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Subject:Re: Performance chip
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 4 Jan 2012 07:49:45 -0500

At 04:19 AM 1/4/2012, Doug Elledge wrote:
>Has anyone used an after market performance chip in a waterboxer?
>I'm seeing one for a g force chip guaranteed to improve gas milage and power.

Aside from what Dennis says, the G-force chip is a total scam.  With
only a two-wire connection to the Temp-I sensor (they call it IAT, or
intake air temp) it cannot possibly have the adaptive behavior that
they claim for it, and there's no way on earth it could "reprogram"
the ECU.  It tells a little fib to the ECU about the intake
temperature, and G-force tells you a big fat barefaced lie so they
can sell you two dollars worth of parts (otherwise known as a
resistor in disguise and a couple wires) for $60.  Disgusting...and
their so-called explanation about stoichiometric mixture (great word)
neglects to mention that every vehicle with a catalytic convertor has
its mixture controlled at stoich (courtesy of the oxygen sensor(s))
because the CAT won't work properly otherwise.  Feh.

Yours,
David