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5:th-May-2016, 13:31:07
I currently have maxchip pro fitted (paid £188 from Amazon, usual price £229 GBP) to my 2.0cdti ecoflex (only fitted yesterday!)
Findings so far, instructions are pretty pants, a literal translation from German to English, I had to make a call to the support line to establish what was the low and high setting, packaging a bit poor too
Was very easy to fit as I previously had a racechip, however, instructions supplied were for an Antara, whose underbonnet pictures were nothing like mine at all!
The box came set on power level 11/15
Once fitted, went for a test drive, instantly noticeable, more push and more impressive was a push that was maintained with revs, previous diesels I have owned that were remapped/tuning boxed appeared to be a bit woosh/bang, all over 1,000rpm later
Its now deceptively quick, its not so much the instant push in the back (from off to on boost) its the sustained pull that keeps going to what seems 5,000rpm
As I have had both a maxchip and racechip I'll now comment on both
Racechip, I went for a model one, which came in at around £104 (GBP)
Packaging so much better and the instructions better, still not perfect, but, you can tell someone spent more time/money on the packaging/instructions/information
When fitted, it was in the lowest tune, which was barely any better than standard specification, this meant unscrewing the box and adjusting, bit, of a pain to do, as its not a standard cross/flat head screw
On paper the maxchip gives 224bhp and the racechip one 199bhp, so maybe not a fair comparison, however, the racechip seems to deliver its power lower down the rev range, but, tails off compared to the maxchip
To sum up, the racechip is a pretty good deal, at just over £100, it should fit most budgets and it did also increase my mpg from around 49-50 to 53, so there are savings in fuel to be had. If you can afford/justify, then the maxchip appears to give a higher level of performance, less turbocharged, if that makes sense
I am glad to have had both and would happily run either again in my car
I ruled out paying for a remap as both options locally to me were £450-£580, hardly peanuts
The GM warranty for my car expires late June 2016
Findings so far, instructions are pretty pants, a literal translation from German to English, I had to make a call to the support line to establish what was the low and high setting, packaging a bit poor too
Was very easy to fit as I previously had a racechip, however, instructions supplied were for an Antara, whose underbonnet pictures were nothing like mine at all!
The box came set on power level 11/15
Once fitted, went for a test drive, instantly noticeable, more push and more impressive was a push that was maintained with revs, previous diesels I have owned that were remapped/tuning boxed appeared to be a bit woosh/bang, all over 1,000rpm later
Its now deceptively quick, its not so much the instant push in the back (from off to on boost) its the sustained pull that keeps going to what seems 5,000rpm
As I have had both a maxchip and racechip I'll now comment on both
Racechip, I went for a model one, which came in at around £104 (GBP)
Packaging so much better and the instructions better, still not perfect, but, you can tell someone spent more time/money on the packaging/instructions/information
When fitted, it was in the lowest tune, which was barely any better than standard specification, this meant unscrewing the box and adjusting, bit, of a pain to do, as its not a standard cross/flat head screw
On paper the maxchip gives 224bhp and the racechip one 199bhp, so maybe not a fair comparison, however, the racechip seems to deliver its power lower down the rev range, but, tails off compared to the maxchip
To sum up, the racechip is a pretty good deal, at just over £100, it should fit most budgets and it did also increase my mpg from around 49-50 to 53, so there are savings in fuel to be had. If you can afford/justify, then the maxchip appears to give a higher level of performance, less turbocharged, if that makes sense
I am glad to have had both and would happily run either again in my car
I ruled out paying for a remap as both options locally to me were £450-£580, hardly peanuts
The GM warranty for my car expires late June 2016
