inexpensive performance chips

[Gerbilo]

from what i've heard a chip alone won't give you nearly the gain in a honda/acura as it will in other cars... my friend has a 92 Z24 3.1l and he put a chip in.. got decent gains, more than I would in my civic if i added a chip

[drift]

Originally posted by CivSiGuy
besides, who would buy a mugen chip $1500 and reprogram it and sell it for $35.. i mean.. c'mon!

oh.. and g-tech said my stock 160hp Si was 173hp, so you see what confidence I have in a g-tech for hp rating

1. there's a lot of tuners out there who have the Mugen program by either getting the software on disk, or by gettin the Mugen chip and loading it onto disk themselves. they then upload the program onto a radio shack EEPROM (like any other chip) and there ya go... a Mugen programmed chip for cheap that truly works the same as what you get from Mugen.

2. make sure you have the correct vehicle weight plus driver input into the GTech meter for a proper calculation. also set it to level before starting. a lot of people i know used the vehicle curb weight instead of gross vehicle weight and got bad readings. so far i have yet to have a problem with a GTech meter in 3 different vehicles when properly used.

[SiRedge]

Originally posted by drift


So far i have yet to have a problem with a GTech meter in 3 different vehicles when properly used.

This is what really cheeses me off actually - people bashing parts or it could be anything I suppose - when they either haven't used it the way it's supposed to be, or, even worse, bleating about something they really have had no first hand experience in. For instance - how many ppl have you heard bleating about the S2000 not having much torque? How many of those have driven one?!?

[delsolguy]

Originally posted by drift
so far i have yet to have a problem with a GTech meter in 3 different vehicles when properly used.

Do you feel that it accurately measures 1/4 mile times and speed?

[Phat_Si]

Hey man can you hook me up with the instructions???
thx

[drift]

Originally posted by delsolguy


Do you feel that it accurately measures 1/4 mile times and speed?

yeah.

the one i used has been off by .1 second at the most when compared to timeslips at the local track.

as for speed, it's quite accurate. within 2-3mph on trap speeds.

[drift]

Originally posted by Phat_Si
Hey man can you hook me up with the instructions???
thx

it's my friend's GTech meter... and we never use the instructions. i dunno if he still has them.

[Phat_Si]

No, I was talking to the guy who originated the thread. I need the instructions on how to put in the chip!!! Thx anyway tho.

- Phat_Si