Tornado Chip

[daveparry]

Pros and cons please? I allready have the ACT large bore inlet hose fitted and have an 20AM air flow meter to go in when I have the Tornado. Just shortenend my trumpets by 20mm and am awaiting arrival of 72mm plenum, any thoughts.

[GreenV8S]

Obviously you'll need the chip changed when you go to the 20AM. Can you get a standard chip to suit that set of mods?

[rev-erend]

Dave - it will allow your engine to be mapped to the new induction. Think they sell for about £410 ..

Without them the engine cannot be re-mapped.

As it happens - I am just about to sell my 14 CUX with tornado (already mapped for 45mm trumpets and big Bosche afm).

[GreenV8S]

rev-erend said:

Dave - it will allow your engine to be mapped to the new induction. Think they sell for about £410 ..

Without them the engine cannot be re-mapped.

That's not true. "Tornado" is just a chip with a map on (and usually a scrambler board). All mapping does is produce a different map that needs to be blown on a new chip and plugged in. The chip and scrambler board are cheap - what you're paying for is the knowledge and experience required to produce the new map.

[rev-erend]

GreenV8S said:

rev-erend said:

Dave - it will allow your engine to be mapped to the new induction. Think they sell for about £410 ..

Without them the engine cannot be re-mapped.

That's not true. "Tornado" is just a chip with a map on (and usually a scrambler board). All mapping does is produce a different map that needs to be blown on a new chip and plugged in. The chip and scrambler board are cheap - what you're paying for is the knowledge and experience required to produce the new map.

I stand corrected.. this old technology..