UniChip group buy

[crustodd]

Hey People,
I'll be taking my XJ in to UniChip in Hillsboro, Oregon on Monday for the chip install and custom tuning. If you guy wanna' check my post on my build recipe and see if it's close to your for configuring the parameters, there's the possibility of a group buy rate for forum members. If I remember correctly, this UniChip location is their North American HQ. Jack, the owner/manager had mentioned something to me about the possibility of doing something like this about three-four months ago. Let me know if you folks are interested so I can give him some kind of idea. I think he was gonna have about a 60 day window of response if there's interest. My rig will be the "guinea pig/test mule". If any of you want to send me an email with your specific "recipes", I'll print them out and take them along to give the UniChip techs an idea of what they'd be lookin' at. Haven't heard price numbers yet, but this'd get the ball rollin'.

Thanks,
T~

[gradon]

I've been running around the past two weeks with the unichip installed with the 4.0 k&n fipk intake, header and cat-back tune--it's better than nothing, but still needs OL to be richened from 14.5 to 12.5:1. I've been tempted to buy a reasonably priced m3, so I might not get it custom tuned for a while.

[crustodd]

Hey Gradon,
So you did the install yourself? It has been tuned yet?

[gradon]

Install was cake with the obd2 setup: unplug battery, unplug pcm harnesses, plug in unichip module w/ harness, drill 1/2" through firewall to run wire for programmer module and map switch(1/0--1 has more aggressive timing curves, but in your case you'd probably want it to switch between e85 timing and 93 octane timing), and replug battery. I tucked the switch and module behind driver's side kick panel for the time being. It truly is an awesome quality interface with the obd2 pcm and hopefully I'll get it tuned right soon. Right now it has the 4.0 k&n fipk, headers and cat-back tune(they have like 10 different tunes for different intakes--as if one is majorly different than another?) My lust for the m3 is hitting a "get-by-any-means-necessary" point(if only I'd have the same mantra for the woman I want, maybe I'd get through to her, or completely ruin my chances--better to keep the slow and steady pressure) with a couple of them being in the $5K range, coupled with the fact that my brother just got a 98 nsx and our roommate autocrosses mr2s doesn't help quenching the want. If only the scca wasn't so picky about suvs(esp one that can put some of those cars to shame).

[crustodd]

Hey Gradon,
OK, now I wanna' see pics of your rig! Is it more of a street set-up? It's an XJ? I'm curious if it can compete with autos! The guy I've been talkin' to at UniChip explained they'll have my Jeep for about three days. It's TRULY a custom tune. They''ll be dynoing it, then tuning it on the road as well. It'll be interesting to see the end result. It runs pretty strong as is, just a bit of stumbly at high R's.

T~

[gradon]

So it's a 2dr 2wd ax15 lowered about 2" with custom springs(a little stiffer), bilstien shocks, addco swaybars, auburn lsd w/ 3.55s, rear zj discs, 255/60/15 yokohamas, shorter throw hurst:

[Muad'Dib]

Does it smoke that 3000gt?

[crustodd]

Hey,
That's pretty stealthy lookin'. I bet it surprises a few people.

[gradon]

I totally destroyed a g35 yesterday at two lights, and that's been the case with all the nissan 3.5ls--so even if the hps are similar, the extra torque(gotta be at least 50 more, cause it's def .5 sec quicker) and slightly lesser weight of my 2wd makes for a potent combo. Their aerodynamics make up for the lack of power once you get to the 120mph wall. That's an mr2 and mine'll beat that in stock turbo form, but it's probably about even with a vr-4 3000gt(300hp/little less torque and at least 300 more #'s--its heavy). So far it can beat a mild modded wrx(not sti), any 330 or 530 by bmw, a c70 volvo, and mild modded 5.0s or 4.6s(my previous 94 2dr 2wd modded 4.0 could hang with 5.0s all day).

[StroktWJ]

Wow that is a sleeper!

[the_wrench116]

im all about unichip as long as price isnt nuts. and gradon i want that jeep. i would like to build an awd version of this with boost. just to realy twist the knife. yep im a sicko

[crustodd]

I'm goin' to pick up my XJ today. I'll report the results and see what kind of cost we're lookin' at.

T~

[gradon]

My brother has a euro 4.0 w/ aw4 and 242 arriving in a crate sometime w/in the month. He also has a airresearch(garrett) t3 in the shed. We've talked about a comanche scca/motorcycle hauler project. . .