New upgrade needed for Kitten?!!

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  • Keeper of The Kitten
    S2Forum Fiend
    • Dec 2003
    • 2317
    • Country: England

    #1

    New upgrade needed for Kitten?!!

    Hi folks,

    It looks like The Teutonic Kitten's stone age ECU chip job has gone kaput!

    I see this as an opportunity to get the whole setup brought kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. The thing is, what exactly will I need?

    The old setup probably amounts to a chip job to force the ECU to ignore fault codes, the pressure reading is normally disconnected. Unfortunately, Kitty now runs like a sick pig, but the MAF and lambda check out ok, and currently the only thing the garage can suggest is failure of the chip.

    I need to check and confirm whether my turbo is definitely hybrid as advertised, or not. Bear with me while I get that sorted. As I said, simple mod job, probably stiffer WG spring and the chip! I also have bigger than stock I/C (RS2) and de-cat exhaust, but internals are stock AFAIK.

    Who's going to be able to do the best job for me on the electronics front?

    Any help will be appreciated - I want to get back to full "Kitten Power" soon!

    Cheers for now!

    __MDC__
    Martin Cutting

    aka Keeper of "The Teutonic Kitten"

    It's not better than sex, but it runs it a close second.
  • Doug_RS2
    S2Forum Possessed
    • Jul 2003
    • 3847
    • Home: Scotland Current: England

    #2
    Speak to Mihnea
    S2,RS2,S4 WB,RS4,S4 B8,RS6 C5,RS6 C6,R8

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    • Keeper of The Kitten
      S2Forum Fiend
      • Dec 2003
      • 2317
      • Country: England

      #3
      Sound advice I guess!

      Oops, nearly forgot - Kitty is "only" a 3B...

      __MDC__
      Martin Cutting

      aka Keeper of "The Teutonic Kitten"

      It's not better than sex, but it runs it a close second.

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      • S2central.net
        Retired OG Mod
        • Jul 2003
        • 16590
        • Country: Northern Ireland

        #4
        Mihnea sends generic 3B upgrades in the UK my way if you are interested. I resell his 3B chips and brew my own ABY chips.

        If the car does have larger than stock turbo, then it will require Mihnea's touch to map it correctly.

        All the chips retain factory diagnostics and failsafe mechanisms for overboost protection etc etc
        Paul Nugent
        Webmaster http://S2central.net
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        1994 S2 Coupe ABY - aka Project Lazarus
        2001 A6 allroad 2.5TDi - family tank
        2003 S4 Avant 4.2 V8 - daily burble

        Purveyor of HomeFries and Exclusive agent for Samco hose kits (S2/RS2)

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        • Keeper of The Kitten
          S2Forum Fiend
          • Dec 2003
          • 2317
          • Country: England

          #5
          Thanks Paul, I'll tell more when I have worked it all out! I am running ok since retrieving Kitty, but I haven't had a chance to find out how different the performance is since the return to running with connected map. We need to find a quiet stretch of road during the weekend! I think the upgrade has been on it's last legs for a while and any new tuning will breathe new life into this particular S2 (and put a smile on my face!)

          Thanks again -

          __MDC__
          Martin Cutting

          aka Keeper of "The Teutonic Kitten"

          It's not better than sex, but it runs it a close second.

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