Chips - and not just for Turbos

[NorthernBloke]

And the excellent news is that on my travels this week with the Blitzchip I have averaged 31.10 mpg which is as good as standard []

 

[danmason]

can Richard be contacted on the phone? he has a turbo chip on ebay at the moment with very little time left. It says 1985-1987 which has me slightly confused... mine is an 87, i have a feeling there were some minor changes to the 951 in '87, so I just need to ascertain if it will be suitable/safe for my car. Also I thought no major changes were made until 1989, so why wouldn't a 1988 car be compatible with this chip?

 

[Diver944]

I think that would mean it's for a 220bhp car which were available from 85-87 (with a couple left over in 88)

the 250 cars started from 87 onwards (does he not have a contact email on his ebay ad?)

........ah just realised there is very little time left

 

[Diver944]

Dan, I just found his email on Titanic where he posted the following info:

Porsche 944 Turbo 1985-87 24pin DME/KLR
Titanic price inc p&p £40

EECTuner@aol.com

 

[danmason]

That's cool, thanks Paul. I'm a 220 boy so I might have to give it a try!

currently standing at £30 so it must be worth a shot. []

 

[danmason]

ORIGINAL: danmason

why wouldn't a 1988 car be compatible with this chip?

according to Clarks Garage:

"There were no significant changes to the 944 Turbo until the middle of the 1988 model year. One minor change involved changing the chip arrangement in the DME unit. Earlier 944 Turbos (86/87) have a DME with a 24-pin chip. Beginning with the 1988 model year, a DME with a 28-pin chip was installed. It's not exactly clear why this change was made, but it has been rumored that it was in anticipation that more control features were going to be added to later models. At any rate, the 1988 DMEs received the same map as the early cars and I've been told that the extra 4 pins on later DMEs were never used."