Performance Chips in 525 ECUs?

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  • GopherBrain
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    • Jan 2007
    • 47

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    Performance Chips in 525 ECUs?

    Can you run performance chips in 525 ECUs? I bought a 525 today, just to have on hand as a spare for my 173. When I got it home, I noticed it had been opened before, so I popped it open and found a Racing Dynamics chip. Their website says that the chip is good in 173 and 380 ECUs, but I thought they were pretty much the same as a 525.

    If it doesn't really work, can I swap the RD chip into the 173 and the 173 chip into the 525?
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  • MR 325
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    • Oct 2003
    • 37825

    #2
    Usually the chip is made for each particular ECU and will not work with something else.

    Buy the right one.
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    • nando
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      • Nov 2003
      • 34827

      #3
      you can get chips for the 525. I had one from bavauto, but I think markD makes one as well.
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