Since I trade cars often and knowing a TTCab is almost here I wanted to experiment with one of my current TTs. I had Jim Pitman in Tampa install the Upsolute chip. I told him that I planned on having a more serious shop work on my TTCab ECU and doubted that I would be happy with the Upsolute ECU. But knowing BCS996TT, Cobra06, and DJ996TT has had success why not try it for only $500.

My car was maxing at .7 bar before I got there. I have the K&N filter, and Europipe exhaust on the car. When leaving I was getting 1.1 bar consistantly. Traveling for 3hours coming home with long secluded stretches I was unable to trip the lights which are normal with all my other mods on cars. There is a very noticeable surge which feels stronger than an x50 I own. It does not have the punch of my GT2 however. I also found out that Upsolute does not do a good job on the x50s or GT2s at this point because they only use a K16 build and turn up the numbers without any thinking. I believe msindi was having these kind of problems with his x50

My point is that for only $500 installed you can not beat this. It is not what I will do on cars that I do keep but I am pleasantly surprised with this experience. Way to go Upsolute!

 

Stephen called me today and it seems that some ignorant *** hole at Upsolute swapped my the Porsche EPROM chip in my ECU for an Audi one!!
Will let you know when I find out more...I am furious to say the least.
For the X50 the Upsolute had soooooo much lag that I hated it!!
Cant wait to get my GIAC back on Tuesday...

 

I am sorry to hear about your issues msindi. When my TTCab comes in I am shipping whole car over to Stephen for major work up. I thought about having an issue like yours thats why I drove my car to Tampa and stayed there while Jim Pitman did the work. Made sure nothing was swapped out.

 

Does anyone know of an installer for Upsolute in Cincinnati??

 

Look up website at www.upsolute.com for a distributor. If not one in your area posted contact the head guy in Charlotte Nc location. He will direct to best installer.

I was very happy with my distributor but as you can read several people have had bad experiences. Check for references before proceeding with the distributor you go to.

 

Your going to love it... I got mine back today !!!

 

DKC...Glad to know you're enjoying the chip! My car is running very well and strong...holding 1.0 bar consistently with ocassional spikes to 1.2 and once to 1.3. You said that the GT2 has more punch...can you provide more details? I was always curious how I would stack up to a GT2 with the program. However, Iam more curious about comparing my car to a giac I or II...that's more of an apples to apples comparison.

In any event, for a decent amount of power with stock turbos, you cant beat it. Im hoping to get the car dynoed soon so that I can see what kind of numbers I am running. Regarding the X50 and GT2 platform, I heard that they do have a completely different set up specifically for K24 turbos. Prior to the recent release of the K24 program, I believe certain upsolute reps were raising the numbers based off the K16 application.

There are a number of Upsolute reps and based on that information alone, it's best to use personal references (if available) to select who you use. Some are obviously more knowledgeable than others about certain cars, etc.. Unfortunately for Msindi, he's had the worst luck. For those considering it, I would agree with DKC to contact the NA rep for the best installer.

Once I decide on which turbos I am going to go with, I'll have to consider whether or not to stick with a custom Upsolute program or go with another program like GIAC. For now, Im content with the power...however the Sept NJ/PA meet may change things. There will be some High HP Contenders that day! Geez, even a lowly 500HP TT wont be able to hang with the big guns.

 

Mansour,

Sorry to hear of your issues with your upsolute rep. You should definitely complain to Rene (NA Rep) about your situation. Good luck!

 

Mansour...

Switching your Porsche chip for an Audi one...??? Was you car even able to start? No wonder it ran like crap!

 

I need to know the details of the problem from Stephen (hope he's not too busy at the Auto Fest...)
Stephen if you are reading please elaborate as I do not want to bad mouth anyone without 100% certainty...