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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MAZDA...QQcmdZViewItem

Anyone have experience with these? Legit? Scam?
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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I mean- it sounds stupidly too good to be true! i forgot where I read about chips like this to be Bull Shizznit! Maybe Aarons web site or something? If I remember, I hit you back up or someone else might know!
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Prodigy_723
I mean- it sounds stupidly too good to be true! i forgot where I read about chips like this to be Bull Shizznit! Maybe Aarons web site or something? If I remember, I hit you back up or someone else might know!
Yeah 7$ for +60hp... bullshit.
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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Is this another $15 resistor?
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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I bought 3!! Now I'm making 386hp with a stock TII.
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 09:13 PM
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well the fact you can see it has a picture of a 3rd gen rx-7( which we all know is turbocharged)
and then you read the FAQ and it says sorry, only works on naturally assraped engines. yeah bullshit, i bet they dont even ship you anything, or ship you a fusable link and tell you add it to your battery lol.
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 10:26 PM
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It's a resistor in a box, it basically does nothing. This is pretty basic stuff that's been covered before.

IF IT WAS THAT EASY TO MAKE POWER THEN THE OEM'S WOULD BE DOING IT!

IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT PROBABLY IS!
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 11:34 PM
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they're a scam. I have an electric supercharger I could sell you that would do more than that.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 01:08 AM
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its a 10 cent resistor from radio shack put in a box. you wire inline with the wire that tells the computer air temp. It's suppose to add power by tricking the ecu into thinking the air is cooler than it is, thats why it says not for turbo cars, cause it wil make them detonate. you might get 1 hp no where near 60. i'd stay away from most non-name brand chips, no name companies probably don't have the money to make a good chip.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 09:39 AM
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Our cars already run rich, so you'll actually loose a little power by making it think that it's cooler (cooler air is more dense, so the computer will add more fuel to compensate).
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 09:42 AM
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Don't waste your money i bought one of those, i bought one of those years ago. Never installed should have posted here firts... Save that money and buy legitimate stuff... G/L
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 10:52 AM
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I lol'd
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 01:09 PM
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funny stuff......i'ma wire a chain of them together and shoot for 500hp!!!!
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 07:02 PM
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I don't think it makes sense anyway. How can you have more horsepower and get a better mileage. The higher horse power car you have the more gas you tend to use. I don't trust these thing on ebay.
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