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Hey guys. I bought a performance chip from Ebay, i searched "2005 Civic Si Chip" and it's the only one that comes up (Raceinc Technologies). I took it to a local performance shop and asked them about it, they said they've never seen it before and wouldn't install it for me. Do you guys know if that chip is safe for my car or if it will give me any problems or cause any damage? Thanks for the help!

P.S. I ordered the one for the 2.0L engine SIR...I will be exchanging it for the 1.7L EX version (got mistaken by the US/Canada conversion); however, if you tell me otherwise, I will just get a refund.

 
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its a piece of **** resistor that doesnt do anything, someone told me they heard of a couple of engines blowing after putting those crap things in, you wasted your money so return it if possible

 
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dont install it u caould have trouble later on.............

 
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dont use it...... if it's 1 of those typical "performance chip", I believe it fools the engine into thinking there is more air being fed than there actually is.....

 
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Its a resistor. All it does is make the voltage lower for whatever the sensor is outputting. Basically it makes the ECU see conditions that are not really there.

Its a waste of money, so don't bother.

 
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you got fooled

 
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what are names of some of the chips that are good for our cars?

 
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none. there is the jetchip, but it sucks and costs $500

 
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the one you bought is a $.15 resistor that they wire dinto a box. it resists the signal comming from the IAT or internal ambient temperature sensor. what it does is makes the computer think your getting colder air than what you really are. this advances the timming and increases fuel. well the o2 will recognize the added fuel and it will also compensate so it really wont do much of anything. you have got to do research on these types of things. remember your car is your transportation do you really want to put some crap on it that you have no idea what it does

 
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You got scammed!

Sorry man throw it away & spend more time on this site instead of e-bay...

 
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Why didn't you ask this before you bought that stupid thing?

 
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Thanks a lot guys, I'm going to return the damn thing back to the seller.

ghOst -- I didn't ask before I bought the stupid thing because I found this site afterwards. I'm glad that I found it though.

It's amazing how much first hand information you can find in here, thanks a lot guys!!

 
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you cant chip our car in the first place...its OBDII not OBDI...ive gone over this with my tuners

 
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save up and do a engine swap or turbo. or go all out with looks. but that dont mean rice the hell out of your car.

 
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I want to know what can i do to my 04 civic ex 4dr to gain more power without spending alot of money. I just got it about 3 weeks ago and i need help

 
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don't bump a six year old thread with an irrelevant question. read the faq on stage 1 cams in advanced engine performance.