ebay performance chips a scam??

[65Pontiac]

im not looking to get one but i always see these on ebay. any one have experience and if they are a scam?? they seem like it to me

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PERFO...item4aa0301a93

[Createdtoburn]

LOL hahaha. If you get that I will laugh at you so hard.

[65Pontiac]

haha, i wasnt even going to but now that you said you will laugh at me i will. lol


but really do peope actually by this crap???


EDIT: o shit, i didnt even see this one. im deffinatly buying it

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...null&viewitem=

[Createdtoburn]

Wow man. How do they get away with selling such bullshit? hahaha. It said "Insane acceleration off the line and better steering response" lmao. Since when can ANY computer chip improve non computerized steering anyway? hahaha. I wonder how much money they steal from people anyway?

[SCT]

I'm sure a lot, like people who are non-technical and whatever, no common sense, blah.

Ever seen those magnet bands? I worked at Sears Auto, worked on a truck, opened the hood. There was a magnet band on the intake pipe and one on a fuel line. Supposedly it does something "to add performance".

[RobMilkshakes]

Yeah they're scams, but electric superchargers are totally legit!





right?


hah I forgot where it was posted but I remember seeing a cardomain link to someone who allegedy had something like 170hp from a 4AFE with an ebay chip. I didn't really have the heart to tell him.

[Evo_lucian]

Dam all that from a chip. Now I feel like an idiot for turbo,ing my car

[65Pontiac]

haha. ive seen hose magnet bands too.such crap lol.

ive also seen that electric supercharger. except it was listed as a turbo lol. almost $400 for the pos lol. some of the reviews were like "i have a 95 integra and i can now pass camaro SS's and chirp the tires. and its an AUTOMATIC." lol i think it was on jcwhitney actually. it came in a bunch of different colors too

[REN69]

a paperclip with a lightbulb soldered to it would have the same effect... in other words, yes they're bullshit.

a quick search would have shown you the tons of threads in which we've discussed these chips before.

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Haha, that auction is so blatantly full of shit that it's hilarious.

"Smoother shifting (On Both Manual and Automatic transmissions)"

[Evo_lucian]

It's mostly in the mind I guess. Most people psych their self into believing simple mods actually make a difference. I had a friend cut up some plastic plate to make a "throttle body spacer " and a" plenum spacer " and he is convinced that he got a huge increase in top end power boost on a 5afe . .

[65Pontiac]

it does work thinking about it. why do you think ricers put the stickers on their cars??

if you think that a crazy graphic on the side of your car gives you 100 hp then it will!!!

i just put fog lights on my corolla and its so much faster now

[PrizmGSi]

I'm gonna stack 10 of those chips together and get 880whp out of my Hi-Comp.

[PhatRoyale]

Scam.

I would rather spend my money on Doritos.