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The performance on our homepage are the maximum values. In the box you will have two rotary switches. Switch "S1" is regulating the performance increase. On our default setting you have an increase of about 15%. Every further step with dial S1 is another increase of about 1.5%. Position ‘8’ is the minimum possible setting with an increase of approximately 5%. Dial "S2" regulates the RPM range in which the RaceChip is active and also when it is being deactivated again. On our default setting it is active between 1500- 3500 RPM. Every additional dial change with S2 increases the active range by about 150 RPM. We recommend not exceeding position '3' or '4'. So you can reach step by step the maximum power. Mit freundlichen Grüßen | Kind regards |
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I'm lurking into this thread from time to time (as a user of an RC chip in my previous N20 528xi, and now - after reprogramming - on my M235i). I the few actual posts I made here, I stressed it many times that the RC support materials and people have always been strongly biased towards Diesel engines as they started making their boxes for them (gasoline engines came much later, only after turboed models became so widespread). Therefore when you ask for some dyno graphs for say the N55, they would send you a graph that shows "correct" values (i.e. the same they advertise for the N55 gains with RC), but strangely enough the curves are for RPM range typical for Diesel engines! This is probably also the reason an RC tech wrote this bullshit e-mail to you about how the second dial regulates the RPM range where boost increase is active...
So, kdog26372's explanation is totally valid (and I checked it on my two petrol engines), and the RC's support "expert" answer is bullshit. Remember all those boxes are virtually the same, and offering a "special" one for each engine model under the sun is just their marketing gimmick. Those guys will not think twice about which exactly engine you're asking; they will jus copy and paste a canned answer - very often coming from the times they only did Diesel engines. BTW, at least in their instructional videos they do differential between Diesel and petrol engines, and if you watch one of them carefully they always stress the second dial is active with Diesle engines ONLY.
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I've not seen any independant testing done on our cars with this tune, but it should yield about 40-50 hp/tq given it's adding about 4 to 4.5psi of boost if I recall correctly. This should knock about a 1/2 second of 1/4 mile times and maybe 4 mph in traps. This is all theoretical, but that should be the ballpark assuming your car is excepting the new boost well and not pulling power. The nice thing with the dial is you can adjust it to see what is best for your car and fuel octanes. Some seem to turn the dial down and get a better power delivery others have turned it up a notch or 2.
1 thing I thought was odd was they say to get the appropriate dial setting for your car you start at the out of the box setting, turn it up a notch and drive for a few days, turn it up another notch, drive a few days until you get a check engine light or hesitations. This is kinda nuts, push the tune to the limits resulting in car bucking and creating check engine light, doesn't sound all that much thought went into the tune for this specific car. Most other stage 1 - 2 and 3 plug tunes even if they have boost adjustments available suggest leaving it at the standard out of box level unless you are running higher octane. So, they have done the research, tried higher boost settings and probably got timing pulls or too high of IAT to feel the higher boost was safe at standard octane levels. RaceChip I think is more of a diesel tuner with a nice website and crappy customer service. Again I did feel the RC Ultimate had a better power delivery when compared to the JB stage 1, but maybe it was just running different boost levels, I don't know why my car ran better as they are essentially the same thing in different boxes and the faster ECU in the RC I'm not sure would make that much if any difference. I did like that it was waterproof, but hated the fact the wire loop wasn't long enough to mount it under the plastic cover towards the windshield and the fact you've got to take out 8 tiny screws everytime you want to adjust the dials. Will be interesting to see your results.
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i think i may try one of these and do the rolling road after a few weeks and really see what results are like. Ill post up once i do it |
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Oh, I thought you already had bought this tune? If you haven't I'd avoid it for a couple reasons. 1st the customer service is bad as you've found. Second for the price $699 you can get a 3 sensor solution through Active Autowerke called AA8 that mounts to an existing bolt under a cover in the engine compartment, has the tune changing dial on the outside of the box making changes a simple job, and does in fact adjust boost by RPM level as it connects to the cam sensor as well. They are the same price, I've used both and the Active is the better option. I don't know what warranty RC offers, but Active has 1 year and they are an American company and easy to communicate with. Also members have posted actual 1/4 mile time slips with the Active tune and it appears to add the 50+ hp/tq to the wheels as claimed from the mid 12 1/4 mile slips.
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maybe ill order the racechip as today dam Golf R was racing me from around 60MPH upto 140MPH and he was spot on my tail, didnt leave him at all i thought i may slowly pull ahead and was like DAMMMM. unless he has had it remapped, many seem to be.
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well ive ordered the Racechip Pro. Sooooo ill post up in following weeks what i think of it...AND ...do the thing that no one seems to have done..post up some rolling road figures to actually see if this thing really does it job. As there are no real figures on line. If i dont see rolling road figures ill return it within the 14 day period.
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If buying a RCPro then is it a change of heart - decided to keep it ? Was across in your neck of the woods yesterday at BoostedUK meet at Akeman Arms pub - could have taken you for a blast up the road in a Jb4 car !!! Either way - if fit RCPro look fwd to reading your findings....
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Do you already have a baseline dyno with car as is ? This will be your baseline. Make sure you have driven the car with RCPro fitted for about 300-500miles so as its had time to fully adapt to RCPro before putting it back on the dyno. TBH - dynos aren't all that - its about how the car drives - if it RCPro gives what you want then don't waste your cash. BP
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Check with others using RC's or similar ie TMC TB as they can guide you better on whether or not car's DME has to re-adapt when changing settings. Routine maybe same/similar for JB4 additive mode, maps 1 and 2. If so, then my advice would be find the setting is best suited to your car and your driving style then before dyno, then drive it like you stole it so as DME "learns upwards" during this adaption phase..... BP
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B is already the base setting the unit comes set to. Actually seems few guys here run d or e comfortably, but ill go in stages and see how car drives. over here we have 98 and 99 ron fuel in most stations.
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Yep yep. I have one and when I 1st started, I added a dial click once a week until I got to E. I didn't have any problems at all to be honest but I went back down slowly to C after I read people had issues. All we got in LA is 91 though
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are you still running yours now. how long have you had it installed.? I think i will go no higher than C or D max...ill get the rolling road done set at D if it runs well on that setting
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