Chip mods?

[ENDER_XVICM 10+ year member]

Where can you get chips for your car. I see them on eBay but they are like 20 bucks and I always figured they were much more than that.

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[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

what car?

dont get the $20 ebay chip. it's a fraud //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

my chip was $300 and thats a base tune

 

[bhsdriller 10+ year member]

ask cotjones

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

Italy has the best chips

 

[DBBOOM 10+ year member]

All the local parts stores can order them.

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

dyno tune, and if u cant get one of those maybe a programmer.

 

[ENDER_XVICM 10+ year member]

WoW, thanks for the quick responses. 300ish is more what i was expecting. the car is a 2001 cavalier. auto tranny.

 

[ENDER_XVICM 10+ year member]

also, how difficult or easy is such a thing to install.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

prob a tuner is what you can do, look around some cavi forums, maybe try http://www.mantapart.com. Those ebay chips are a diode that hooks up to your air charge sensor to make the car think its cold outside all the time, it dumps more fuel to try to warm the car up faster, adds maybe a few horsepower at best and you will get worse fuel mileage ALL the time

 

[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

The eBay chips are nothing more than a resister that gets wired into the MAP sensor. It tricks the MAP sensor, and makes the ECU throw more fuel into the engine.

And for a Cavalier, with an autotrajic transmision none the less, you can't do much as far as performance goes... Auto's and performance/going fast don't do hand in hand

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Auto's and performance/going fast don't do hand in hand

Huh? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

Auto's and performance/going fast don't do hand in hand

maybe not for a shitty 4cyl...

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

Huh? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

maybe not for a shitty 4cyl...

x3

 

[ENDER_XVICM 10+ year member]

I have friends who are capable of changing the tranny to a manual for ne next summer. i just need to pay for tranny and 100 to each of them. I will also get to help and learn what I can while they do it. Would this be worth it. would get tranny from junkyard.

2001 cavalier 2 door. 2.2L engine. 100,000 miles

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

x3

x4.

you gotta know wtf is up and wtf you is doing

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i would try and find a different car, on offense. cavvys arent the ride i'd choose