Well, the time has finally got here. After months & months of waiting. They just now collected our money for the the unichip to ship out tomorrow. I'm very excited. Anyone else here amongst the 35 that ordered one. I do know most of the ones that ordered one was cl type s.

 

Good luck with it.

 

I know I sound like a moron....

where is the thread w/ this groupbuy and what are the benefits of this unichip? How much is it?

Brian

 

Yep, got in on the group buy. I have an '02 NBP TL-S.

Hopefully it is worth the wait.

 

Is anyone from our forum planning an doing a before/after dyno so we can get a good idea of what the effect really is?

 

Sounds like there is a spot or two open if anyone is interested in getting the Unichip.

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...78#post1888678

 

too bad theres none for tl-p

 

there is a dyno already in the 1st few pages at the unichip cl-group buy, showing both hp & torque.

 

cool dj5, I'm also very excited. Should be receiving it tomorrow. i'm still very curious how many tls's have this mod, I think there are just a few of us. Think about 90% are cls's.

 

I hear 'ya Dale, but I'm wondering if the results would be the same for the rest of the group buy batch.

 

What exactly does this.."unichip" Do?

 

the way i understand it they will, now even more so as in the last testing stages last week they tweeked the mapping a bit more for a couple of x-tra ponies. a lot of the guys over there are talking about getting dynos done, so we should soon know.

 

I ordered one, should be here tomorrow or Thursday. I am thinking of doing a before / after dyno with some of the CL guys when they go in a few weeks. The unichip is easy to do a before / after dyno since its plug and play and there's also an "on / off" switch on it.

Here's a more direct link to the dyno that mattg did on his car:

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143724

For those that don't know, the Unichip is the first (that I know of) ECU chip for the J32A engine (TL Type S and CL Type S). Its a piggyback chip that plugs in and alters some of the signals that your normal ECU sends out to enhance the performance of the car. Based on dynos it added about 10whp/10 ft-lbs throughout the entire RPM range, with max gains of about 20whp/20 ft-lbs at close to redline.

The cost of the Unichip was originally $675 with a $100 deposit required up front. After producing the chips, the guys at Unichip were nice enough to lower the price to only $608 plus shipping. There were only 35 plug and play units produced and although Unichip was not against doing another group buy they would need another 35 dedicated people (with $100 upfront from each one) to start production on another batch of plug and play units. The cost may not be the same depending on the deal you work out with them.

If you want details you should read through the Acura CL threads that have been posted up.

 

The unichip is a PnP harness that is plugged in b4 the cars ecu. It fine tunes timing, fuel mixtures/air, to the cars maximum potential. It increases the cars hp & torque 10 to 12 % i believe it is. If you want specific particulars, go check out the cl- thread listed above. It gets pretty interesting & complex, & the thread is like 55 pages looooooooonnnnnngggg, its huge.

 

Glad to see another tl-er with the mod. right on liquice

 

Anyone know if this Unichip works for TL-P's? If so I would definitely be interested in purchasing one.

 

Nope, just for the TL-S folks!

I know, darn it!

 

I wonder if they might produce one for TL-P's if we got enough people to show interest.......? Any thoughts?

 

I was on the list for the TL-P's... However, we just did not have the support from other members... I believe 3 or 4 of us signed up.

 

This was the list back then:

IN
1. Jonesi
2. Typer
3. Nitin
4. power3dfx
5. mattg
6. Ant7701
7. Chaptorial
8. Mr. Hyde
9. Seattle CL-S
10. kHmER Co
11. Phipark
12. 3.2 Type-S 03
13. withoutcomp1
14. mc222
15. blader
16. ChinozTL
17. AzzKiker23
18. Flint

MAYBE
1. Juice (Strong Maybe)
2. mykenmcnasty
3. Chopper
4. dj5 (Strong Maybe)
5. R10Apple (Strong Maybe)
6. pmptx (Strong Maybe)
7. vandy786
8. SatinSilverTypS (Strong Maybe)
9. Nashua_Night_Hawk
10. Ferizzo
11. MRIGuru (Strong Maybe)

6-Speed
1. JaDia (Once 6spd version is ready)
2. Chad T (Once 6spd version is ready)
3. DHRJDMBA (Once 6spd version is ready)
4. J.T.’s 3.2TL (Once 6spd version is ready)
5. CC Type S (Once 6spd version is ready)
6. NiteQwill (Once 6spd version is ready)
7. Musclehead (Once 6spd version is ready)

TL-P
1. Patrick (Once TLP version is ready)
2. El pana/TL32 (Once TLP version ready)
3. ChucksTL (Once TLP version ready)
4. BlackShadow (Once TLP version ready)
5. CBS (Once TLP version ready)

 

Thanks El. Well add me to the list as a definite.....hopefully we can revive this issue and get some more people signed up! I was not a member when this first circulated.

 

I'm not the one championing this effort, however the main problem with TL-P and 6 speed CL owners, is that we had no one willing to volunteer their car for this project. I believe Unichip agreed to give the chip away for free, to the volunteer.

 

Ok... just got off the phone with Jack over at Unichip, and yes, what we need is someone in Portland to volunteer their car in order to set the maps, for our specific application. If anyone on this board lives out there, and is willing to do this, we can make it happen.

 

OK heres the deal...since i want a TL-P chip, i am willing to give the volunteer $50...maibe we can get some people together to bribe some TLer to give up his car for...hey PANA, how long would they keep the car for.

i'd give mine up but im in the exact opposit side of the country...south FL.

 

"PANA, how long would they keep the car for"


Not sure, but you will have to be in the area, it seems to take some time to get it just right... In other words, they make changes, you test drive, come back, tune some more, test..... so on and so on

 

we're talking days, weeks or months?

 

well boys, installed my unichip tonight & I'm very happy. The car runs like a dream. Its pulling like a bastard. Very smooth running. This is a definate for those of us who mod. Its a must have, If you enjoy power & torque the way that i do. You won't be disappointed. Hopefully they will have another GB pretty soon.

 

I intalled my Unichip from the group buy today. Took the TLS out for a short drive and could not tell much difference. Based on some of the dynos coming in doesn't look like the chip is delivering very much. Some dynos show no gains and others show minimal gains.

I will be taking mine to the dyno next Saturday for a before and after and possibly a custom Unichip tuning.

Right now, I would hold off on any recommendations.

 

dj5, i did notice it took a llitle time for the cars computer to adjust. Don't know if you would really notice anything on a short drive.
you are in the "A" setting right? Drive it a little more & see if you notice any differance. I'm really getting confused on people getting different results. I'm still very happy with mine.