She may be the oldest of the Coupe brethren, but perhaps she is most deserving of a little pep in her step

All I need is a candidate, so anyone who would like to volunteer please let me know. I am based in Bristol, a lovely place to visit I might add, and for your efforts your Coupe will be granted some TLC albeit laced with steroids

Pm sent

Am mega-interested in steroids for my baby so will be following developments.

Me three.

Would the chip work in a tipo 2L 16v??

Lashes', probably. But he tells me the 3-door is a different ecu.

me four

me five

would it simply be plug in and go or would we need rolling road time

if its the same type of thing as the 20v chip, just a straight swap.

(carefully)

the 20v chip is a master stroke for flea, changes the whole attitude of the performance.

think i was one of the first few to buy one, and was £40ish money well spent.

itching to get a 16v one...

I'd definitely be interested in one when its done.

Unfortunately I'm no help on the car front.

I reckon my son would be well up for a 16v chip - will it be ready before Christmas?

If he fancies popping down for a day then yes

does this kind of thing work well?? is there a high chance of problems

yes.




no.

Well you could bend the ECU pins putting it in.

any news on this flea?

Just for the hell of it... I found this while clearing up some junk yesterday. I can't remember the date we did this, but I probably had around a hundred K on the engine at the time...

Still waiting for a volunteer car, hopefully one will be available towards the end of the month.

Quite a flat torque curve there Neil, should be some good gains available across the board.

I'm up to volunteer, Leighton. Not the w/e of the 16th, but if the snow shifts afterward?

Shows the step at 4k that everyone notices when driving it... I have a guess it's running a tad rich below that.

When the guy did the test, he looked at it and said 'nice and flat, stick a supercharger on it!'

really looking forward to this chip Guys

i would volenteer but its in bits in hte garage during winter

139 is still pretty impressive neil.

especially on a 100k engine.

if i lived a bit closer i would volounteer our 16v flea, but alas we are a bloody long way from you!

The deed has been done...

Full report here

The deed has been driven. There is still a small detail to resolve but first impressions? Smoother, a lot more responsive, and I keep looking for another gear. And places to go vooommmmm.

I reckon this would work well with the turbo final drive...

why not do it then Neil!

slap a 16vt box on it!!

I think the Tipo deserves a quick check over.

i will have my tools out saturday!

i also have a spare Tipo ECU too!

Neil suggested taking a look at your Tipo Given that they run more power as standard, I think it would prove to be quite sprightly after a remap.

Flea, do you want this Tipo ECU to play with?
its no use to me at all and gathering dust!

chip came today, fitted and very impressed with the results.

well worth the money