Hiya guys,

In my previous cars I used boostcontrollers like the blitz ID-III etc.

Is there anyone who knows if this can be used in the R56 too?!

and maybe a How To????

Thanks guys!

Coen

 

can you describe what it does... my older brother had one on his suby and still has the control (apex something??)

all i know is that he never got a proper tune and it would mess up his engine

 

basically if you get your car tuned and you have it pushing 21lbs of peak boost you can use a boost controller to lower is for say everyday driving a valet or something like that. if you dont have it tuned and you put it on there and turn up your boost from stock, say byebye to you engine

 

well on my coupe fiat I had a blitz one and I had it tuned.. and I could switch between the 1bar turbo pressure and 1.38bar.. with in scramble mod 1,45bar. You can tune the car to the max because you can reduce the boostpeaks..

I have seen a duell ag MINI with a blitz Id-III but don't know how he managed to install it. I love the looks etc.

Mostly I like to see what my boost is and I would like to put the pressure low on "normal" days and higher when playing..

I am pushing 215bhp now... and am about buying a FMIC and bigger downpipe.

this is why :D

Coen

 

From what I've heard from people with manual boost controllers, they say it can cause dangerous spikes randomly under boost, this is something I have heard multiple times but never knew.

 

Yeah, I'd stay away from manual boost controllers unless your car is a track car. I've seen many o' bad things happen when people play with their boost by themselves. It's a shame the whole Alta Unichip thing didn't really work out. That was a great idea. But I hear that they're working on an alternative. I'd wait and see what they come out with.

 

manual boos controlers are bad news because you can't see how much you are adjusting them. electronic boost controlers are good you can adjust the boost amount by decibles so you will always know what the peak boost will be. i am going to buy one of these and set it to 14.5 wich is my stock boost and i will leave it there till i get the car tuned.

 

The unichip is sort of like a lottery ticket, you'll keep getting another one after another until you hit the jackpot, and man is it sweeet!

 

hmmz oke guys,

thanks for the input.. I had a few on my previous cars and never had problems with them... ran like hell.. and is still running hahaha

Thanks anyways! :D

Coen

 

Yeah, I know. I would have loved to get one, but didn't want to risk throwing CEL's all over the place. It was definitely an awesome idea, though! And I bet it rocks for you guys that haven't had any problems.

Were they just exchanging the Unichip units if you were throwing CEL's?

 

ignore lol

 

Yea, I actually went through one ECU, it kept throwing CELs accelerating at around 70 mph.

Now its fine no CELs at all, the ONLY difference or side-effect would be it takes like 1-2 more cranks to start when its a cold-start. Besides that, no CELs or any other side-effects. Whatever was defective I shipped back, a few items I have received from Alta were defective so I shipped it all in one shipment.

 

There is another chip called powerchip, I talked with them on the phone they claimed it can increase 40+ whp for the r56 turbo. It could also be tuned for the boost controller and other mods. I am getting this along with water injection .
http://www.powerchipgroup.com/intera...sheets_two.asp

 

here we go again...

 

It's your car - do what you want. I wouldn't do it.

 

I did a little digging on their site and they also claim this:


Do you really think they know what they are talking about?

Not to mention you have to pull your ECU from the car and mail it to them.

 

Well, I called them in California, they told me they tested it for the mini r56 turbo the result was 40 whp plus... but the marketing division post 24 whp on the website. Its depends where you live, they might have a dealers near by, they told me i could get its done in NY and NJ.

 

As I said do what you want. It'll be interesting reading your horror stories later.