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Feb 8, 2002

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ECU Upgrade

How much power can I expect from a chip upgrade and what exactly does it do? I searched for it but didn't find anything.

Feb 8, 2002

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Unfortunatly w/ our engines, I think we would be lucky to get 7 hp out of one, but it depends on what they do to the ECU itself. The fuel curve is hard to change because of the ULEV crap.

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you are supposed to get better results when you have more mods. at least have i/h/e before you get a new ECU or have yours programmed.

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wat the ecu does is that it controls how much fuel goes in... the stock ECU is programed to serve the stock configuration, therefore doesn't give as much fuel as it could with the mods to reach the full potential of the parts...so by getting a reconfigured ECU...you get more out of your mods..

Feb 9, 2002

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I would go with the Aem Plug and Play

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Can you make burn me a copy so that I can install it too?[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]

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LOL the AEM Plug and Play... r u out of your mind??? that thing costs $1400 let alone isnt out for our vehicle yet. well unless u really do race, u dont really need it haha. i need it though but am not gonna pay for something like that

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with our stock computers we'll never have a "fast" car... maybe goodlooking, maybe quick, but never a screamer.

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Our cars will scream like mad and not get very far in a short period of time. even the JUN civic (seen it fer meself) is only running 180 ish HP with cams port and polish, flywheel, pulleys, headers, removed cat. ECU reprogramming...

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180 ish sounds good to me. At least some punk in FORD or CHEVY won't be able to run.

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well even though we have pessimists here but ya our cars might not be super cars LOL but we can still win some races. ya i got my *** whipped by an SS camero duhhhh. but i raced some old school domestic (dunno those old cars, but he said he had a 328 or close to that), and out of 4 races i beat him twice (1 other loss cuz i had a bad start..plus 3 people in my car). and the only performance mods are intake and exhaust right now... just wait a couple months hehe. laters