UNICHIP w/out Boost Controller

[low_psi]

I think you can run Map A: Low/High and Map B: Low/High so it depends what you want to do IIRC. PM SonicCraze about it. he's got a nice lil write up with pics too.

I'll try to help you out with some illustrations concerning the vaccum lines. Expect them this weekend.

 

[warrier04]

thanks alot for that. i'll check and see what soniccraze worked up.


drew.

 

[1moreMPH]

First off, from what I understand people who are blowing their engines on upped boost levels are not running supporting mods or tuning of any kind. The 10-13PSI boost setting with UNICHIP is tuned for those maps. It IS safe due to the tuning. Running it on a stock map would be something I would never try. But its nice to know that you dont have to up the boost for daily driving, etc if you dont want to. But I have yet to hear of one case where someone blew their engine due to UNICHIP.

And from some recent posts, people that have unichip and take it off hate their MSP b/c it makes such a difference for daily driving and hp/tq. I think it is worth it for just the maps and safety they provide. As far as the boost, if you have the unichip, flip the switch and enjoy the ride... your safe.

Are you saying here that an all stock car would not be advised to run the 10-12psi even with the unichip?

 

[SpeedBeaver]

Damm, Unichip sounds like a good way to increase safely you boost without having the "annoying" detonations that causes rods to errupt from hoods!

Unfortunately where I live (Quebec, Canada) we only have crappy 91 octane everywhere and if you're lucky, you'll find a place with 93-94 but that's the highest you can get around here... looks like hi boost is a no go for me

 

[daedalus]

Are you saying here that an all stock car would not be advised to run the 10-12psi even with the unichip?

No, I am saying that it would be b/c the unichip's tuning of the fuel map and timing curve will allow this to be done safely. Boosting 10-12psi on a stock car with stock fuel and timing maps is something I wouldnt feel safe doing.

But Unichip is tried and proven without one case of a car going kaboom. That makes me think I am buying something worth the money. I know that if I had the tunability of emanage, mpi, or haltec I would seriously f*ck up my car.

Peace guys.

 

[warrier04]

good point.

final conclusion:

* boosting on a completely stock car is bad
* boosting on a car that has unichip is NOT bad
* supporting mods are good
* Unichip is good

at least in my eyes...

hopefully my next mod will be unichip in conjunction w/ an aftermarket dual stage boost controller.

hopefully santa will be good to me this year... (shrug)

drew.

 

[daedalus]

I nice way to wrap things up...

(cheers2)

 

[1moreMPH]

mazda doesn't use the "black box"

are you 100% SURE mazda doesn't use this mythical black box deal? ...that would be nice to know before playing wit the speed, i DO like having a warantee

 

[low_psi]

yes. GM created the black boxes for accident information, in order for insurance and GM to see how the car was being driven before the collision. it wasn't really created to spy on owners' driving habits.

if you cam a LS1, I don't think the techs need to read the "black box" to figure out your motor isn't stock

 

[1moreMPH]

yes. GM created the black boxes for accident information, in order for insurance and GM to see how the car was being driven before the collision. it wasn't really created to spy on owners' driving habits.

if you cam a LS1, I don't think the techs need to read the "black box" to figure out your motor isn't stock

....touche.....however, you can still tweak a LITTLE bit....im sure for something minor or whatever, they're not gonna want to run a bunch of tests to se how you've been driving

 

[yashooa]

From what I have seen the black box is only in certain vehicles and even when it does exist it only records for a few mintues prior to engine shutoff not a 24/7 thing.
So supposedly it can tell an investigator what had occurred before an accident etc but it will not give an exhaustive record of modification or driving style.

 

[WillisW555]

The black box is designed for researching accidents. Lawyers are starting to use it to find out if you were speeding prior to an accident. I've read something where a guy was charged with manslaughter because he was speeding when he hit someone.

 

[4001]

Can the Unichip be installed and work ok without installing the boost controller or do you have to install the BC for the Unichip to work properly?

 

[low_psi]

You can run the Unichip without the boost controller no problems. You'll obviously just be limited to stock boost map A and map B. Where's the fun in that

The GB needs some response!!

 

[BrettWVU]

Just thought I would through this out there w/ the high boost setting I get a killer spike. Some where around 5-6 psi. Meaning that on the high boost setting I hit 16 psi. Thats really the only problem I have with it. If anyone know how to fix it let me know. But otherwise I love it. It made a huge difference.

 

[low_psi]

Is that punching it in say 4th gear, or when you're accelerating through the gears that its spiking?

 

[BrettWVU]

It spikes in every gear but 1st

 

[low_psi]

 

[BrettWVU]

The spike depends on throttle position if its WOT it spike full but if its say half i get about a 3 psi spike