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Old 24-06-2006, 10:40 AM   #1
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I'm looking at getting a secondhand unichip, until I can afford to get an edit later down the track. Are these good? Is it worth it? They are getting sold pretty cheaply

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Old 24-06-2006, 11:25 AM   #2
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Can someone also explain it's operation? Sorry not meaning to hijack.
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Old 24-06-2006, 11:27 AM   #3
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Go to www.aufalcon.com and have a read of the chip challenge. Will answer a lot of questions I think.
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Old 24-06-2006, 11:39 AM   #4
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save your dollars and get the edit, why do things twice, it'll only cost you more later
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Old 24-06-2006, 11:58 AM   #5
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What $'s are you looking at?
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Old 24-06-2006, 12:37 PM   #6
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I bought a unichip for 250 bucks, for 550 I could of had it installed and tuned... But I thought stuff it, sell it and save my money to get an edit.. and im kicking myself that I did that cause I still dont have an edit either.

Theres nothing wrong with the unichip.. its a cheaper alternative and works.
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Old 24-06-2006, 12:50 PM   #7
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Go and buy yourself a chip that you can tune.Unichip is good but I think the edit has more features. At the end of the day you must consider that you will spend around 1400 dollars on the cappa edit .You can get the unichip cheaper but it has less features.If I could go back in time I would probably have purchased a piggy back or full engine management system with owner computer software. 550 dollars to get a retune every time you change an air intake or muffler is criminal
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Old 24-06-2006, 12:52 PM   #8
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The unichips fine for an older car or a manual as it is just as good at adjsting the air fuel ratio and ign advance as the edit is and this is 90% of what you want.

getting it fitted and tuned is still expensive but should be less than an edit as it is much quicker than an edit if the edit is really done properly to tune your car not just a generic tune with a few tweaks
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Old 24-06-2006, 04:00 PM   #9
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MMmm.. Uni-chip good for us with basic mods still waiting for the edit to catch me : before I go the extra expense of the edit :

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I got the best deal ever, $499 capa edit + custom tune! :
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Old 24-06-2006, 05:29 PM   #11
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unichip is good for mild mods ,average cam chip exhaust etc.. but one you start getting into it porting heads big cams i'd recomend getting the chiptorque chip or the edit .the unichip can't cope with it.
if your your going to get into some serious mods down the track ,save your cash for the edit.for a mildly modded car the unichip will give you the best bang for buck.
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unichip is good for mild mods ,average cam chip exhaust etc.. but one you start getting into it porting heads big cams i'd recomend getting the chiptorque chip or the edit .the unichip can't cope with it.
if your your going to get into some serious mods down the track ,save your cash for the edit.for a mildly modded car the unichip will give you the best bang for buck.
Unichip will cope just as well with any mod as anything else but only in terms of the air fuel ratio and ign advance.

Chiptorque and edit adds lots of other variable control capability but do you need that if you have a manual or an older model with no torque control etc
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Old 25-06-2006, 02:46 PM   #13
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Exactely jonbays, pre BA Unichip does all you require imo for our 99.9% street use.
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Old 25-06-2006, 04:45 PM   #14
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jonbays, manuals have torque flags as well.
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Old 25-06-2006, 04:53 PM   #15
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Ill be selling my uni chip in 1 month asking price $300 pm if tour intrested at all
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