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lovevncomms
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trizo
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 Posted - 15 Dec 2008 : 11:25:10 AM
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I can only recommend that you dont buy chips of ebay!! Alot of the guys on here
have gone with greenfoam chips, as far as I know you can contact him through just commodores.
Or I'm fairly sure that a few of the guys on here are in contact with him! Send a pm to NODG he has a bit to do with green foam I think! |
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nodg
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Posted - 15 Dec 2008 : 1:23:17 PM
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Yep, lookup 'nicefrog' on ebay or send dme a pm and ill either order one for you or give you instructions on how to get one.
Ive heard stories of people selling stock chips as sports tunes and even tunes that make less power than before with the stock tune, greenfoam knows what hes doing on vn-vs's and for the 50 bucks you cant go wrong, its basically a chiptorque/powerchip spec chip that is modified somewhat to your own specs, hes found out that his tunes are quite similar to the big name off the shelf chips as he has gotten the info off a few customers chips which had the chiptorue and powerchip tune on them. |
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lovevncomms
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Posted - 15 Dec 2008 : 1:36:00 PM
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i thought that might have been the case thats why i asked here before being stupid and getting one and going wtf thanksa for ya help nodq and triz oh i forgot to ask what price i am looking at for a decent 1 ???? |
Edited by - lovevncomms on 15 Dec 2008 1:53:17 PM |
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jas89
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lovevncomms
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Posted - 15 Dec 2008 : 2:06:54 PM
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| sweet jas89 thanks for that. much involved in fitting them |
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nodg
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Posted - 15 Dec 2008 : 2:30:38 PM
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| nope under the passenger side kick panel theres the ecu behind a metal shield (vp's only) it will be held in by rivets from the factory and will need to be drilled out (unless someones already done it) the ecu opens with 2 small sized bolts on either side of the ecu, slide the panel off, then its just 2 clips holding the chip down, make sure the memcal goes back in the right way around! |
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leebo
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Posted - 15 Dec 2008 : 2:44:10 PM
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Hey i got that chip in the mail just today from MVTITURBO. It's not a chip it's a resistor and i don't have a clue how to fit it i just want to see how it goes.
The instruction says you have to locate certain plug around the air intake pipe the (IAT) i don't know what this is does anybody. |
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leebo
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Posted - 15 Dec 2008 : 3:39:10 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by leebo
Hey i got that chip in the mail just today from MVTITURBO. It's not a chip it's a resistor and i don't have a clue how to fit it i just want to see how it goes.
The instruction says you have to locate certain plug around the air intake pipe the (IAT) i don't know what this is does anybody.
Some thing i forgot to add to this is that will this run the engine lean and cause damage i don't want something to blow up or catch fire in doing this if this will give me any extra power with no catches I'll do it but if spending $20 is going to cause me a $1000 rebuilt i throw it away.
let me know your opinion or experience before i install. |
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nodg
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Posted - 15 Dec 2008 : 3:53:43 PM
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no it will make it run rich, i said it was a resisitor and not a chip 2 weeks ago.
I would not bother with it at all its a cheap piece of crap, get a chip from the ebay link above which properly adjusts yur engine timing and fuel flow accordingly to the type of car you have, |
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leebo
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Posted - 15 Dec 2008 : 5:59:39 PM
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OK I'll get rid of it but with the actual chip not resistor like you said from nicefrog, is there any downsides to having it can it in any way damage the engine.
I'm happy to spend $58 for the one you recommended but was just wondering where the power is coming from and is this putting strain on other components.
I just Don't want to spend cheap money which causes big damage money in the long run. |
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nodg
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Posted - 16 Dec 2008 : 2:13:18 PM
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| no it will only cause more power and less fuel economy when your not booting it :) The v6 ran rich from the factory with a bit of spark advance and less fuel the v6 becomes very revvy and accelerates better |
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lovevncomms
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leebo
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Posted - 16 Dec 2008 : 3:42:35 PM
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okay i trust your judgment i will have a look at nicefrogs chips
fuel doesn't worry me extra power the better |
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montyt
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Posted - 21 Dec 2008 : 11:56:33 AM
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Hi New member,
recently purchased a VN 5ltr manual with stage 2 crowcam, modifyed ecu and extractors, big exaust.
the problem is that the car will stall every now and agin.
i have had it recently convereted to lpg...
now car will stall at idle.
there is a fair bit of work to do on the car.
extractors need replacing (leaky) and exhauset leaks as well.
I have purchased through ebay a ALAD and software (still awaiting for delivery)
Is there a easy way to tell what modifyed chip is already in a car. |
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nodg
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Posted - 21 Dec 2008 : 1:09:30 PM
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If you have a crow cam you should have a crow cams memcal or a dyno tune i wouldnt think the chip would be stock although i have sold a few tunes where the standard memcal has been used with a larger cam. go on ebay and ask 'nicefrog' to do a tune for you, tell him all the mods you have done including your car model, year etc.
Id start off by cleaning out the throttle body and iac (small hole inside t/b) with some carby cleaner along with a full service you can find a howto here- http://holden5lite.com/H0w-To.ph |
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Nodg. |
Edited by - trizo on 22 Dec 2008 11:00:49 AM |
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leebo
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Posted - 21 Dec 2008 : 4:10:36 PM
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| hey i know having your car on gas will save you lots of money on fuel but you have to remember that having it on gas will have it's problems as it is a high performance engine with crow cam s and stuff as such. |
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montyt
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Posted - 21 Dec 2008 : 7:12:34 PM
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| i reliese that i should have gone for a injected LPG but was diswaded by the installers whe said that the converter was good for 250KW (at the wheel) |
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leebo
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Posted - 21 Dec 2008 : 9:17:33 PM
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man that's a fuk load of power at the wheels weren't the V8 only producing 165kw new.
i take it back gas or not that's fast. what to you mean buy not injected i thought the VN 5LTR was the first V8 to have EFI from Holden or is your 88 model or is that no different? |
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lovevncomms
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Posted - 21 Dec 2008 : 11:05:12 PM
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| arn't the 5 ltr v8's classed as 304's and i thought they were efi??? and yeah leebo have to agree thats a sh!t load of power and is it true ya lose about 10% power on gas or is that a myth ????? |
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leebo
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Posted - 22 Dec 2008 : 4:50:28 PM
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yeah that's true on gas it uses 15% more liquid volume of fuel than petrol and does have a lower combustion pressure and temp which doesn't give the power like petrol but with all that power you have you don't have to worry. and I'm pretty sure your cars got EFI.
you shouldn't have much trouble on gas the fords run better on it but who want's a ford when you can have a VN |
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nodg
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Posted - 22 Dec 2008 : 6:15:07 PM
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if you want to go to my link i posted above take out the zero (0) and replace it with an o.
<moderator> sorry nodg made a dik up! |
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Nodg. |
Edited by - trizo on 23 Dec 2008 06:07:34 AM |
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lovevncomms
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Posted - 22 Dec 2008 : 7:42:21 PM
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| so true leebo ya know the meaning of ford mate found on a rubbish dump have to agree love the commodore always have and always will and thanks for the info about the efi and fuel too people all helps when ya need to know |
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leebo
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Posted - 22 Dec 2008 : 8:20:42 PM
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| that's okay |
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lovevncomms
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Posted - 11 Jan 2009 : 4:19:34 PM
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| hey jas does greenfoam still have them converted memcals mate?????? |
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jas89
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montyt
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Posted - 12 Jan 2009 : 8:37:15 PM
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how much do you reckon i should pay for a ecm for a commadore ?
i wish to get one modded buy nice frog for my vn v8. |
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trizo
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Posted - 12 Jan 2009 : 11:52:20 PM
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do you want a new factory holden 1 or a after market ecm or even a second hand 1?
Price will vary m8! |
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montyt
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Posted - 19 Jan 2009 : 9:19:23 PM
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i have already purchased on of ebay (second hand) for $30
it is a vn v6.. im going to get it reporged... for my cammed v8...
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