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Old Feb 15, 2005
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Should I Buy A Performance Chip???

so should i buy a performance Chip on E-bay for $34???? it is gonna add 40HP and of course torque so should i get it for my 04 civic???????????



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its a scam dont do it. if we all could get that and get 40 hp then none of us would get i/h/e wed all have that chip. dont even think of buying it. lets see the link. i wanna c this 'chip'..usually its just a resistor u can buy at radio shack for 25 cents.

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here it is check it out http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ayphotohosting
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BUY it that is a great deal. while your at it buy a turbonator (or whatever the hell they are called). Then get youself a few stickers and you should be able to keep up with a stock civic.

I wish I could reach through this computer and smack some sense into you noob!!!!
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i am pretty sure that's not a "performance chip".... and it would not give you the gain that they promised....
you should probably stop asking before you get flamed....

#EDIT: opps, too late....
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hahaha dude go ahead and buy it.........good luck with yur 160 hp vic....wow
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OMFG that is some funny **** I noticed atleast two typos in their add and you want to buy this "marical chip" that they bought at the hardware for $.10
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NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Get it and I will reach through the monitor and smush up the resistor so you can't use it and mess up your car.
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alright enough of the flaming.

I am guessing that you are new to this so FYI there are only several ECU upgrades out that will even be compatable with out civics. There are a few piggy back options APEX, E manage ect. and then there is the chance of Hondata (although I think they gave up on the D-17). You can also go with a stand alone ECU (tons of $ and only would be good on a built boosted civic). These systems all really do not make that big of a difference on our car unless applied with a turbo. The most benificial would be the Apex-vafc with that you can change you Vtec. ANY claim of another ECU or a chip for our cars is a SCAM
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all it is is a resistor u stick on the end of yur IAT sensor, its spose to 'fool' the ocmputer into thinking its all cold air. so it woudl be llike yur driving in winter all the time. its worthless and stupid. u'll screw something up.

edit: bgoetz is right ^
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The flaming is nothing personal everyone goes through it when they say stupid **** via ignorance or plain stupidity
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I spent $300 on a vafcII and $125 to get it tuned properly. I gained 2whp. Do you really think a $35 junk will give you 40HP?????
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what the hell flame on!!!! you posted almost the same thing less than a day ago and got flamed to hell and then locked. What part of peice of **** don't you get. Also Ebay and civics just don't go together so stay off ebay most of that stuff is crap
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Okay time to end this. I think he's learned enough not to get it.
 




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