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Discussion in 'Performance and Tuning' started by 4merfigur8er, Apr 12, 2009.

  1. Apr 12, 2009 at 9:45 AM
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    Happy Easter! I am a new member and I have just purchased an 04' 4wd 4cyl. 5spd. manual trans X-tra cab that I am having shipped here to Louisville, Ky. It has 106,000 miles on it. One owner. I am wondering about all the performance chips I see on Ebay. Anything you guys can tell me will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
     
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  3. Apr 12, 2009 at 9:54 AM
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    DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE EBAY CHIPS!!!! They do absolutely nothing for your truck performance wise. You would be better off taping a bag of these to your motor:

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    Well, if it sounds too good to be true it usually is. No improvement in fuel economy at all? You say better to spend my money on beer and tomato juice? Thanks
     
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    No, they make mpg worse. They trick the ECU into running rich. So you actually lose fuel economy.
     
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  6. Apr 12, 2009 at 10:16 AM
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    That is really strange. They claim to make them run leaner. Any place here on the site there is anymore info on this subject?
     
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  7. Apr 12, 2009 at 11:38 AM
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    Some of those chip DO make the engine run more lean. They work by altering the resistance valuse of the sensors they are attached to. They "May" work for a few min. or so, but as soon as the computer realizes that something is wrong, On goes the CEL, and the computer goes into "limp" mode. They are a simple resistor bought from an electronics store. If it did any good for the engine, rest assured some Dude in Osaka, Japan would have put it in from the factory.
     
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