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Old 03-29-2012 | 06:11 PM
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Default Performance Modules / Chips for 2.4L

Has anyone bought & used any of the Auto Chips Direct performance modules? $59.99 including shipment, warranty for life and 15 days no questions asked 100% return policy seems pretty stinking cheap & too good to be true. Any suggestins on what manufactures product I should use and I should stay away from? Bone stock, off the showroom floor 2011 Accord 2.4 liter.
 
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Old 03-29-2012 | 06:47 PM
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I would probably stay away from it Does it make absurd claims like 50hp gain while also gaining 10mpg? Most of those chips don't do much for non turbo applications.

For example my turboed volvo you can gain 50hp from the programmer, but it basically just ups the boost.

Same goes for turbo diesel trucks, you can gain almost 200hp in a dodge with the 5.9l Cummins with the programmer.

But in a naturally aspirated 4 cyl they usually just dump more fuel in in an attempt to make more power.
 

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Old 03-29-2012 | 07:06 PM
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Old 03-29-2012 | 07:29 PM
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Thanks a million, I wrote a heavy handed email and told their tech dept to tell me the truth of what I should expect from their product with an out of the box Accord. They downgraded their HP from 75 to 30 and told me I would see 3 - 6 MPG more and not the 8 their WWW stated. I told them to tell me the truth otherwise we would be shipping a chip back and forth should I found out they lied.
I guess I won't waste my time but I thank both you gents for the time you spend replying to an add that falls directly into, "if it is too good to be true - -it probably is". I built jet engines, chevy 6 cyl's, bored a Ford 5.8 out to a 357CuIn and stuffed it into a 67 Mustang and even had a Duramax with a Predator hand held programer, 4" exhaust redesigned induction tubes pushing about 900 Ft Lbs. I knew trying to get a 20% HP increase out of a $60 chip from a gasoling naturally asperated stock engine was tipping the BS scales. Again thanks for the HONEST replies.
 
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Old 03-29-2012 | 08:01 PM
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Not a problem, its what we are here for.
 
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