Getting an EAT chip Saturday, but....

[BFEINZIMER]

I filld up my tank today, 89 midgrade, so ebcasue I have to run 91 premium, is my only choice to run my tank dry by then?

[632 Regal]

youll be fine as long as you dont hammer it. Listen for knock and reduce peddle as necessary. Under load is when you can damage the engine

[BFEINZIMER]

Aww dang I was just waiting to get it to tear it up but I will abide by my best ability, but it should be an outurnity to hear what actual knocking/pinging is becasue I cannot really image what it actually sounds like...but until my next fill up, what kind of damage can it do?

oh and btw, the infamous jeff replied, sweet haha

[gmannino]

Add octane booster from any parts store, should bump your octane to required level.

[BFEINZIMER]

alrite, thanks, and could you reccomend a certain one:

http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductList.aspx?categorycode=3235&searchfor=Octane+Boost

(zip 90638)

[632 Regal]

booster that are supposed to increase octane work like buying interest points on a loan, 1 point = .01 not 1.0

better to wait to refill.

[MarkD]

I filld up my tank today, 89 midgrade, so ebcasue I have to run 91 premium, is my only choice to run my tank dry by then?


Where are you getting your chip from? I didn't get any orders from California recently.

MarkD

[KenB]

EAT chips require 91 octane, you could use what you can of the 89, then top it off with 93 ...non scientific calculation is:

1/2 tank 89 + 1/2 tank 93=91

It may take some time for the computer to adapt to the EAT chip so I wouldn't hammer it too hard at first.:D

I just replaced my battery which caused a reset, it may be purely psycho but it seemed like it was a little sluggish for the first 50 miles or so.

[Macv]

Probably fake off ebay, sure hope not.

While we're on the subject, Mark, your table of applicants is a little confusing (maybe to just me) which chip would I buy for the '94 540iA?

[txp135]

Where are you getting your chip from? I didn't get any orders from California recently.

MarkD

It's hard to contact you Mark. A couple of ppl and I tried to contact you through email, pm, and posts... I haven't purchased one yet, pm me... thanks

[winfred]

sorta sounds like someone dropped a metal can of washers down a flight of stairs, or a cracklly sounding diesel, generally happens under a load with lots of throttle


I cannot really image what it actually sounds like...but until my next fill up

[632 Regal]

match your DME numbers to the correct chip?


Probably fake off ebay, sure hope not.

While we're on the subject, Mark, your table of applicants is a little confusing (maybe to just me) which chip would I buy for the '94 540iA?

[BFEINZIMER]

yea the #'s match, thanks for your words everyone, including jeff anf mark, i am meeting witht he guy in durate saturday, hes on your page on the lit of distribuitors or sumthin, although i dont knwo if i should go for a higher rev chip or stock, and we dont offer 93 octance so the highest i can go is 91...so do i reallly ned to burn a whole tank of gas in 2 days...**** lol

[MarkD]

It's hard to contact you Mark. A couple of ppl and I tried to contact you through email, pm, and posts... I haven't purchased one yet, pm me... thanks


It shouldn't be too hard if you use email. I've been working at a client's location every day so I'm not at my home office Monday to Thursday, and my cell phone will not work in their office as the signal is too low. I'll usually respond within 2 or 3 days.

Posts are not a good way to contact me as I may not see them.


I rarely receive PM's from anyone here but when I do, they always get answered.

MarkD

[MarkD]

yea the #'s match, thanks for your words everyone, including jeff anf mark, i am meeting witht he guy in durate saturday, hes on your page on the lit of distribuitors or sumthin, although i dont knwo if i should go for a higher rev chip or stock, and we dont offer 93 octance so the highest i can go is 91...so do i reallly ned to burn a whole tank of gas in 2 days...**** lol

Ok you must be meeting with Jeff Ireland (Ireland Engineering) who is in Duarte.
He may have a few chips in stock if you have an M20 as normally he keeps a few of those.

MarkD

[billb]

spell check, anyone? It's that little ABC with a check mark under it in the upper right corner of the posting window.

i meen rilly, thiss es redickules! :D

[632 Regal]

only works with the microlimp browser, dont have that option with firefox.

spell check, anyone? It's that little ABC with a check mark under it in the upper right corner of the posting window.

i meen rilly, thiss es redickules! :D

[VentoGT]

yea the #'s match, thanks for your words everyone, including jeff anf mark, i am meeting witht he guy in durate saturday, hes on your page on the lit of distribuitors or sumthin, although i dont knwo if i should go for a higher rev chip or stock, and we dont offer 93 octance so the highest i can go is 91...so do i reallly ned to burn a whole tank of gas in 2 days...**** lol

I wouldn't recommend upping the rev limiter...easy way to make the engine go boom. I know that your M20 isn't as high strung by any means as the S38, but people who have chipped the S38 with a higher rev limiter routinely grenade the motors.

[MarkD]

I wouldn't recommend upping the rev limiter...easy way to make the engine go boom. I know that your M20 isn't as high strung by any means as the S38, but people who have chipped the S38 with a higher rev limiter routinely grenade the motors.


But he's not running an S38 so how does this apply to an M20?

The S38b36 will suffer from torsional vibration and possible crank hub failure at > 7250 rpm. The M20 is safe till 7100. A 6900 rev limit is fine. If it wasn't, I'd be hearing about it.

MarkD

[BFEINZIMER]

hahah well your both wrong, the 535i has the M30B35 haha so rev limited should still be stock?

[MarkD]

hahah well your both wrong, the 535i has the M30B35 haha so rev limited should still be stock?


I read VentoGT's post and thought you have an M20.

The m30b35 is fine to 6800 rpm.

MarkD

[winfred]

the m20 is fairly tough, i missed a shift once and damn near pegged the tach, probably better then 7500 before i caught it

[QUOTE=VentoGT]I wouldn't recommend upping the rev limiter...easy way to make the engine go boom. I know that your M20 isn't as high strung by any means QUOTE]

[BFEINZIMER]

really 6800 fior sure without f'insumthin up? ... hmm well i just reserved the stock rev chip so iono but yea so should i jsut not drive hard, or get an octane booster

[ILoveMPower]

I would keep stock limit with M30, you dont gain power at higher rpms.

[The Bigfella]

The S38b36 will suffer from torsional vibration and possible crank hub failure at > 7250 rpm. The M20 is safe till 7100. A 6900 rev limit is fine. If it wasn't, I'd be hearing about it.

I ordered the stock limit for my M5 (S38B36) - but it cuts fuel at 7,500rpm (I've hit it a couple of times and am a bit wary of it now) - except when the engine is cold. It cuts fuel at 1950 rpm until the oil is up to 60 degrees C. It makes it rather hard to drive until it warms up. I emailed Mark over three weeks ago but never did get a reply.

Its hard to know what I've got here.

[MarkD]

I ordered the stock limit for my M5 (S38B36) - but it cuts fuel at 7,500rpm (I've hit it a couple of times and am a bit wary of it now) - except when the engine is cold. It cuts fuel at 1950 rpm until the oil is up to 60 degrees C. It makes it rather hard to drive until it warms up. I emailed Mark over three weeks ago but never did get a reply.

Its hard to know what I've got here.

Please send me another email and I'll respond quickly. About 3 weeks back, my ISP moved their email servers to hotmail. This caused a problem as the spam filters they use catch all email unless the sender has been pre-approved. If the mail sits in that spam folder for 5 days, it gets deleted. That may be what happened.

Mark

[BFEINZIMER]

OK, so I went out there and got it installed, tho I only have 89 so I havent really tried the car out yet and ive driven in about 25 miles with the new chip, tho Jeff Ireland did not have the stock rev, he got me the 6500 rev...so we'll see how all that goes...should i be noticing anythin or....iono lol

[Michael999]

syphon out your petrol into a friends car and leave just 10L or so, then fill her up with 91 or 93.
Syphoning petrol isnt very hard, just dont get it in your mouth!

[The Bigfella]

just dont get it in your mouth!

What's that you say?

[BFEINZIMER]

naw i dont wanna siphon anythin, plus risk fuel contamination

[Michael999]

well. lots of driving to be done until you find out what yours car is made of now :)
or use an octane booster

[trumpetr]

Please send me another email and I'll respond quickly. About 3 weeks back, my ISP moved their email servers to hotmail. This caused a problem as the spam filters they use catch all email unless the sender has been pre-approved. If the mail sits in that spam folder for 5 days, it gets deleted. That may be what happened.

Mark

Speaking of,,,,any news on my DME that you have, Mark?
Thanks--
Art.

[BFEINZIMER]

Alrite so everything is running great, I havent gotten rid of that tank of 89 yet, I got 1/4th left so just a little bit, so then when I get the 91 I can really try the chip out...tho I've been noticing my MPG neddle likes to "dance" around, not a accurate as before witht he stock chip it seems, any ideas?

[BFEINZIMER]

BUMP'erstiennnn

[Airborne001]

You said in one post that you can't get 93 octane? Does Sunoco still have stations in CA?

[MarkD]

You said in one post that you can't get 93 octane? Does Sunoco still have stations in CA?

I don't think any octane above the "special 91" blend that is closer to 90 has been available in California for at least 3 years.

[BFEINZIMER]

I don't think any octane above the "special 91" blend that is closer to 90 has been available in California for at least 3 years.

Mark, do you have an anser for my question of why I believe my MPG and MAYBE my tachometer may be acting erratic after your chip install, otherwise I'm happy!

[nixter]

Haha Winfred! I'm suprised you get away with that avatar! I'm pretty sure those aren't real sesame seed buns!

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[MarkD]

Mark, do you have an anser for my question of why I believe my MPG and MAYBE my tachometer may be acting erratic after your chip install, otherwise I'm happy!


The chip can not cause that erratic behaviour. Try your old chip and you will see. Most likely, there are some bad connections in the dash circuit boards. I had to repair some bad joints in my 733's dashboard circuit boards that cause similar problems.

[BFEINZIMER]

Hmm, maybe its just my mind playin tricks on me, would you like to make a picture tutorial on how to do that cleaning?

[MarkD]

It's hard to contact you Mark. A couple of ppl and I tried to contact you through email, pm, and posts... I haven't purchased one yet, pm me... thanks


Posts are not the way to contact anyone if you really hope for a response.

I don't have any new PM's here so I'm not sure where you sent that PM!

I answer at least 10 emails a day. I'm also away from my home office from 9:00 am to 7:30 pm so I can't answer emails or telephone calls during that time at least for the next few weeks. There may be a few emails that don't get answered right away. Please send another email or PM your email address and I'll search for your email.



Mark