Chip and Cams advice?

[dom123]

Hey guys looking at getting a chip and perhaps cams as well for the vr6. what are the best and most reliable brands in your opinion?would also appreciate help on who in sydney could do this for my vr6?

Obviously giac is on my mind but ive also heard of pretty respectable options such as powerchip and chiptorque.

Steve looks like you've just been here done this whats your opinion lol?

thanks all in advance!

[Pullstarter]

MJM have some good deals on cam and chip combos, check em out;

https://www.mjmautohaus.com/catalog/

[Tim]

US chips wont work in our ECUs.
certainly lots of cheap cams available in the US though. Have a chat to Seb maybe. Chasing power in a VR6 is expensive business. Just ask Steve!

[99gti]

Another option may also be MTM. They are quite reputable and I'm sure they do stuff for the VR6 also. Give Milan from TCCA a call also whilst your doing the rounds...

[dom123]

yeah was thinking the chips wont work but the cams will wont they?

[Pullstarter]

Have spoken to MJM about this via email, they will include the proper spec chip in the package.

[dom123]

ohhhhh sounds like a sweet combo for 500usd or whatever it is...will this provide good gains?

[Pullstarter]

From what i gather i don't think you'll see a huge rise in power, just a different power curve. Maybe a bit fatter mid range and fatter top end, feel free to chime in with your experiences here Steve.

[dom123]

yeah steve chime in buddy lol...yeah my mates has a giac and tends to outrun mine in the mid ranges

[DUB 20V]

yeah steve chime in buddy lol...yeah my mates has a giac and tends to outrun mine in the mid ranges

id say the cams/chip wont do jack crap, save you money and super charge it,

by the time you buy the parts

1 chip $800 giac/or what ever
2 cams around $300-$500
3 fitting prob around $200-400
5 YOU WILL PROB ONLY SEE 15HP MAX SORRY WAIST OF COIN BUT HEY I CANT TALK LOL

[99gti]

MJM is not to be confused with MTM.

[MattyT]

While FI will ultimately give you far more power, theres something to be said for a nicely tuned NA donk <3

[The_Hawk]

id say the cams/chip wont do jack crap, save you money and super charge it

Ding ding ding, buy that man a cigar!

Unfortunately, unless you are prepared to spend the money on forced induction, there isn't a lot of (cheap) gains to be made on the VR6.

While Shrink Manifold + cams + chip will do good, consider your HP vs $$ ratio.

[dom123]

powerchip seems pretty good it said to increase the stock 128kw to 140kw SOUNDS good and they are legit

[DubSteve]

yeah steve chime in buddy lol...yeah my mates has a giac and tends to outrun mine in the mid ranges

Sorry guys wasn't online lst night

As for cams and chip well I have 264 degree cams at the moment with mild porting.

With cams they will not work as sufficient enough! With the correct mapping codes it will be work well with the car! My GIAC chip is custom program and has cams, porting and extractors programmed to it if I want to go down that way.

You will notice that with the cam and chip combo you will do nicely through mid to end.

With the GIAC chip I can take it to 7300rpm by passing the red line but its not recommended to do that all the time!

Mate I won't have my car until the Nats but if you want it will be at Sebs workshop in a few weeks getting some final touchs including the schrick put on it! Come past and have a look but in saying that TT cams are awesome stuff!

Also I may be talking up GIAC but in the VR6 world there really isn't much chipping options I looked at Oettinger, Powerchips and GIAC. I went for GIAC as they were the best option and also if I had any problems aftermarket support is imperritive!