MedMan

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

Matt H.

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

CraigB

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.

Waseem

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

CraigB

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

MartinC

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.

Waseem

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

Mike D.

where you getting those numbers from?

MartinC

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

Mike D.

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