can u remap or chip gsi nova ecu?

[smithy64]

i wana know if u can remapor chip nova gsi ecu?
does anyone one if it can be done

[General Baxter]

you can chip them, but mapping is a nono,

no point for 2bhp lol

[craig green]

No. The Bosch GTE ECU's were chippable, but much the same way as an ebay resistor makes the car overfuel.

Tool old a technology to make any gains from tbh.

[General Baxter]

really so a seimens is a no no ?

[smithy64]

so theres no point then.
thanks guys,uve just saved me a coupleof quid.

[craig green]

Siemens is a No. Superchips offered a 'chip' for the GTE for a while, I believe it included a chipped AFM also which if true, I have one, but I didnt get the ECU from the car in question. I nearly won one on ebay a few years ago.

Technically yes, it can be remapped. I think MSD would charge upwards of a grand to do it, if they wanted to. But you may aswell have standalone & enjoy the benefits of a better system & far cheaper remapping at many more mappers/tuners throughout the country.

[smithy64]

cheers....

[Mike]

I sold a chipped ECU on eBay some time ago, opened it up an it did have a Superchips chip in attached the board in there.

[smithy64]

howmuch do they go for?

[Stuart]

all it really does is increase the rev limit... everything else is just wasted fuel

[Mike]

howmuch do they go for?

Try an find one LOL lol as with a lot of the hard to find parts i had, ive never ever seen another one since.

[General Baxter]

that my old one, i got of luke, then luke had back, and luke gave you ? lol

[smithy64]

can u take the restricter out of a nova gsi?

[Mike]

that my old one, i got of luke, then luke had back, and luke gave you ? lol

Guess so lol it was from Luke lol

[Mike]

can u take the restricter out of a nova gsi?

Be a bit more specific please :roll:

[L14MNP]

Superchips. lol They still going? :P

[General Baxter]

can u take the restricter out of a nova gsi?

what restricter would that be ?
he thinks its a scooter, anything under 1600cc is tbh lol

[bazil]

I was told when I bought my gsi that it had been chipped lol it's got the siemans ecu.

[smithy64]

rev restricter?

[L14MNP]

The rev limiter? Why would you want to. lol

BANG!

IMO they sound better being cained off the back wall from cold at Mc Donalds anyway. :)

[Mike]

rev restricter?

You on about the rev limiter?

[General Baxter]

rev limiter is there for a reason lol

[Bubba]

whats a rev limiter? :p

[General Baxter]

when the valves go clacker clacker, ease off :p

[smithy64]

wellthe revlimiter was taken outmy corsa sri before and it reved to 7.

[General Baxter]

7rpm,, ooo you bad boy lol

[Mike]

wellthe revlimiter was taken outmy corsa sri before and it reved to 7.

LMFAO dude you dont just "take out" a rev limiter! Its not like its a thing thats bolted to the engine lol lol its electronically controlled FFS lol

[craig green]

rev limiter is there for a reason lol

Warranty.

Does the engine pull to the limiter though? Mine wouldnt.

[smithy64]

5500 usually tho, just wondering if u can do them on gsi

[L14MNP]

wellthe revlimiter was taken outmy corsa sri before and it reved to 7.

Beast. lol

Is there any reason why? What was the engines spec?

[Mike]

My E16 reved to 6.2k??

[smithy64]

yeah i know its electronically controled, my sri did

[craig green]

What was the engines spec?

8 more valves! :d

However its doable with the newer management systems on Corsa's & the engines are that much more free revving due to the cyl head etc esp when a powerbox inlet is added.

[Mike]

, my sri did

did what?

Explode lol

[smithy64]

i thought it reved 2 5500

[General Baxter]

theres no point in revving to 7000rpm if peak power is made at 5800rpm is there ?

[L14MNP]

^ That's what I'm thinking. Maybe I'm out of touch, but hammering a car off the limiter was the height of cool in certain social circles. lol

[smithy64]

well i was just wondering if u cud thats all. were can i get mre power frm a gsi then,i gt kent cam init.

[General Baxter]

yeah you can, bigger displacement ;)

[smithy64]

displacement?

[Mike]

Bigger CC's, whilst your on the case of that sort your god damn spelling out!

[Mike]

displacement?

Occupation:
mechanic

Are you pissed or something?

[smithy64]

bin doin it 3 years mate.
just finding out info thats all

[Mike]

bin doin it 3 years mate.
just finding out info thats all

Whats with the qeustion mark with regards to displacement? Dont you mechanics know what it is or something?

[L14MNP]

displacement?

This is why I carry out the work on my cars myself! lol

[smithy64]

i didnt know wat u meant by displacement,if u sed get redtop or sumfing then i wud know. lol.

[L14MNP]

...bigger is better.

[Angus Closier]

i didnt know wat u meant by displacement,if u sed get redtop or sumfing then i wud know. lol.

You really need to learn to spell or at least try!!

I hope your not in the trade with knowledge like that!

Get a larger engine for the easy option or cams/headwork/carbs/throttle bodies/exhaust/etc are the way forward

[General Baxter]

its ok, if he works at a main dealer,

[MK999]

This is why I carry out the work on my cars myself! lol

Tell me about, just tried doing the brakes on my pugrot and whatever retard did it before me ramped up the brake disc capture bolts and copper slipped the faces of the disc/wheel! So the wheels came off lovely but I can't get the sodding discs off for **** lol

[smithy64]

i know tha, i was gna put redtop in mk4 astra, as i hv z16szr engine in it before, but was smoking its titttts off.so i got gsi lump in it,. redtop in mk4 astra i needed alot of things, i posted on diff websites, but no one replied with the bits i needed, and i needed later redtop.but everyone had older version.

[L14MNP]

Tell me about, just tried doing the brakes on my pugrot and whatever retard did it before me ramped up the brake disc capture bolts and copper slipped the faces of the disc/wheel! So the wheels came off lovely but I can't get the sodding discs off for **** lol

Nightmare mate. Drill FTW.

[smithy64]

u mean the screws holding the disks on?

[MK999]

u mean the screws holding the disks on?

No I mean the ones that hold them still so you can put the wheel nuts in, that hold the discs on... Did you get taught by the guy that did mine?

I would go nuts with a drill but I cba with it atm, stupidly did it in normal clothes since it's not usually a **** gets everywhere job, but now one of my favourite tops has got copper slip crap all over it. I'll go and drill the ******* tomorrow morning, pretend it's the face of whatever feckwit did the brakes.

[Angus Closier]

u mean the screws holding the disks on?


You really need to stop the "txt" type or people will get angry!!:thumb:

[Mike]

u mean the screws holding the disks on?

Weld a hex bolt onto them, remove that way, then refit disc's with new capture screws.

[L14MNP]

I hate copper slip for getting everywhere!

Stud conversion FTW - or buy a car that doesn't use gayhat wheel bolts then this becomes a non issue. lol

[MK999]

Weld a hex bolt onto them, remove that way, then refit disc's with new capture screws.

That was also an option, altho I was gonna use a screw bit, hex nut sounds a better idea as you can weld into the middle and not weld the ****er to the disc in the process lol

[MK999]

I hate copper slip for getting everywhere!

Stud conversion FTW - or buy a car that doesn't use gayhat wheel bolts then this becomes a non issue. lol

Nova has got a stud conversion kit sat waiting for it :) Funk that for the 12 dr diseasal though lol

[smithy64]

oh i thought you was sayin i was spelling wrong.
sorry everyone i didnt relise i was spelling in text type.

[L14MNP]

Nova has got a stud conversion kit sat waiting for it :) Funk that for the 12 dr diseasal though lol
Good lad. lol

I had to deal with them the other day on a mates 106 diesel. Line disk up with hub, line both up with wheel. Weak.

Better than a Fiat Punto! line disk with hub, both with wheel and all with wheel trim. lol

[smithy64]

copper slip is good ,only in the right places. not on wheels as you get it everywhere, all over your hands.
i hate copper slip aswel

[smithy64]

i know what you mean with the punto wheels.

[MK999]

copper slip is good ,only in the right places. not on wheels as you get it everywhere, all over your hands.
i hate copper slip aswel

Nothing to do with it greasing the mounting faces of the wheels and putting stress on the wheel bolts then? lol Snap.

[scott.parker]

Why did i just read all this, now my head hurts, and my eyes are ker-screwed from all the text type..

[smithy64]

no it shudnt ort to be anything like that. it woudnt put stress on them.

and i didnt realise that i was writing in text form.
sorry

[MK999]

no it shudnt ort to be anything like that. it woudnt put stress on them.

and i didnt realise that i was writing in text form.
sorry

Learn how wheel bolts work and why cars have a nice flat hub/mounting face then come back to me :)

[craig green]

bin doin it 3 years mate.
just finding out info thats all

3 years doing what? Tyre fitting? lol

[smithy64]

i didnt realise what you wrote, i thought you sed wheelnut bolts, not hub face.

well if theres something like copper slip inbetween the wheel and hub, it shoudnt do much i dont think anyway.

[MK999]

well if theres something like copper slip inbetween the wheel and hub, it shoudnt do much i dont think anyway.

Wrong again I'm afraid.

[smithy64]

doing everything on cars. not just tyre fitting

[smithy64]

wat is it then mr clever

[Mike]

Its gonna be another thread for the legendery thread corner i see lol lol lol lol lol

[muzzy]

Is this about copper grease or remaps? lol

[smithy64]

remaps supposed to be, !!!!!

[Mike]

grease monkeys doing remaps i think?

[muzzy]

I sometimes copper grease my ECU

[MK999]

wat is it then mr clever

Your wheel nuts apply a force between the flat mounting face of the wheel and hub, the surfaces interact, you probably haven't noticed that they're reasonably rough. Copper slipping these surfaces allows the wheels to slip against the face of the hub and puts a shear stress on the wheelbolts, Mr 'Mechanic'.

[smithy64]

ok then,u try and get alloys off when they have bin on a car for over a year. copper slip is a good thing to use. i use iton my wheels

[MK999]

ok then,u try and get alloys off when they have bin on a car for over a year. copper slip is a good thing to use. i use iton my wheels

Congratulations, don't get too enthusiastic with the buzz gun will you :thumb:

[muzzy]

I've come across plenty of cars that have had the wheels on for more than a year and they came off OK and weren't greased up.

[smithy64]

well some alloys corrode on to hub, and sumtimes a bassstard 2 get off, so i just copper slip the lip on the hub where centre of wheel is attatched to when on car

[muzzy]

Personally I just clean up the hub with a wire brush to get rid of any dirt, grease or rust. I never put copper grease on.

[smithy64]

and i do that, but i always put a little bit on, so its easier for me again if i take them off.