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Old Nov 14, 2002 | 12:49 PM
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I was told that there is a computer chip for a lexus is300......?
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Old Nov 14, 2002 | 11:41 PM
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I've yet to see one. All the chips in the ecu are soldered onto the circuit board. Only seen piggy backs and Jap ecu.

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Old Nov 15, 2002 | 11:53 PM
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how much horsepower do this add? i read on is300.net that intake will not work unless you have piggyback ecu, is this the same thing? where can i get one? do i need an ecu for the prolex intake?
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Yes its the same thing. SRT
Prolex???
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