Friends with diesel pick up trucks have told me that I should "chip" my car. They swear by performance chips and I finally got around to getting my car chipped. So my already fairly high performance Audi diesel sedan went into the shop and had an APR brand tuning chip added to increase performance.
Original was roughly 250hp, 425ft lbs of torque with 0-60 times of 5.1 seconds and quarter mile at 13.9.
Now roughly 325hp, 500ft lbs of torque, 0-60 time of roughly 4.5 seconds. Not sure about a quarter mile time.
Fuel economy was always in the 40-42mpg range on the highway at 75mph. LONG TERM fuel economy for this car, combined City/Highway, over 32,000+ miles = 37.8mpg according to the car's computer.
Today I averaged exactly 41.0mpg over a 150 mile loop, which included a small amount of Chicago city driving and some rush-hour stop/go driving, but was 90% interstate highway driving. The rumor is that the new performance chip should slightly increase the fuel economy while still giving me the performance boost outlined above.
All I know is that the car used to accelerate with effortless smoothness and was always pretty quick, especially for a fairly large/heavy 4 door sedan. Now it feels likes the demons of hell have been unleashed under the hood when when I accelerate
LOTS MORE FUN. And accelerating onto the highway from a ramp, while never a challenge before is simply effortless now.
I don't know how they do it with these performance chips but DAMN
Oh, and it does not void the warranty, it was actually installed by my Audi dealer.
Anyone else ever had a performance chip installed in a vehicle?
Original was roughly 250hp, 425ft lbs of torque with 0-60 times of 5.1 seconds and quarter mile at 13.9.
Now roughly 325hp, 500ft lbs of torque, 0-60 time of roughly 4.5 seconds. Not sure about a quarter mile time.
Fuel economy was always in the 40-42mpg range on the highway at 75mph. LONG TERM fuel economy for this car, combined City/Highway, over 32,000+ miles = 37.8mpg according to the car's computer.
Today I averaged exactly 41.0mpg over a 150 mile loop, which included a small amount of Chicago city driving and some rush-hour stop/go driving, but was 90% interstate highway driving. The rumor is that the new performance chip should slightly increase the fuel economy while still giving me the performance boost outlined above.
All I know is that the car used to accelerate with effortless smoothness and was always pretty quick, especially for a fairly large/heavy 4 door sedan. Now it feels likes the demons of hell have been unleashed under the hood when when I accelerate
LOTS MORE FUN. And accelerating onto the highway from a ramp, while never a challenge before is simply effortless now.I don't know how they do it with these performance chips but DAMN
Oh, and it does not void the warranty, it was actually installed by my Audi dealer. Anyone else ever had a performance chip installed in a vehicle?
