engine wire harness, add power??
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Drifting
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From: Delray Beach Florida
engine wire harness, add power??
local performance shop told me that if i swooped out the engine wireing harness from my 98 to a newer 2001 harness i'd get alot more power out of the car.
does that sound dumb to anyone else? or is there seomthing i'm missing.
NOW if they are actually talking about swooping out th ECU that seems more "resonable" maybe alittle more power from the computer. But what would a wire harness change? Its the same wires right?
lol thanks for the help
does that sound dumb to anyone else? or is there seomthing i'm missing.
NOW if they are actually talking about swooping out th ECU that seems more "resonable" maybe alittle more power from the computer. But what would a wire harness change? Its the same wires right?
lol thanks for the help
Burning Brakes
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From: Arden NC
Run!!! They are full of ****.
Didn't the '98 come with 345 hp and 350 ft lbs of torque? The 2001 offers 350 hp and 360 or so ft lbs of torque even if they where right, it would cost a lot to purchase one and the time to swap out. I would spend your money on worthy upgrades.
Didn't the '98 come with 345 hp and 350 ft lbs of torque? The 2001 offers 350 hp and 360 or so ft lbs of torque even if they where right, it would cost a lot to purchase one and the time to swap out. I would spend your money on worthy upgrades.
Last edited by Black04Z06; Oct 2, 2009 at 01:09 PM.
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Drifting
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From: Delray Beach Florida
well i dont want to give a bad name to the shop, they do GREAT work. i just think the person i was talking to was alittle too dumb.
thank you for answering what i thought was correct already lol
thank you for answering what i thought was correct already lol
Melting Slicks
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I'm about to get some work done in Houston - hope youll post or pm the shop you ae referring to - don't want to go there!
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HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA! HAHAHAHAHA!!! Thanks for that.
OK... Now seriously... Go back and tell them exactly this:
"I had another shop replace my harness with the 2001 harness and you're right. It feels like I picked up like 20HP easy. Why is that? Was there some sort of update in the harness where they change the metals used in the wires? One of my friends told me the new harness has NOS. What's NOS? Is that good?"
LOL... If they're going to ***** with you, it's only fair that you ***** with them back.
EDIT: By the way, if you REALLY want to get 'em, say "Oh! And I had them replace the primary transmission. They said the front one was bad."
OK... Now seriously... Go back and tell them exactly this:
"I had another shop replace my harness with the 2001 harness and you're right. It feels like I picked up like 20HP easy. Why is that? Was there some sort of update in the harness where they change the metals used in the wires? One of my friends told me the new harness has NOS. What's NOS? Is that good?"
LOL... If they're going to ***** with you, it's only fair that you ***** with them back.
EDIT: By the way, if you REALLY want to get 'em, say "Oh! And I had them replace the primary transmission. They said the front one was bad."
Burning Brakes
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From: Arden NC
I bet the tech meant that moving from an older PCM to a newer one by performing the following procedure.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...-corvette.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...-corvette.html