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      01-25-2015, 10:39 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by ROBNYC View Post
You will be happy to hear that RaceChip-Germany replied this morning with the following info.

in petrol engines only S2 has a function.
So you can put S1 to every position you want without any effect.

This switch does only have a function in diesel engines.
You can extend the activity time of the RaceChip to a longer rpm area.
The default setting of S1 is only an activity of 1500 until about 3500 rpm in diesel engines.

This function isn’t necessary in petrol engines though since we already use the longest activity time through the software we develop.
Hmmm....

I wonder how this chip works on petrol engine then. Just adding fuel theoretically increases air/fuel ratio and doesn't add power - just makes for an inefficient engine. I wonder if the ECU reads more fuel (higher AFR) then adjusts the turbo's vanes (the infamous TwinTurboPower VGT) to add more boost to keep AFR's in check. Then you would get more power - more fuel, higher boost - and it would work within the limits and parameters of the stock tune until the CEL lights up.
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