Is this a joke?
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From: IDAHO BOOOO!
Is this a joke?
Ok i can kinda of understand how this MIGHT work, but i dont know, this claims to override the air intake tempurture sensor, making the engine think its getting colder air, making it dump in more fuel, enriching the mixture, and changing the timing....
Does this really add HP? and it also says it wont hurt your engine, sounds like it would cause pinging to me...
But if its true, ill go buy a resistor!!
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Does this really add HP? and it also says it wont hurt your engine, sounds like it would cause pinging to me...
But if its true, ill go buy a resistor!!
EBAY link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ayphotohosting
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haha, no, it's not true. Deffinately not for that much hp anyway. You can use a resistor inline with the IAT to modify your fuel curve slightly, it's a trick that I used on my car when it was running a little too lean once, but I only used like a 1k potentiometer and tuned it with a wideband O2 sensor till it was what I wanted.
However, I don't recommend anyone doing this at all, and besides, the IAT sensor is ignored at WOT on Hondas.
It's more or less, a very badly executed scam. The way they usually tell you to hook it up, they replace the IAT sensor, which could cause the motor to actually run lean or rich depending on what value they send you. In most cases, they have no clue so they just send you any old resistor. It could be the right value, but likely it'll be dreadfully wrong, and could cause a CEL as well.
- Nathan
However, I don't recommend anyone doing this at all, and besides, the IAT sensor is ignored at WOT on Hondas.
It's more or less, a very badly executed scam. The way they usually tell you to hook it up, they replace the IAT sensor, which could cause the motor to actually run lean or rich depending on what value they send you. In most cases, they have no clue so they just send you any old resistor. It could be the right value, but likely it'll be dreadfully wrong, and could cause a CEL as well.
- Nathan
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My freind just got a ship for his 325 bimmer...and it diffinatly made a difference, mostly at top end, but his was an actual PROM chip that replaced the chip in the ECU, probably contained fuel maps or somthing, but is there any actual PROM chips for hondas?? The company he got his from only makes them for bimmers
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Originally posted by pirate252
My freind just got a ship for his 325 bimmer...and it diffinatly made a difference, mostly at top end, but his was an actual PROM chip that replaced the chip in the ECU, probably contained fuel maps or somthing, but is there any actual PROM chips for hondas?? The company he got his from only makes them for bimmers
My freind just got a ship for his 325 bimmer...and it diffinatly made a difference, mostly at top end, but his was an actual PROM chip that replaced the chip in the ECU, probably contained fuel maps or somthing, but is there any actual PROM chips for hondas?? The company he got his from only makes them for bimmers
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why would you want to run rich on fuel and not have enough air accordingly? that would kind of **** up combustion a little bit i think. seems like if you're "tricking" your engine into thinking you have more air but you dont, so it dumps in more fuel, that combustion would be even less complete than it already is.