Angel do it, but they didn't at first. I had it done more or less a year ago. It is a re-map and they only started doing the Barchetta a year or so ago because of the Hitachi chip. Nigel at Angel owned a Barchetta for a while.
I had a CDA added at the same time and together I noticed an enormous difference.
In terms of engine life, I imagine that if you use the extra power you are putting more strain on the engine parts, so less life. On the other hand I don't drive it flat out ALL the time so I think over all it's negligible. All I can say for certain is that in a year of driving I've had no parts failures.
In terms of the difference between SUPERCHIPS and Angel, I thought SUPERCHIPS was an ECU replacement, whereas Angel is a re-map, but I could be wrong. I think Angel may squeeze an extra couple of HP out of it, but I haven't had mine on a dyno so I don't know for sure.
In real terms, what I noticed the most was the increase in torque lower down the range. How much came from the CDA, and how much from the chip I don't know. I’ve also added a KAT back exhaust too, but I only felt a small difference for that. With the combination of the CDA and the exhaust it sounds very nice!
I’d get in touch with Angel and Superchips by e-mail and see what you think. When I had mine done Angel could only do it in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but that may have changed.
