gday all,

i was just wondering, what the go was with putting a chip in?

i dont really understand it very well, so can someone enlighten me and give me the low-down?

thanks
ryan

Chips alter the EEC programing, in particular the AF ratio and timing tables. Generally factory programing is pretty safe so you can normally add a fair bit of timing and lean the engine up a bit giving better power, even more can be done if you always run premium unleaded. Off the shelf chips are generally pretty basic, as I said just add a bit of timing and take a bit of fuel out. Custom chips like chiptorque and unichip (not technically a chip but same result) will tune the EEC to your particular engine giving a better overall tune. IMO unless you have done a few mods like cam, head work etc then the chip wont give you a huge increase and I would be spending the money elsewhere first.

someone on here typed a giant thread on this goin through the most popular chips and aftermarket ecu's. its pretty informative and deffinatly worth a look

What have you done to the Falcon by Tickford so far?

haha not alot as yet, just bits and peices... exhaust, rims, susp and bits and peices in the interior will do it i think

and thanks for the info

Throw a cam at it first. then get the chip to tune it. You'll be much happier! Cam and springs are a reasonably cheap mod for a 6.