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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 06:03 PM
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Chips, chips, chips

Hi All,

With all the choices of ECU chip providers in the marketplace (PowerChip, Upsolute, SpeedtuningUSA, JetChip, etc.), how is one to decide who is the right vendor to go with. Prices for these solutions range from $345 - $1200!!!

I'm curious about how others decided which product to go with. What was your decision-making process, what product did you end up purchasing, and what was your end result? Did it meet your expectations? ....

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 10:03 AM
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I have the Renntech chip but is costs around 2,500. The performance increase is definitely noticable. My personal belief is that all the good software/chip modifiers are using similar programing. Lean out the fuel mixture, remap the timing, requiring a high octane, remove the speed limitor, etc. Combine with a pulley mod and you can get some serious increases in performance.
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