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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 10:32 PM
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Do we or don't we chip our engines for more HP.
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 10:42 PM
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 10:44 PM
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What are the quickest things we can do to get 100 more HP
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 10:45 PM
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Cam and heads, nitrous, or forced induction

Hell no to the chip idea! A tune yes, but no chip, electric supercharger, or magical stickers for increasing horsepower!
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Old Jan 22, 2013 | 12:17 PM
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A custom tune (dyno + Street) will help a good bit. Where are you located?

Its going to take a good cam/head package to pick up 100 rwhp. You can also do a supercharger kit. We are running some specials right now. Emails sales@pcmofnc.com

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Old Jan 22, 2013 | 02:08 PM
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What are the quickest things we can do to get 100 more HP
Nitrous!!!
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Old Jan 22, 2013 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Shoeman
Do we or don't we chip our engines for more HP.
Some overnight parts from Japan is how we get more HP. OK maybe not, but no chipping is something that was done to vehicles who have a PROM in their ECU (80's and early 90's). Today we do ECU tuning by rewriting the "tune", modifying fuel and spark maps as well as many other things.
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Old Jan 23, 2013 | 12:42 AM
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I heard the ones with ruffles are worth an extra 20hp.
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Old Jan 23, 2013 | 12:48 AM
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Old Jan 23, 2013 | 12:54 AM
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I always laugh when people with newer cars say "the car is chipped". I hear a lot of euro tuner drivers say that. That saying was made when obdI cars used an actual chip you had to get made and programmed for the car. 96 and newer cars have an ecu which are tuned directly via a computer and software. The days of the chip are long gone, unless you believe ebay ads.
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...buy a Z06!
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Old Jan 23, 2013 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Shoeman
What are the quickest things we can do to get 100 more HP
Stickers! Lots and lots of stickers!!!
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Old Jan 23, 2013 | 07:04 PM
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...buy a Z06!
Must be that NEW math...
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Old Jan 23, 2013 | 07:33 PM
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Must be that NEW math...
its never enough is it? I'M getting a New 2043 ZR1X corvette with hyper drive, 11000 HP... its the first year the tires wont touch the ground unless the car is stopped...Mike Yager is buying one for me and for him.
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its never enough is it? I'M getting a New 2043 ZR1X corvette with hyper drive, 11000 HP... its the first year the tires wont touch the ground unless the car is stopped...Mike Yager is buying one for me and for him.
you guys with the insider connections always get the kewl cars
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I'm adding a Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor to my C5 which will power my flux capacitor and time circuits for time travel. I'll have amazing ¼ mile times as I'm going to arrive at the end before I leave the starting line !!!
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Originally Posted by CactusCat
I'm adding a Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor to my C5 which will power my flux capacitor and time circuits for time travel. I'll have amazing ¼ mile times as I'm going to arrive at the end before I leave the starting line !!!
If you want to play on this forum, you have to make up your own material... do you have any Idea, how many thousands of times that Old flux capacitor refrerence has been used on this forum??? it isnt funny anymore.. So start writing your own material, and make it as insane as possible. And dont steal my stuff...

this part is good though
I'll have amazing ¼ mile times as I'm going to arrive at the end before I leave the starting line !!!
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 01:43 AM
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Dont forget to purchase a hydro-magnetic-sphere-regulator. I heard you can double the engine output with one of those
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 02:13 AM
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My PCM has a bunch of chips in it.....so does the paint.
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by CactusCat
I'm adding a Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor to my C5 which will power my flux capacitor and time circuits for time travel.
Won't work on a C5, too much plastic and fiberglass. You need a stainless steel body for the flux dispersal.
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