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Xternalhunter
Member Since: 20 May 2013
Location: Devon
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http://www.chipexpress.com/products/1072/
Hey chaps
Hope everyone is well.
At the risk of being told to GTFO (haha) - does anyone have any experience or opinions on those chips? Are they worth the hassle/money and do they save on fuel enough to justify?
I more than appreciate that a remap would be massively better overall, but they are substantially more price wise and I kinda like the fact you can whip these fellas in and out! ( if you pardon the pun  )
As always, Many thanks everyone 
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 8th Aug 2013 10:35 pm |
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Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20786
 
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£395 
What remaps have you been looking at? For not a lot more you could have yourself an Autologic map...
That, and there is a guy up this way that will do custom live mapping for £250  My D3 Build Thread
TDV8 Retrofit Build Thread
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| 9th Aug 2013 6:41 am |
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Bobs
Member Since: 29 Oct 2013
Location: Manchester
Posts: 2330
 
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apologies if posted in the wrong place ?
as this threads a few months old ......
mapping ?
chipping?
porting?
what best and where .... live in Manchester but happy to travel
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| 14th Nov 2013 10:40 pm |
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blue200tdi
Member Since: 23 Sep 2012
Location: Lincoln
Posts: 1094
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This thread is only a few months old but try here http://bellautoservices.co.uk/ they are a site sponsor and peeps on here swear by his remaps.
As for porting, that involves taking the heads off and removing metal from the inlet and exhaust ports to make them bigger and more importantly, smoother. Not something I would have done on a D3. You guys are gonna be busier than a test bench in a plunger factory!
Java black 2006 2.7 TDV6 HSE AUTO.
2014 Kawasaki ZZR1400 Performance sport.
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| 14th Nov 2013 10:49 pm |
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stew 46
Member Since: 01 Dec 2011
Location: cornwall
Posts: 10146
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+1 for bell chip mine is great -------------------------------------------------
if you cant hold on dont let go , it ill come in handy for something even if you never use it.
D3 SE 05,
110 s wagon 300 tdi SOLD
h top transit
crew cab transit
transit connect
ausa dumper, muck truck .
peljob 2.5 digger
06 L 200 crew cab
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| 14th Nov 2013 10:53 pm |
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sasdiscos
Member Since: 22 Feb 2013
Location: Northants
Posts: 888
 
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I've got a bluefin, very impressed so far. You remind me of a younger me, not much younger mind...perhaps even a little older!
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| 14th Nov 2013 10:54 pm |
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D4JWW
Member Since: 20 Oct 2009
Location: London, UK
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Pete Bell see you got a manual version speak to Pete. A few mods... and keeping it all running...Faultmate MSV2
MY09EGR's blanked Thanks Bellautos, BAS
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| 14th Nov 2013 10:58 pm |
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yogi972
Member Since: 05 Jun 2011
Location: Kineton
Posts: 3373
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+1 for bluefin
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| 14th Nov 2013 11:47 pm |
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Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20786
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blue200tdi wrote:As for porting, that involves taking the heads off and removing metal from the inlet and exhaust ports to make them bigger and more importantly, smoother. Not something I would have done on a D3.
Yet something else I looked at before fitting my engine
There is not a lot of extra material to be taken off. The inlet ports in the head are about as big as you would want to go, so porting (at least on the inlet side) is a no go My D3 Build Thread
TDV8 Retrofit Build Thread
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| 15th Nov 2013 7:43 am |
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[email protected]
Member Since: 24 Nov 2012
Location: Poole
Posts: 112
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+2 for Bluefin Current - 05 D3 HSE TDV6
Ex 55 FFRR 4.2 Supercharged
Ex 55 D3 HSE TDV6
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| 15th Nov 2013 8:14 am |
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caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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+3 for Bluefin “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
Ernest Hemmingway
D4 3.0 Active Diff, Adaptive Lights, High Beam Assist, Surround Cameras, Privacy Glass.
D3 2.7:Adaptive Headlights,Electronic Rear Diff,ARB Bar,Blaupunkt Speakers,JVC Powered Subwoofer,Removable Snorkel,Mitch Hitch,Pioneer After Market Head Unit,Steering Wheel Control Adaptor,Remote Adjustable Supension Rod System, Taxside Dual Battery System.
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| 15th Nov 2013 9:00 am |
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Bobs
Member Since: 29 Oct 2013
Location: Manchester
Posts: 2330
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| Chipping, remapping, porting .... |
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Having watched the old documentary channels anything car related ..... I am a novice (D3 since May) ....
Saw the porting on the Lotus Elise (£400 not sure what year that was done) .... looked good to do though so thanks for answering that question ....
The chipping now is the next issue to look at .... 'bluefin' is that different to those offered by BAS .... or is it the same thing?
Also a plug n play type chip .... compared to going to York and being on a ramp and having everything tuned ??
Any ideas on cost and whats best to do as next project ??
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| 15th Nov 2013 4:41 pm |
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sasdiscos
Member Since: 22 Feb 2013
Location: Northants
Posts: 888
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Bluefin is a plug in, upload and disconnect job. You get a hand set, can't really go wrong with it. Then if you want it can be put back to factory settings. You remind me of a younger me, not much younger mind...perhaps even a little older!
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| 15th Nov 2013 6:08 pm |
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caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
Posts: 6922
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Similar systems, BAS map comes with a FCR but costs slightly more. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
Ernest Hemmingway
D4 3.0 Active Diff, Adaptive Lights, High Beam Assist, Surround Cameras, Privacy Glass.
D3 2.7:Adaptive Headlights,Electronic Rear Diff,ARB Bar,Blaupunkt Speakers,JVC Powered Subwoofer,Removable Snorkel,Mitch Hitch,Pioneer After Market Head Unit,Steering Wheel Control Adaptor,Remote Adjustable Supension Rod System, Taxside Dual Battery System.
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| 16th Nov 2013 1:19 am |
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Moo
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 14145
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BAS.
Don't be deluded that spending money on a remap will give you better fuel economy. It won't and if it did, the time mileage it would take to recover the cost of the remap would make it irrelevant anyway.
Get a remap for improved drivability and to put a smile on your face, but make sure it is tuned to your car. 
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| 16th Nov 2013 1:55 am |
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