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Old 02-21-2010, 10:26 AM
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Default Anybody trust those cheap Performance Chips on Ebay?

They sell them cheap homemade chips on ebay for like $20, They have very good feedback, just wonderin if anybodys bought one from there?
 
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Old 02-21-2010, 10:29 AM
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i wouldnt trust them especially the claims they are making
 
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Yeah like 100 hp 50 mpg+.........Yeah right!
 
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Usually it is a few simple resistors that cost 99 cents for a pack of 5. Cheep junk. Your better off buying some racing strips to go on your hood to improve HP.
 

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Get a superchips, its worth it.
 
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i trust them to be a waste of money.
 
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dont use it. the cheap one they sell on ebay will just "fool" your computer. unlike say, superchips which "reprograms" the computer
 
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superchip is the way to go i was skeptical about programmers as a whole at first and bought a super chip 3715 and just the off the start torque difference is awesome strongly recommend
 



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