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Old 05-04-2010, 10:40 PM
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Default E-Bay Tuner Box's/Performace Chips?

On E-Bay there are tons of these little Black Tuner Box's. All under $50... Are they worth it? Just looking to get a little better MPG some extra HP wouldn't hurt.
 
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Old 05-04-2010, 10:45 PM
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no way, don't do it! you'll be sorry you did, no performance chips/mods can be made for fifty bucks, trust me and the rest of us here!
 
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Old 05-04-2010, 10:49 PM
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Yeah, those things are great.
No! Im kidding, those things are a real big gimmik. What theyre supposed to do is tell the engine to lower the temp by resisting the intake air sensor. Look around this website, there is all kinds of talk about what you can do for mods (performace and gas savers) probably the best thing you could do for saving gas is, get a cold air intake.
Think about it, if there was somthing that gives you 50+ MPG and up to 50+ horses, dont you think there would be millions upon millions of them sold??
Pretty much anything on ebay that is supposed to be a miricle power adder/gas saver is a gimmicky rip off. Be carful buying stuff from ebay.
 
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there are plenty of reputable sellers on ebay. no threres not.

just one jar head bob and max, did i say that right. its nice to see a fellow member on there.
 
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thanks for backing me on this wht02monte!
 
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ya those things are great esse, i got one of those and it gave me so much power my head gasket blew. jk that happened some other way, that no one can figure out.
 
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Old 05-04-2010, 11:04 PM
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Thats what I thought... It's odd how there Feedback is still pretty good.

Thanks guys... Great Site...
 
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there are plenty of reputable sellers on ebay. no threres not..
Well there may not be reputable dealers, but there are some good ones on there. None of which sell this piece of solid waste.
 
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Old 05-04-2010, 11:07 PM
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Yeah, ive always wondered how the hell they get good feedback on something that by no means what so ever, works. Might be exchaging certain favors for feedback...
You know like cutting grass, checking under the bed for monsters, ect.
Yeah i know that sucked but i thought it was funny
 
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Old 05-05-2010, 08:23 AM
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Because people who don't know about cars think that their car is running better.

It's the same as people who put 93 octane in for no reason, and think cat-back exhaust systems totally added 40 HP
 


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