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Originally posted by --Rikki--
i thought that the std vaux ecu couldnt be re-mapped?

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i thought that the std vaux ecu couldnt be re-mapped?

£600 on cams for a gain of maybe 4-5 bhp:boggle:

complete waste of money. sort out the restrictive inlet first, then think about re-mapping.

i got 150+ bhp from my x16xe with a mantzel, ive now got throttle bodies and 160+ bhp. both were with standard cams.

all cams will do on a standard engine is push the power up the rev range and possibly lose low down torque. and make it run lumpy.

i know someone that had an c16xe with piper 164 cams 4 branch manifold and a unichip. only made 118 bhp. same engine with a mantzel (without the cams) and a re-map made 139 bhp.

superchip do, or did, have kinda the same thing as unichip...

called ICON Race i think..

BUT its still shite

oh yeah and when you get the cambelt done, make sure water pump, tensioners and rollers are replaced too. SBD (www.sbdev.co.uk) can supply metal tensioners, since the plastic ones have a habit of breaking easier than they should.

:boggle: if the cambelt needs changing, do it sooner rather than later, because if it lets go, you will be forking out for bent valves. get that sorted first, then look at a performance inlet manifold as an option. probably the best bang for your buck on a 16XE engine.

cheers lads i think that will be a good bit of advise do you think that just getting a cam kit would be alot more of an easier way of sorting things seeing as my cambelt needs changing really soon

i always got told told that if it breaks or worn out replace it with something modified ;)

dont bother with cams unless you go for 'real' aftermarket management i.e omex or dta etc...

you cant dial the cams in without vernier pulleys and without a new ecu you cant fit the veriers.

spend the cash on a new inlet such as mantzel or lexmaul.

You could technically re-map a super chip, but what your after is mappable management like a unichip as ian said.

No the Superchip is designed for the standard car and won't take account of mods.

Have a search for 'unichip'.

ok then i was meant to say remapped and cus of the cams it would probably need to be put on the rollers right

Superchip can't be tuned.

which is the better cams to go for kent or piper they all about £600 tho
and easy to fit its just the superchip that puzzling me are they hard to fit coz i know that it will have to go on the the roller to be tuned up

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