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Old Mar 28, 2002 | 05:02 AM
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has anyone heard of this, supposedly it can change the top speed limiter check it out

http://www.protechtransmissions.com/chips.html
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Old Mar 28, 2002 | 07:07 AM
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I think its full of SH$$ to be honest. I hope someone buys it and post the results........LOL. It is hard to plug and play our ECU or any other device in our rides.
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Old Mar 28, 2002 | 07:29 AM
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I would be skeptical of this, but since it plugs in via the service port, I suppose there might be a way for it to modify certain ECU parameters. In any case, being the gear-head that I am, I sent them email requesting dyno charts and asked what kind of guarantees they offered. I'll let you know when I hear something.
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Old Mar 28, 2002 | 09:54 AM
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Pro-Tech also makes TC. You GS3 people should check it out.

About the chip, we've seen more companys making the performance chips for Lexus by time. However, nobody has ever tried JET and Pro-Tech mainly because there is no dyno for the particular vehiclce. Whether they are BS or not, we must have a group of car enthusiastic who are brave enough to try it.
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Old Mar 28, 2002 | 10:05 AM
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definitely a BS. No way any chip could give:

upto 90HP? and Upto 200lb/ft torque..

Tell me which car can you upto 90 HP more by change chip... tell me which car can give out 200 more torque..

Hmmm... :eek:

NASA Space Shuttle... (By changing the chip.. may have the result that they claim.. and How do you do dyno on that?)

hahahaha

By such a BS.. I would not even buy any crap from them.
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Old Mar 28, 2002 | 11:46 AM
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Originally posted by Shinchan
definitely a BS. No way any chip could give:

upto 90HP? and Upto 200lb/ft torque..

Tell me which car can you upto 90 HP more by change chip... tell me which car can give out 200 more torque..

Hmmm... :eek:

NASA Space Shuttle

Exactly....couldn't have put it any better!!!!!
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Old Mar 28, 2002 | 03:31 PM
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Not to worry, they don't make a chip for the GS, just transmission stuff.
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Old Mar 28, 2002 | 04:18 PM
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if you put a chip in an Audi S4 or an A4 1.8t, then you can get some serious power increases, probably not that much, but still


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It would be nice for some company to make some kind of device to help our cars shift more aggressively.
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Old Mar 28, 2002 | 08:54 PM
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I would get it just to change the Rev Limiter or whatever it is , if it could do that.. Because the GS430 is just shy of the redline no matter how hard or when u step on the gas, the only way it'll get there is if u Gate shift.

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