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XRFPV8 · 06-11-2004, 08:12

This is my Personal Review on 2 different types of chips i have had on my ute..
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Guy�s as you know last week I was talking to Peter from APS about organizing the Tuning day for the 31st of July.. We got talking about Chips, I was saying how happy I was with my Xede and that chip took me into the 13�s consistently..
Peter went on to say that A Unichip with its live tuning is much better than the Xede, no point in discussing this any further because I had already made my investment, I wasn�t about to lay out another lot of cash to find out..

So Peter invited me back to APS to put on a Unichip at no cost, he wanted to prove to me 1st hand that his product is better than Xede..

I had nothing to lose he said if I don�t like the Unichip bring the Ute back and the team at APS will put my Xede back on and off I go nothing more said�

But Peter said I wont be back he had the confidence in his Team to put up a Unichip at a Technicians time to re-wire the mess under the dash�.and he was right after leaving Calder with my 3 best times ever ET:13.70

with my best MPH ever also�the ute pulls much better down low not just up top like before, thats due to be able to tune an Auto in 3rd gear in low revs..

Takes a bit to understand how this all works he can spend hours and hours chatting learning theres a lot to take in, hopefully everyone coming on the APS tuning day can learn what I have so far..

Now some of you might say that maybe my Xede wasn�t tuned right I had 3 tunes on this chip with 2 different tuners�.

So now with the Unichip I dropped .100 of my best time increased my MPH and remember my ute was already chipped, so I am rapped next week I look Forward to a 13.6�

This would be the 1st vechicle that I know off that got to test 2 different types of chips..

Thanks to Peter, APS and there Technicians for a great tune�the ute drives perfectly in the traffic and better on the strip�.

Dyno Graph attached bellow�

PS: if anyone wants a Cheap Xede ring APS Monday morning..

philstoj · 06-11-2004, 08:21

congrats mark on your great time!
on the dyno sheet it looks like power drops off at over 6000 rpm, wasnt the ford revlimiter at under 6000 rpm? in shootout mode, do you have to run a higher tyre pressure? i noticed it was at 45 down the bottom of the dyno sheet....

cheers, phil.

XRFPV8 · 06-11-2004, 08:55

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Originally Posted by philstoj

congrats mark on your great time!
on the dyno sheet it looks like power drops off at over 6000 rpm, wasnt the ford revlimiter at under 6000 rpm? in shootout mode, do you have to run a higher tyre pressure? i noticed it was at 45 down the bottom of the dyno sheet....

cheers, phil.

Hi Phil the PM's are not working tonight, so we will have to wait maybe Peter can comment on that...

CSV_LS1 · 06-11-2004, 09:08

APS,
Would you be willing to tune the Xede since any tuner would know how to use it by it's setup and show what difference there is between the two? You could also show the AFR on both dyno runs.

XRFPV8 · 06-11-2004, 09:45

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Originally Posted by CSV_LS1

APS,
Would you be willing to tune the Xede since any tuner would know how to use it by it's setup and show what difference there is between the two? You could also show the AFR on both dyno runs.

I don�t understand what you are saying, my Xede was tuned by 2 accredited Xede dealers. I wouldn't take my wife�s Hyundai to a Holden dealer for a tune...if your saying Xede tuners cant tune there chips properly that�s chip torque's problem, or maybe there product isn�t as good I can tell you my cars tuning was maxed out at the top end.. its what APS tuners managed to do in the middle and down low where the gain has come...the other thing is you will have to do it on your car because i have had both now the Xede i had for about 4 months it not going back on my car..

The Score is on the board I was there, I have never seen my Xede being live tuned like the Unichip..

CSV_LS1 · 06-11-2004, 09:54

The reason i asked is that you mention APS said that the Unichip is much better the Xede. So taking the Tuner variance out of it you could see closely what the difference between software is.

philstoj · 06-11-2004, 09:57

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Originally Posted by XRFPV8

I don�t understand what you are saying, my Xede was tuned by 2 accredited Xede dealers. I wouldn't take my wife�s Hyundai to a Holden dealer for a tune...if your saying Xede tuners cant tune there chips properly that�s chip torque's problem, or maybe there product isn�t as good I can tell you my cars tuning was maxed out at the top end.. its what APS tuners managed to do in the middle and down low where the gain has come...the other thing is you will have to do it on your car because i have had both now the Xede i had for about 4 months it not going back on my car..

The Score is on the board I was there, I have never seen my Xede being live tuned like the Unichip..

didnt it get tuned by one of these accredited tuners while you were driving your car?
ive seen one live tuned, and it all boils down the the tuner's knowledge of engines and how they work...
in regards to the 2 chips, ireally think that there functions are no different, they both do the same things, and the same functions can be tuned by either of the chips..so it all boils down to the tuner of the chip, regardless of which one it is..

XRFPV8 · 06-11-2004, 10:11

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Originally Posted by CSV_LS1

The reason i asked is that you mention APS said that the Unichip is much better the Xede. So taking the Tuner variance out of it you could see closely what the difference between software is.

Fair point but couldn't see the logic in a Unichip distributor trying to find out why the Xede isn't going to perform in software, tuning etc: like a Unichip does ..
i would be asking Chip Torque that they need to find out why there product doesn't cut it with the others. maybe they need to train tuners, get new software..might be none of them maybe its just the abilty to live tune. All we want is the best power for money that we can afford, and for me personally the Xede didn't perform like the Unichip and depends where you go the Xede can be $50 to $250 more with a Dyno tune..

XRFPV8 · 06-11-2004, 10:26

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Originally Posted by philstoj

didnt it get tuned by one of these accredited tuners while you were driving your car?
ive seen one live tuned, and it all boils down the the tuner's knowledge of engines and how they work...
in regards to the 2 chips, ireally think that there functions are no different, they both do the same things, and the same functions can be tuned by either of the chips..so it all boils down to the tuner of the chip, regardless of which one it is..

Driving at tuning is a joke its luck and Herrod proved that to me when he dyno tuned the XEDE and made my car .200 quicker compared against that street tune, people that know how to tune laugh at us when we say that street tune, anyway why bother with a slow street tune when my best time was 13.99 a once off with that street tune and now i have 13.70...you cant live tune a Xede Phil when you come to the APS day you will learn what it is about hope there is enough time on the day for everyone to take every thing in....with the auto Xede cant map down low under a certain revs in 3rd gear ...

Regardless of which chip that�s crap Phil if you paying good money for a chip its no good buying one that there chip torque's accredited dealers cant tune..

Anyway if you want to prove my experience wrong go ahead�

CSV_LS1 · 06-11-2004, 10:38

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Originally Posted by XRFPV8

Fair point but couldn't see the logic in a Unichip distributor trying to find out why the Xede isn't going to perform in software, tuning etc: like a Unichip does ..

As you said APS made the comment that Unichip is much better so i am asssuming he has tried to tune a car with the Xede chip? So it shouldn't be a problem to do a tune on the Xede by the same tuner and see the difference.