Coutenay group n chip

[kyl3_l]

Have the chance to get an ecu (fp code) for my early astra gte with a courtenay group n chip fitted. Has anyone had any experiences with these chips and are they worth bothering with? Read a little about them seem to be a mixed view on them

[tommy8252]

I am running one on my nova gte engine currently and for me its ok for mid range power but to be honest I'm not overly keen on it.

[Benn]

If it the one i tried, they arn't great for "around town" driving..
Ecu light stays on if you dont start the engine on the first turn too.

[bazil]

Just mind FP is for early 20XE,

loledit re read after posting and see you have an early astra anyway,

[Steve0011]

the clue is in the name 'Group N' its a rally chip! Why would it be any good for a normal road car? ;) its prob quite good for what it was designed for :)

[Benn]

lol why would they sell it for road cars then? Rally cars are normally better turned and set up than just a chip..

[mk1nova_rich]

But Group N is literally a standard engine with very limited modifications, rather than an all out fire breathing WRC spec setup...so I can't see it causing many problems with road use

[Steve0011]

lol why would they sell it for road cars then? Rally cars are normally better turned and set up than just a chip..

because they can lol my mate has one (not fitted yet) for his rally car, i expect when we start it up it will tickover like a bag of ****e ;) will have reasonable touque mid range and not give much top end. it will be teamed up with a couple of piper cams, F20 and diff. so it should be ok :d

i dont think it would give any problems (road use) but i expect people buy these expecting an extra 20mph to the top speed. rally engines (the way i see it anyway) is all about putting the power down when need most, when trying to get traction out of a tight hairpin or technical gravel section. that why the 2ltr boys shame scoobys from time to time, the scooby was never designed as a drag racer more the opposite :)

[The Simps]

I know Benn didnt like it but I ran one fine on my old XE. The engine had a ported & flowed head, courtenay hi-torque cams and when fitting the chip it increased torque by 5lbft across 90% of the rev range.

I'll see if I can find my old graph....


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/TheSimps/Nova/RR-04-02-20052.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/TheSimps/Nova/RR-04-02-20051.jpg

[kyl3_l]

I will also have a standard ecu, could get it and try it I suppose and see I I like it. Would it cause any problems if I change between the 2 depending in what sort of drive im going on? lol

[RossRog]

i.ve got one on my van apparantly, i have never had a problem. its a 20xe

[GRUNT 16V]

Code FP this was a Astra GTE 16v! early ecu 20xe no lambda sensor