are there any preformance chips for the 2001 tiburons yet? i went to superchips.com but there is none there. man am i haveing a hard time finding parts for the 2001

 

Peformance chips are sort of a crapshoot to begin with on N/A cars.

They chip company has to guess as to what mods you have, and how much they alter the stock setup, then guess on appropriate fuel and timing changes.

There is a company in AU that does chips, and RED has a used chip from them for sale, rather cheap considering what he paid for it!

 

I had the superchips ICON on my UK 98 Tib. I got 11bhp and it really made the car feel great - its for sale.

 

Zorro...I am interested in the chip...what kind of gains did you get from it, and why are you selling it?

Mateus

 

Mateus, I have the Alpine Supercharger which comes with the Unichip B, so the ICON is surplus to requirement.

It cost me £265 (GBP), so make me an offer

 

Are there any required modifications for the application of the chip? Or is it for a stock Tiburon? I may do this...

Mateus
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I had my super chip put on after changing the induction system (my only mod then), so I see no reason for it to not work on a stock Tiburon. The ICON wires into the coil/leads, its best to get it done by a superchip dealer. The dealer can also tweek the ignition map stored on it, to meet your needs, but I don't think you could get it any better than the one that is on there.

 

Not to break a sale, but there is one rather large component you're missing.

Zoe = in the UK, where they use MAP sensors.
Mateus = in the US, where they use MAF sensors.

The computers are different between the two, you cannot plug a MAF sensor into a MAP-ecu and expect it to work. MAP-basd fuel tables are considerably different than MAF-based.

Food for thought,
-Red-

 

the ICON chip is a "piggy back" that splices into the stock wiring similar to a SAFC. The ICON chip should fit/work on a Yugo!

Now as to will the programming on the chip do any actual good? That's another story.

Zorro claims 11 HP out of her chip...One could assume that the same chip should show similar gains on a USA spec Tiburon.

[ December 14, 2001: Message edited by: Random ]

 

Yes, but like all piggyback chips, they work by intercepting sensor inputs and adding / taking away from them.

Just like an S-AFC or even your UNICHIP, they must be set to use your type of airflow sensor. An AFC has about a dozen different MAF types you can use, and has about the same number of MAP types. A UNICHIP probably just has a table...

Think about this:

A MAP sensor reads vacuum. When your foot is on the floor, the intake manifold is at ZERO vacuum -- no matter what RPM you're at. It doesn't matter if you've installed cams, throttle bodies, whatever. Foot on floor = zero vacuum.

A MAF sensor reads airflow. It will read airflow differently depending on how much throttle you're giving it, what RPM's you're at and if you've done any mods. The output of a MAF sensor (not just the voltage, but the whole method of output) is radically different.

Piggyback or not, it wasn't tuned to read MAF signals. And unless you've got someone stashed away in the US that can completely retune it (because it will require an ENTIRE overall to the fuel maps in order to function properly on a MAF car) then you're SOL.

I don't type this stuff for my own good smile.gif

-Red-