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TurboXs Piggyback Install n' Review


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Gonthrax
06-22-2002, 05:42 PM
Well, me and my buddy spent last night and this morning installing a TurboXs Stage2 Piggyback computer. We don't know how well it's working because we haven't had a chance to let it learn it's settings yet. But I have a major beef with TurboXs. This is what he recieved:

1 TurboXs Harness
1 TurboXs Stage2 Chip

Now this may seem all fine and well but it isn't :mad: In order to install it right you need four 1 1/2 inch #4 screws to replace the 1/4 inch ones on the stock ECU so the harness will be secured. These were not included... You need some heavy duty doublesided tape to secure the actual chip to the ECU so it doesn't bang around. This was not included (No biggy on that one) You need three M6-1.0x40mm bolts and one 30mm extender to bolt the kick plate back town to account for the extra ~1inch of stuff ontop of the ECU. These were not included...

Now that we know what sizes are needed it wasn't a problem, but we made three trips to Lowes and bought about $30 of bolts, nuts and other assorted bits before we got what we needed :p Once we got the right bolts it all bolted in just fine and looks just like it used to, accept for a little lump in the carpeting. Basicaly it's just plug and play, we had it plugged in last night sitting in the floor board with me holding the chip so it wouldn't fly around :D You can tell it hasn't learned all the settings yet but it now boosts 16.5 on the dot in 3rd and 4th, donno about 5th yet, it hits around 12 in 1st and 14 in 2nd but we expect it to figure out how to hit target in those after we run it WOT through the gears a few times.

Also installed a 60mm Apex'i boost gauge, it's perty :silly2:

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