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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 10:30 AM
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Question E-Bay "performance chips"

Okay guys.... here's the question.

I've seen a lot of these little cheapo mods for sale on e-bay. Some are just resistors that claim to increase power by tricking your ECU with a cold air reading. Others are control boxes that do who knows what in there. Has anyone tried these things? Do they really work at all? Wouldn't a colder air reading make your engine run more fuel and thus decrease fuel economy? Insight from anyone would be most appreciated.

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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 10:38 AM
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Garbage. Don't bother.
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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 02:22 AM
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Don't do it...
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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 02:32 PM
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The government says that terrorist use those chips, that's why I don't use them...
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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 02:50 PM
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anything that seems too good to be true probably is.
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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 02:56 PM
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This is like the 50th time this subject has come up.
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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 03:09 PM
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I used one in my old Z24, had a great placebo effect.
I found out what was actually happening was I was tending to just give it more throttle.
I would call it a complete waste of money until someone can throw down some dyno results.
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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 03:32 PM
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i would not buy anything like that its a watse of money!
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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 09:46 PM
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Not Real!!!
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