I will suggest that date to him.

You have it any time you want buddy :D as I've said before my son Ross is in Aberdeen during the week so we could always borrow (with the appropriate fee of course;)) the cable if that weekend didn't suit everybody involved :p:D:approve:

Martin, looks like I may need this weekend to build mini mini's :( :p:D:approve:

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quote:Originally posted by Big Gordy

Martin, looks like I may need this weekend to build mini mini's :( :p:D:approve:

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Sorry mate :(

Its looking like its going to be December anyway - still in negotiations with Franz

Hi Martin, Are you still happy with your chip? Any problems identified etc.etc? Am just being nosey!
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quote:Originally posted by Sheilz

Hi Martin, Are you still happy with your chip? Any problems identified etc.etc? Am just being nosey!
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Still more than happy with it :D

Right guys I have finally managed to get Franz to give me the go ahead for this - but in order for it to be worthwhile for him I need a minimum of 5 cars for him to guarantee a swift turnaround. What I was planning was meet in Aberdeen about 10:30 , download all the cars and email the files in. Go for a wee cruise and maybe some lunch and then return to the base and download the revised files back into the cars. Go back out for another wee cruise to check everything is ok and then everyone heads back home , hopefully with big grins on their faces.

I am on standby to go to china at the moment - so if that happens I will hand the chipping over to my "apprentice" who has been fully trained by me in all stages of the mod :)


Can people that are interested please vote for their favourite 3 dates in order of preference (best date first) from

Sat 27th Nov
Sun 28th Nov
Sat 4th Dec
Sun 5th Dec
Sat 11th Dec
Sun 12th Dec
Sat 15th Jan 2005
Sun 16th Jan 2005

Like I say I need a minimum of 5 cars to get this off the ground. I wont be charging anything for my time or use of the cable - so the only fees will be the payment to MTH (approx 40 quid).

martin the 11th would be great(looks over shoulder for parents or bmw dealers)as i would be able to make it back. also i cant wait after my last reading on a ******* ****.

I'm interested in getting the powerchip mod for my cooper....but unfortunately i'm on the west coast. Is there anyone who would be prepared to loan me the cable for a little while til i ugrade the car? otherwise i'll just have to buy a cable myself.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Gerry

Can anyone help?
Ive downloaded the map from the car and saved it to my laptop and i'm about to send it to franz - however the upload page is looking for two files??
what are they? or is one enough?

Gerry

You have to send him the org file which is your original map and the MIM file which shows that you have paid for and registered your VIN number

aha!!

was i supposed to enter me key number in the blie box prior to downloading the map, or is this kust required to be entered on uploading the new map?

sorry

g

Thats just required when you go to download the new map - have you got your key code from the site already??? Did you definitely enter your VIN correctly - its worth opening the MIM file and having a look at the txt file inside it , it should have your vin stored in it

i have the key written down. i wondered because i opened the MIM file and noticed the key field was blank. I'll enter the key when i upload the map

Gerry

Yeah thats fine, you can either type it into the field you saw in the file , or you can enter it via the cartune software. Take it the download went fine then ?, which is good - if that went smoothly then usually the upload back to the ecu goes fine too.

yeah, the download seemed to go OK, however i'm not sure that the email to franz went as smoothly. Once i filled in the fields on the form and pressed submit, i was redirected back to the form. Is this usual or does this indicate that i have made an error somewhere?

Gerry

Did you get some kind of message (probably in German)???? Try resending it. If it said Sie müssen zwei Dateien auswählen" it means you didnt select two files. If it comes up with a german message let me know what it says via email