garry Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 Hello, I have an audi S8 and a friend of mine flew in from the states recently and was impressed to see how i maintained my car. he mentioned if i'd be interested in performance chips for a better engine? I have no idea about what those are ... can someone shed some light on them and whether someone in the UAE have used them ... looking forward for a detailed answer since i have no know-how about what they are thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlson Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 They improve the efficiency and performance of your car. They come under the 'toys for boys' category since they are accessories that do not come from the factory and they actually replace the factory chip under the hood which has the factory enabled fuel consumption for efficiency. With a performance chip your car can intake less fuel and go faster and performance efficiently ... is it true I am yet to find out. If you are a kind of a guy who likes playing with their cars then try it out by all means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbaz Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Correction - there are a number of performance chips .. all made for different purposes. You need to keep that in mind if you will be experimenting with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilshad Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Unicip makes performance chip for audi, check on their website and understand the power gain and fuel saving vs the cost of unichip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Sorry I would never get a performance chip on a luxury car. Majority of the time, people are interested in performance chips due to the added speed. You should not get into that unless you will be participating in a race. Moreover, these chips have a couple of downsides as well. If you think logically, they increase the pressure on the car's engine and the overall performance instead of genuinely improving it. Anything this chip does to your car after installing it .. is not covered by warranty since it overrides the performance of the original chip and system installed in the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karan Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 There are all kinds of performance chips available in the market. Some are legit and really do improve the efficiency of the car while others just try to find a shortcut into tricking your car into something. The perfect example is where a chip fools your car's computer into believing that the air intake is cooler than it really is ... leading it to believe that its working on a richer fuel mixture ... and the end result is that the injection program is .... screwed. The legit ones never override you car's engine control unit. They have multiple sensor overriding systems. They usually help you if you are getting yourself into heavy modifications like adding a turbocharger .. etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolman Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 If I understand correctly then majority of the people use these chips to increase the speed, performance, etc Why pay something extra for something when all you are going to get are speeding tickets ... I have paid soo many speeding tickets in the last two years that it hurts!! Speeding performance chips a big no no !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Out of the hype I got a performance chip and my battery lasted for hardly a year and a half after that. I would rather invest in a better car without need to add performance chips to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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