Chipping an Audi TDi

[rospa]

Folks

I'm hoping shortly to be getting an Audi A6 avant with the TDi engine. I am not sure if it will be the 1.9 or the 2.5 preferably tha latter but the do seem to be pretty rare.

I'm not the kind to be worried about mileage, as I would buy on condition, service history and price.

Are there any pitfalls to chipping (Jabba) a high mileage car?

I need to know whether buying a later A6 1.9 tdi would get me the same power hike in an older A6 2.5 tdi because of subteld ifferences in the remap.

Is it obvious yet that I haven't the foggiest what I am on about?

All help gratefully received.

[andy mac]

Got an A3 1.9 tdI (redeye), which is 130 bhp standard. With a basic superchip, it is at around 155/160 at the moment. The difference is pretty noticable. A lot faster than a golf GTI, and VR6 ventos, but still retains very good fuel economy. On a normal run, blast and pootling, will get well over 400 miles to a tank, and recently did a trip to london and got 570 miles on the tank, which means I got there and back.
I'd recommend a chip. Not sure what the difference is on older tdi's, but i am well chuffed with mine.

[rospa]

andy mac

A3 TDi. Nice. SWMBO wants one of those eventually but I don't want to be running two cars unless we absolutely have to.

Thanks for the info. I'm hoping to test drive this Audi at the weekend. I'm just worried about chipping a high mileage version.

[llamekcuf]

Remapping the current chip is another option. You could try jabbasport for this as theyve got a very good reputation for tdis

[Mojocvh]

Serial port tuning, obviously unobtrusive, as you don't have a "box" and wires showing, and can be made to better match the characteristics of a particular engine via laptop.

If you go any of these routes try and avoid the max power max smoke pitfall!!

Have a look here for some ideas

www.starperformance.co.uk/

cheers

Mojo.

[edc]

Over on www.seatcupra.net prc/Paulo has run Ibiza 110 and now his 150PD Toledo chipped for up to and beyond 200k kms I believe. No problems apart from the odd clutch slip caused by over 300lb/ft torque.

[rospa]

Just had a reply from Jabba and they are unable to chip the 2.5 enigne but can do the 130BHP 1.9 to 185BHP.

[RedTeg]

rospa said:

Just had a reply from Jabba and they are unable to chip the 2.5 enigne but can do the 130BHP 1.9 to 185BHP.

I alomost entirely convinced by a fast diesel as my next car now due to yealy mileage.

Now if I can get my hands on an A3 130 Tdi Quattro and chip it as above.

[rospa]

Well had a drive in the Audi today. It is a 1999 T A6 2.5 tdi SE Avant Quattro. Veryyyyy nice. Plenty of pull. The only letdown was the brakes. Very poor. Not sure if this could because the car had been stood a while. Tempted very tempted. It is up at 13K which I reckon is 1k over book.

I think i need to drive the 1.9 version next.

[Andy Mac]

Superchips will chip a 2.5 tdi... gives around 30/40 bhp

[Qube]

I've got an A3 TDI 130 PD Sport some of the last built with the 17" alloys and half leather Interior, It's been fitted with a tunit piggyback ecu from www.tunit.co.uk , and a K&n Air filter I'm well impressed so far i've set the ecu to the top roughly around 170 bhp (i Think)and about 270 lbs torque, more torque than my Chimaera 400 V8 Had. It's changed the car completely the engine is quieter and theres no lag around 1000 - 1500 revs giving a full power band to the red line 4500, power used to die off around 3200 rpm, quattro suspension fitted as standard but CRAP kept rolling about everywhere, Had to change the springs to eibach progressives to keep it under control, handling much better now, without losing motorway comfort, Fuel consumption brilliant averaging around 47 mpg regardless how you drive it.

[Trefor]

rospa said:

Well had a drive in the Audi today. It is a 1999 T A6 2.5 tdi SE Avant Quattro. Veryyyyy nice. Plenty of pull. The only letdown was the brakes. Very poor. Not sure if this could because the car had been stood a while. Tempted very tempted. It is up at 13K which I reckon is 1k over book. I think i need to drive the 1.9 version next.

Brakes are really good on my A6, must have been that car.

[topwelshman]

I've had 3 diesels and chipped all of them. I have not had one problem from doing it and would highly recommend them. I would however say that you get what you pay for. Go for a remap instead of a chip and try and get it through a dealer for piece of mind. I got mine chipped via Wayside Audi who use AMD in Bicester and they're about the best around.

As for the brakes, Audi's generally have poor brakes and shocks, get better pads like Mintex or Pagid and this will improve but at the end of the day the only way around it is a brake upgrade.

www.xlmotorsport.com


>> Edited by topwelshman on Sunday 2nd May 19:27