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Old 03-24-2014, 06:05 AM
 
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Nope, waste of time and money.
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Old 03-24-2014, 07:09 AM
 
Location: Poway, CA
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A decent programmer could definitely help. Notice the word 'decent', though. Anything with that low of a price point would worry me. A GOOD programmer will run $300-$500, and that's just the handheld unit with some canned tunes the deveoper came up with.

Mike
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Old 03-24-2014, 07:46 AM
 
Location: Prosper
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Not all ECU's have flashable EPROMS. For those cars, the chip is simply swappable, and those chips aren't exactly cutting edge anymore, so even a cheap one can do the job just fine.

Here's an example, these are for the Ferrari F355.

FS: Ferrari 355 Motronic Chips - 6speedonline.com Forums

This obviously isn't cheap, but that's because you're paying an insane amount for the Ferrari markup. A chip for a Dodge Ram would be under $100 and accomplish the same thing.
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Old 03-24-2014, 08:24 AM
 
Location: Born & Raised DC > Carolinas > Seattle > Denver
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I purchased a custom burned chip for my '01 Crown Victoria years ago. I didn't notice a whole lot of difference to be honest. More aggressive shift points, that was about it. Then I had a few other mods done, and they made a definite SOTP difference. Sent the chip back to superchips.com to be reflashed to recognize the new mods, and it made a really big difference.

a chip alone didn't do a lot for me at first, but if enhanced other mods I had done big time. a little bit better gas mileage too.
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Old 03-26-2014, 06:58 PM
 
Location: Earth
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The best chip I ever saw was the Turbo Tweak chips for the Grand Nationals
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Old 03-27-2014, 02:07 PM
 
Location: H-town, TX.
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Buying a $69 generic resistor in a flashy looking box only lightens your wallet.
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Old 03-27-2014, 02:43 PM
 
Location: WFNJ
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Buy a bag of potato chips, eat it, gain some weight and you will notice your ride can corner slightly better.
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Old 03-28-2014, 07:57 PM
 
Location: Walton County, GA
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You will see no real MPG increase. You have a thirsty 5.7. Your truck already goes into MDS mode during light throttle.

True performance tunes may free up some HP, but will also lower MPG.

Don't waste the money.
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