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BburgBimmerMan
09-10-2008, 12:28 PM
... if you car is chipped?

Any way to do this? I bought it used and am curious. The last thing I want to do is buy the chip only to find out it has been done already...

I have looked through most of the paperwork and haven't found anything, but still have more to go through, is that my best bet?
hipe36
09-10-2008, 12:42 PM
rev it up most chips set the revs around 7000rpm stock is around 6200rpm or you can look at the dme for tampering. the 325i I bought was chipped already but it was some cheap panther performance junk the only raised the revs and lost the speed limiter. its worth looking at the chip anyway just to see what it is. I replace mine w/ a DINAN unit. revs to 7100rpm +/- 20 hp +/- 20 trq can remember exactly and no speed limiter.
strad
09-10-2008, 01:00 PM
The OP's car would have a software upgrade, not a chip, if it has anything at all. Most software programs move the rev limiter upwards, and most remove the top speed governor. Those are parameters you can test, although testing the second one is not recommended on a public road.
bjh102
09-10-2008, 01:33 PM
try and top it out weaving through traffic on the freeway if you pass 135 then its chipped.
hipe36
09-10-2008, 02:28 PM
^ grand advice

didnt notice the year. mine obd1 1992 oops!
riffman12
09-10-2008, 02:29 PM
try and top it out weaving through traffic on the freeway if you pass 135 then its chipped.

I thought it was 155?
bjh102
09-10-2008, 02:34 PM
I thought it was 155?

pretty sure ours aer governed at 135.
bjh102
09-10-2008, 02:35 PM
^ grand advice

lighten up its only a joke. :confused
strad
09-10-2008, 02:35 PM
I thought it was 155?

No. That's the 750iL.
drtweak1992325i
09-10-2008, 03:00 PM
mine is at 126...

Want a chip though...me and my friends have top speed records...

I was the top...then my friend bought a tiberon and went 135...
BburgBimmerMan
09-10-2008, 03:09 PM
sounds good. I will check the rev limiter, and I believe I don't have anything on it at the moment going off of memory the last time I ran it through it's paces a little bit, but I was pretty busy enjoying the beautiful noise it makes and negotiating the turns :)

Thanks for the tips guys.

Any big recommendations for a 97 328 as far as chips go?
bjh102
09-10-2008, 03:17 PM
the only thing you can get for an OBDII car is a shark injector or a custom tune.
hipe36
09-10-2008, 03:53 PM
lighten up its only a joke. :confused
:( k ill go back to my box now.

OP i know nothing of the obdII but i have read alot on the forums and the shark is perfered on a mostly stock 3
bjh102
09-10-2008, 04:25 PM
:( k ill go back to my box now.

OP i know nothing of the obdII but i have read alot on the forums and the shark is perfered on a mostly stock 3


true but you can also buy a shark that is tuned to certain mods. say you have exhaust CAI and cams you can buy a shark that tunes to that aswell.