The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

by **nairnman** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:48 pm

i was speaking to someone who knew my car and the previous owner and went on to tell me the cars been chipped but i said it cant have as its not possible unless its got a piggy back ecu, so to solve this am i right or wrong and also were do i look for this chip?

by **Kace** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:08 pm

I would be surprised if it's 'chipped' - it's pretty commonly known that there are no easy or discernable bhp increases to be had by chipping a standard FTO engine.

No idea how it's done though.

by **nairnman** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:15 pm

thats why i didnt want to argue with him but i think manufactorers set the ecu for better fuel economy so there may be a of fettling to be had from the ecu

by CJ » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:04 pm

The ECU is located on the LHS of the passenger footwell, remove the plastic cover to check if its been 'piggybacked' or otherwise.

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:13 pm

No point in "chipping" the FTO unless its had considerable mods already.
Kinda reminds me of a guy I approached in a GR Tip FTO a few years back and when he claimed to have 300bhp - I asked how he had managed it without any descernible mods and he replied that "he had it chipped"!
Tried my best to keep a straight face and I didn't even bother pulling him on it - it was just too ridiculous. :lol:

by **nairnman** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:17 pm

well i had a look and it isnt chipped got wires all over the place because rev limiter is tapped in to ecu but cheers everyone

by **Dragonheart** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:18 pm

Myfeckin FTO wrote:Kinda reminds me of a guy I approached in a GR Tip FTO a few years back and when he claimed to have 300bhp - I asked how he had managed it without any descernible mods and he replied that "he had it chipped"!

Must have been one of those ones on ebay for a tenner was it?

by **nairnman** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:24 pm

no m8 none there at all. the previous owner was lying then lol

by **goz_83** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:36 am

Myfeckin FTO wrote:No point in "chipping" the FTO unless its had considerable mods already.
Kinda reminds me of a guy I approached in a GR Tip FTO a few years back and when he claimed to have 300bhp - I asked how he had managed it without any descernible mods and he replied that "he had it chipped"!
Tried my best to keep a straight face and I didn't even bother pulling him on it - it was just too ridiculous.

The guy may have been genuine Shane. I took the chip out of my play station 2 and stuck it to the engine on the fto. I must be getting at least 400bhp. That doubles when I turn on the flux capacitor and time capsule my a$$ to 2222 and we are still in the IMF EU program and Dublin has been renamed Dutgart and the prime minister is Adolf Heidler.

by **asti rs** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:38 pm

nairnman wrote:thats why i didnt want to argue with him but i think manufactorers set the ecu for better fuel economy so there may be a of fettling to be had from the ecu

its known that mapping a car gives better fuel economy and more powa hahaha

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