In a message dated 31/03/2004 12:05:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

I know  I'm bringing up an old issue but I serched the archives and found =
no  definitive answer to how well it works (or not). The chip I'm talking  =
about is the one always seen on ebay  =
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3D33597=
&item=3D2470597796.  Has anyone installed one and driven it long enough =
to give a good or bad  report?

Well, here's another GOOD question !  I asked  the very same question, more
than once and never got one single response.   After pondering this all alone,
I decided for myself to jump in and get one and  try it out.  Sooooo way back
in January the little chip showed up here  and I installed it.  Have put
approximately 1200 km since then.  So  what do I think, well it seems to make the
engine run a lot smoother and  accelerate better.  More top end, I don't think
so.  I'm still trying  to get another one of my buds with a good running 2.1
waterboxer Westy for some  side by side road running comparisons.  I do have a
Boston Engine Big Valve  engine so some of the performance gain is
attributable to that.  So a real  comparison is unlikely unless I find another equally
equipped Westy with a  Boston Engine Big Valve engine to make some side by side
comparisons on the  road.  Dyno you say, well nothing like that around here,
sorry.  Only  dyno available is seat of the pants ones.  Highly inaccurate !
Worth  the 100 CAD it cost me ?  Too late to ask now !  Bought and paid for  so
am enjoying it and that $100 has a lot to do with how I feel about it.
Presently I feel good and like it as my Van has never run so well.  But if  you
look at my _1987 Vanagon  Westy New Motor Project_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/newmotor.htm)  and _1987 Westy Modifications &  Improvements_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/mods.htm)  webpages you will see there could be any number of
reason  my Westy is running so well !
Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 10 ~ 13, 2004
'87 Westy & Lionel  Trains
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