C4 Tech/Performance L98 Corvette and LT1 Corvette Technical Info, Internal Engine, External Engine

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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 03:00 PM
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Alright guys is it worth installing one of the performance chips in my 87 vet,pros and cons,brand and where to get it?
Thanks Jim
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 04:25 PM
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Mods? IMO, no point in them unless you have significant mods to stock.
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 02:58 PM
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Mods? IMO, no point in them unless you have significant mods to stock.
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And when you get mods, do mot bother wasting your $ on blindly made chips. Use a tuner that will look at data captures and build BINs to your car. Blind chips are just guesses.
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 04:10 PM
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I agree with flame red. I have been do reprograming for the last 10 years. I will only do minor things for people and without data logging and testing and retuning its a crap shoot !!
you can change to $6e and get rid of that crud 9th injector arar and arap are good .bins
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