Any CHIPS available yet?
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Any CHIPS available yet?
I've been poking around and have not seen any chips for the IS series yet. Anyone know if any are in development? Or even possible?
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I've seen a few on eBay...
http://search-desc.ebay.com/search/s...rclo=&saprchi=
However, I know nothing about these, and personally would be hesitant to slap a $22 chip onto the car. Someone who's actually used one should be able to give us some good feedback.
http://search-desc.ebay.com/search/s...rclo=&saprchi=
However, I know nothing about these, and personally would be hesitant to slap a $22 chip onto the car. Someone who's actually used one should be able to give us some good feedback.
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Originally Posted by x_kage_x
I've seen a few on eBay...
http://search-desc.ebay.com/search/s...rclo=&saprchi=
However, I know nothing about these, and personally would be hesitant to slap a $22 chip onto the car. Someone who's actually used one should be able to give us some good feedback.
http://search-desc.ebay.com/search/s...rclo=&saprchi=
However, I know nothing about these, and personally would be hesitant to slap a $22 chip onto the car. Someone who's actually used one should be able to give us some good feedback.
They are not chips..........if you disect the box, it is 2 wires with a resistor. it fools the MAF into thinking it's flowing more air and it does a fuel dump to richen the mixture......At least that's the theory.......
Save your money and wait for a reputable company to have an ECU reflash.......
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Chips are bad for your car cause of all the crumbs left afterwards.
On a serious note, my 2005 Audi S4 computer was tuned (reprogrammed not chipped) and I could control timing, throttle response, remove govenor, increase redline to 7500 (500 rpm more), valet feature. With all that said you will only gain 20 hp max (if your lucky) On non FI cars you just dont gain that much. Our cars are very well tuned for performance from the factory.
On a serious note, my 2005 Audi S4 computer was tuned (reprogrammed not chipped) and I could control timing, throttle response, remove govenor, increase redline to 7500 (500 rpm more), valet feature. With all that said you will only gain 20 hp max (if your lucky) On non FI cars you just dont gain that much. Our cars are very well tuned for performance from the factory.
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A real world programmer, like HP Tuners or LS1 Edit, which I had for my ws6 Firebird, will enable you to completely change all the parameters in the pcm, and I mean everything. Problem is that for the average person these programs are way to complicated to be effective so they make plug and play tuners that direct you through a few different changes adn really don't give you big gains that a "true programmer" can offer. I literally knocked off 1 sec in the 1/4 with just a tune on my Firebird. Now if only somebody made one for the 2IS
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