Performance Chip
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Performance Chip
I just bought a performance chip from ebay to put in my truck.
This is the link.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PERFO...spagenameZWDVW
It goes where my IAT (Intake Air Temp) sensor is, andit makes a lot of claims to boost my horsepower, torque, and gas mileage. I installed it in my truck for a short amount of time and did notice a small improvement when driving. (maybe wishful thinking). I removed it after about 4 miles for fear of damaging my truck.
Does anyone know if this thing works, what it does, and if it is safe to leave in my truck? Any help or advice would kick ***! Thanks guys.
This is the link.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PERFO...spagenameZWDVW
It goes where my IAT (Intake Air Temp) sensor is, andit makes a lot of claims to boost my horsepower, torque, and gas mileage. I installed it in my truck for a short amount of time and did notice a small improvement when driving. (maybe wishful thinking). I removed it after about 4 miles for fear of damaging my truck.
Does anyone know if this thing works, what it does, and if it is safe to leave in my truck? Any help or advice would kick ***! Thanks guys.
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RE: Performance Chip
These have been talked about before. Check out http://www.v8performance.com/tipsand....htm#timingkit
These chips are no more than a resitor from radioshack. You can buy 10 of them for 99cents.
Some do say they work some say they dont. There suposto lower the reading from the sensor so the computer will think its colder than it is so it will richen up the fuel. Now if any gains are there it will be 5 or so. not 65 like they say. A super charger will give you 65 or so.
You can also try this with the coolent sensor too. I have bought one from radio shack and hooked it up to the iat and coolent and it did feel just a little better. but I could smell it running rich. so to me it was not worth having my truck smell like its a rust bucket for 5 horsepower or so.
These chips are no more than a resitor from radioshack. You can buy 10 of them for 99cents.
Some do say they work some say they dont. There suposto lower the reading from the sensor so the computer will think its colder than it is so it will richen up the fuel. Now if any gains are there it will be 5 or so. not 65 like they say. A super charger will give you 65 or so.
You can also try this with the coolent sensor too. I have bought one from radio shack and hooked it up to the iat and coolent and it did feel just a little better. but I could smell it running rich. so to me it was not worth having my truck smell like its a rust bucket for 5 horsepower or so.
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RE: Performance Chip
ORIGINAL: Crazy4x4RT
These have been talked about before. Check out http://www.v8performance.com/tipsand....htm#timingkit
These chips are no more than a resitor from radioshack. You can buy 10 of them for 99cents.
Some do say they work some say they dont. There suposto lower the reading from the sensor so the computer will think its colder than it is so it will richen up the fuel. Now if any gains are there it will be 5 or so. not 65 like they say. A super charger will give you 65 or so.
You can also try this with the coolent sensor too. I have bought one from radio shack and hooked it up to the iat and coolent and it did feel just a little better. but I could smell it running rich. so to me it was not worth having my truck smell like its a rust bucket for 5 horsepower or so.
These have been talked about before. Check out http://www.v8performance.com/tipsand....htm#timingkit
These chips are no more than a resitor from radioshack. You can buy 10 of them for 99cents.
Some do say they work some say they dont. There suposto lower the reading from the sensor so the computer will think its colder than it is so it will richen up the fuel. Now if any gains are there it will be 5 or so. not 65 like they say. A super charger will give you 65 or so.
You can also try this with the coolent sensor too. I have bought one from radio shack and hooked it up to the iat and coolent and it did feel just a little better. but I could smell it running rich. so to me it was not worth having my truck smell like its a rust bucket for 5 horsepower or so.
Friend mine put one of these in his s-10 had probley 5hp at first but it eventully went away after not to long