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01-05-2008, 06:55 PM
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'02 GT...New Project
Join Date: Dec 2007
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eBay racing chips...waste of money?
In doing some surfing I've come across products such as this...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MAC-R...QQcmdZViewItem and this... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HORSE...QQcmdZViewItem and this... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RACIN...QQcmdZViewItem but my question is...do they really work?? |
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01-05-2008, 06:59 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Columbia,KY
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just burn the money u would spend on it, ur better off
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01-05-2008, 07:05 PM
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'02 GT...New Project
Join Date: Dec 2007
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i figured as much...
did a little googleing and came up with a few other threads on the subject of these. gorillachipz seem to be the most "popular" |
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01-05-2008, 07:13 PM
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Blackity Black
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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$24.95 for a promised 20 hp. That should have been the first clue. If hp was that cheap, we'd all be driving Cobras. If you're seriously interested in buying a chip, check the sticky thread that talks about Chips v. Tuners.
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01-05-2008, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Orlando,Florida
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All they do is plug int to he IAT (intake air temp) sensor and make it think the air is cooler and add timing, alot of times they actully do nothing read empty box, its stupid and a waste of money.
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01-05-2008, 07:48 PM
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'02 GT...New Project
Join Date: Dec 2007
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yah, seem to just make your system run leaner....which i would think the only outcome would be a LOSS of gas mileage?!
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01-06-2008, 09:34 AM
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Wowbagger hates me too!
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Magrathea/California
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other way around.. lean is not enough fuel to the mix. Your mileage would drop pretty quick though when all the detonation that those IAT resistor mods cause leads the motor to self destruct with broken ring lands, mushed bearings and bent or broken rods.
If you see HP you want and it costs less than 20 bucks/hp then it's probably fake.
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