If someone promises you 375 hp in a Volkswagen Golf, then you should take a closer look at him, the good man. Not that he pours some homeopathy into your tank and you should just believe in the performance plus.
RACECHIP - Golf R with 376 hp, tuning via app
So check who can be tuned!
mein-auto-blog had already in November, during the motor show in Essen, from the "Tuning App”Reported. Up to 30% more performance - in no time at all. Or something like that. This is what the tuner from Göppingen in Swabia promises.
375 hp - power via app
Anyone who still remembers the “good old times” remembers Weber twin carburetors, sports exhaust systems, sharp cams and polished intake ducts. Back then. Yes, “my GTI” still had 1.6 liter displacement and in the left lane with its top speed of 180 km / h it made my hands wet, for me - and for the passengers.
Today the colleague is on the computer at the control desk and motors are being charged more and more often. And because it saves costs, manufacturers like to save on the variants and prefer to use a motor in different versions. A motor can produce 100 HP as well as 130 HP. From the factory, of course. Only the check mark in the price list needs to be set appropriately. If you miss that - or pick up a used car, you will "Chip Tuning" Interesting. What sounds a bit like a backyard is now being operated in an ultra-professional manner. And it is no longer just a chip, it is also the bridge to the smartphone that clever chip tuners can manage.
RaceChip from Göppingen offers a RaceChip tuning box that can be connected to a smartphone (Android & iOS) via Bluetooth. And then the increase in performance can be activated at the push of a button on the mobile phone. But not only more power - less consumption can also be achieved.
The RaceChip experts were then able to resolve and explain what initially sounded like a contradiction in the video.
Jens from rad-ab.com and me, we were at RaceChip last week and took a look behind the scenes. And if you think that there are a couple of cellar children sitting and soldering tuning boxes in front of you, you will be pleasantly surprised. Because RaceChip is a success story.
100 people - hundreds of vehicles!
Founded in 2008, almost 100 people work for the company today. RaceChip boxes are shipped all over the world and not only Volkswagen Golf R and Porsche Macan drivers swear by the performance plus. While we were on site, a rather staid compact car from Japan was being prepared for its performance injection. What kind of? Take a look at the list of available models. You will be amazed at what is there.
The one of us driven Volkswagen Golf R with 300 base PS gets a performance plus of 75/76 hp and 101 Nm torque after the upgrade with the “RaceChip Ultimate” box And with the Ultimate Box, the app for the Bluetooth remote control is already included!
For a better impression, I recommend the video below:
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