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Old 12-07-2006, 02:25 PM
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Re: 2.5L performance?

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Originally Posted by northshore29 View Post
have any of you tried those performance chips that trick your pcm to think the air temp is colder than it really is? i imagine it would just ruin your gas mileage dumping that extra fuel, but w/ a 4.0L throttle body, ram air intake, and maybe a header i'm thinking i could get an extra 15-25hp. if anyone has a wild hair and extra $600-$700 to try it let me know how it goes.
I saw some of these chips on eBay starting at $6.99, another at $59.99, and others up (new from dealer). I asked all of them to send me technical data proving the increase in HP that they claim (dyno or other), and they al refused to send data, which only leads me to believe the claims are a little (so as to not say COMPLETELY!) bogus...

As they say... If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. But having said that, at $6.99 you cant really go wrong.

Felipe
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