Hi! newbie here,
I do not know a great deal about the workings of cars or modding ect,.
I have a 97 Civic 2 Door Coupe Vti(SOHC Vtec)
I have been browsing through ebay and a saw a thing on there which claimed to give you up to 20 extra hp just by plugging in some sort of resistor link here .
Few questions:
Why is it only $8US?
Does it really do what it claims?
Is it safe?
Is it easy to install?
Is it legal?
I guess i really want to know,...is it worth it?
Anyone played with them?

 

never heard of them so im not sure.

If im honest it sounds like load of B to me

 

That's crap. If you do a search on ebay for any car those will show up.

 

Don't touch it. It's a weak attempt to fool your ECU into dumping in more gas due to lower charge temps. Nobody would ever gain 20 hp on a dyno by doing this.

 

it's crap, simply bypasses your intake air temp sensor. Results vary from -6hp to +8hp. And it can result in setting the CEL under certain conditions.
Save your money and buy something worth while.

BTW it's just a $0.05 resistor.

 

Thanks for the feed back,.. I will give it a miss then!

 

I just got a civic LS auto it looks pretty standard. I've looked around and found out it has 104bhp which is crap for me! i want to get this baby to at about 150bhp. cud anyone tell me where to start?? THANX

 

turbo

 

im considering the chip from the sellers feedbacks.. i mean.. im not the seller or anything but if its relly junk his feedbacks would be all negativve from angry customers.. just my .02

 

well.. looks like it will make you get like 15 mpg since it uses more gas for preformance.. if it actually works