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Old 01-05-2011, 10:01 AM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2003-...#ht_5129wt_939

do you guys think this could work or just throwing money down the hole?
 
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yeah its crap. if your going to do anything along those lines wait till you do all you engine mods or swap and then get a real tune.
 
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Old 01-05-2011, 10:26 AM
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Not only is it crap, it's expensive crap. A canned tune usually costs about that much and will give you better gains.
 
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Old 01-05-2011, 12:10 PM
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I'm inclinded to agree with the crap rating. First, even if it does what it says, it's a factory pre-tuned setup. For that money, you can just have a company re-tune your factory PCM (companies that people on this very forum have experience with, such as Intense or ZZP).
 
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Old 01-05-2011, 04:36 PM
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I wouldnt touch it.
 
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Old 01-05-2011, 05:11 PM
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You are better off going and getting a Street Tune or a Dyno Tune from your local (or not so local lol) performance shop..

I have a Custom Dyno Tune where lots of things were changed and I have much better performance and fuel efficiency than I did before.
 
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x10 on the above- why try a new gimmick when you could have a method of pcm tuning that is proven to work for about the same price or less (ie canned pcm tune from vendor)?
 
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Old 01-05-2011, 08:15 PM
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You know, Id like to see what one of those chips exactly does. Mabye it just pushes up timing? Mabye it does nothing?
 
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you guys are wrong. i hooked this up to my monte and i was able to beat a fighter jet, with traction control on
 
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Old 01-05-2011, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by nighthawk626
you guys are wrong. i hooked this up to my monte and i was able to beat a fighter jet, with traction control on
I got one for my car and my moms car and they were packaged exactly the same, everything was the same, part#, barcode label was the same, I mean everything! My mom drives a 2002 Kia **** thing and I have a 2006 Monte Carlo.... all serous aside, total wast of money, DO NOT BUY IT
 


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