What kind of HP gains in a chipped 2.8?
 

After wading thru the acrhives of chipped 1.8T's, I found little info on the V6. Can anyone comment on their chipped 2.8?
THX

12 V......12hp if you are lucky. Probably 20hp Max on 30V.

Very little (5-10 hp maybe)...
 

Very few people have chipped the 2.8. I can comment based on my experience chipping my M3. The power gain is not really noticeable. The main reason to chip a NA engine is to bump up the rev limiter and eliminate the speed governor. Also, the power band might drop down a little in the rev range, depending on how the fuel mapping is done. For me, it was a worthwhile upgrade on the M3.

I called TAP - they never made a chip for the 12V V6 -- so who did?

No one that I'm aware of. Neuspeed has (or had) one for the 2.8.

Re: Very little (5-10 hp maybe)...
 

Yeah, that's pretty much my own experience on my 30-valve 2.8. The improvement is small, however you do feel a small difference: engine sound is nicer and the engine pull is a little more sustained at mid to high revs.

You can check out these sites:

http://www.neuspeed.com/pages/P-chippage.html
http://www.chip-tuning.com/usa/main/mainmenu.html
http://www.tap1.com/Modifications_by_Model/A4_V6__30_Valve_/a4_v6__30_valve_.html

Myself, I went for the Neuspeed chip because the power increase is more conservative and I didn't want to take any chances in my dashlights lighting up like a christmas tree. If the engine program is too agressive, the ECU can send some warnings. That's the limited extent of my knowledge.

Don Pavlik used to run a chip survey at www.audizone.com but he merged his web site with www.audiworld.com a few months ago and the survey results have yet to re-appear.

A while back someone from Cali told me they had a chip in their car... and it added to the low end.

where you getting those numbers from?

It's more like 5-10HP's for the 30-valve...
 

I don't know of anyone making a chip for the 12-valve.

That's what I was thinking... there's no way your gonna get 20HP out of a N/A engine.