Performance Chips
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Performance Chips
Ok, this has probably been a topic a million times, but it seems like the $60 chip that adds 50HP is kinda of fake or cheap from a real car lover's performance mod standpoint. I am curious to hear opinions though. Are these things legit? Safe? I'm not interested in them personally, just trying to understand the logic and how they work.
Last edited by JaxEagle; Jan 14, 2012 at 11:10 PM.
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I think chips were/are for the older cars, 1980's and early 1990's if I understand.
On those, you could not rewrite the program, had to buy a new chip(or whatever part), but on our cars I think you can upload different programs with something like HP Tuners, or mail your ECM off to somebody to do it.
I have a book on TPI engine (the 1980's and early 1990's ones) and it talks about chips.
On those, you could not rewrite the program, had to buy a new chip(or whatever part), but on our cars I think you can upload different programs with something like HP Tuners, or mail your ECM off to somebody to do it.
I have a book on TPI engine (the 1980's and early 1990's ones) and it talks about chips.
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Waste of money to buy one of those chips. 
The C5 is not like the older cars where you could install a chip and get a bump in performance. You really need a tuner on these cars.
The C5 is not like the older cars where you could install a chip and get a bump in performance. You really need a tuner on these cars.
