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funbeatsfast · 02-07-2013, 01:58 AM

Of course there's a risk. There is a risk associated with any tuning - electrical or mechanical. Driving a stock vehicle hard can break things. We should all move forward under that assumption.

I asked the question almost a month ago, their answer was kinda sketchy. But, UniChip is a successful company and I wanted to believe. So I put some thought and research in before I fired back.
Quote from http://www.northamericanmotoring.com...v-limiter.html

"Well, I decided to contact them, namely their GM Jack Friedman. I have several emails from him over the past couple of years, and he has always been very prompt with his responses, and thoughtful in his replies. Today was no different as I heard back from him within a couple of hours. And this is what he had to say:

Tony,

Thanks for the inquiry. Raising the rev limiter requires an additional board to change the ECU’s clock speed and can be done, although we never explored that option on the MINI because it involves a “detectable” modification to the vehicle which is not our PnP objective. It’s a similar footprint to reflashing the ECU which can be detected even after the ECU has been flashed back to stock. It also won’t provide as much of a performance gain as most guys think (the difference between torque and bhp or force and work) unless it’s extended by a significant amount and the head/cam are modified to allow the engine to breath quicker at the higher rpms.

None the less, if it’s something the community really wants, we can take a look at it in our PnP kits. Assuming (since we haven’t looked at it in any depth to date) the circuitry is accessible on the ECU board (could be buried a couple of layers down in a multiple layer board) the option may already exist for people with the kits on their cars by going to a Unichip Custom Tuner who can do the custom installation/tune for them

Cheers,

Jack"

I can post more examples if necessary.
So, the UniChip "Plug and Play" can't. On any vehicle. You can pay more money for extra parts that can - maybe. If they figure it out. Parts which they failed to mention when answering the question.

02-07-2013, 01:58 AM	#316
funbeatsfast Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: '13 FR-S Location: Ohio Posts: 115 Thanks: 13 Thanked 21 Times in 15 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Of course there's a risk. There is a risk associated with any tuning - electrical or mechanical. Driving a stock vehicle hard can break things. We should all move forward under that assumption. I asked the question almost a month ago, their answer was kinda sketchy. But, UniChip is a successful company and I wanted to believe. So I put some thought and research in before I fired back. Quote from http://www.northamericanmotoring.com...v-limiter.html "Well, I decided to contact them, namely their GM Jack Friedman. I have several emails from him over the past couple of years, and he has always been very prompt with his responses, and thoughtful in his replies. Today was no different as I heard back from him within a couple of hours. And this is what he had to say: Tony, Thanks for the inquiry. Raising the rev limiter requires an additional board to change the ECU’s clock speed and can be done, although we never explored that option on the MINI because it involves a “detectable” modification to the vehicle which is not our PnP objective. It’s a similar footprint to reflashing the ECU which can be detected even after the ECU has been flashed back to stock. It also won’t provide as much of a performance gain as most guys think (the difference between torque and bhp or force and work) unless it’s extended by a significant amount and the head/cam are modified to allow the engine to breath quicker at the higher rpms. None the less, if it’s something the community really wants, we can take a look at it in our PnP kits. Assuming (since we haven’t looked at it in any depth to date) the circuitry is accessible on the ECU board (could be buried a couple of layers down in a multiple layer board) the option may already exist for people with the kits on their cars by going to a Unichip Custom Tuner who can do the custom installation/tune for them Cheers, Jack" I can post more examples if necessary. So, the UniChip "Plug and Play" can't. On any vehicle. You can pay more money for extra parts that can - maybe. If they figure it out. Parts which they failed to mention when answering the question. Last edited by funbeatsfast; 02-07-2013 at 02:26 AM.