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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 09:16 PM
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Ebay performance chips??????????????

Has anyone bought one of these 30 dollar chips on ebay? How did it work?

Is this a scam or is there some benefit?
 
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 07:20 AM
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I have a buddy who tried one and he could not tell any performance gain whatsoever! I would save your $$, just my experiences.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 09:25 AM
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Those ebay chips are such a huge scam. You could also run the risk of damaging your truck.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 12:06 PM
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I think all they are is a resistor that tells the PCM that the temperature is not what it thinks.

Since the V10 runs in closed loop most of the time (even WOT), it'll figure out the mixture is not right with the O2 sensors and adjust anyway. I think.

Contact Mike at 5 star tuning. There is a sticky here (thread at top of forum) with a thread he started about dynoing his '99 V10.
 
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