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Hey all,

I was looking on ebay at the resistor "chips" that say they produce 20 HP more on the trans am. I read the sellers feedback and almost everyone was happy with the product. It was only 8 bucks! Do these really work and will they hurt the car?

horist

lol... 20HP is a joke... and the people are happy with them because they don't realize they got ripped off

the Resistor "chips" are just that a 50 cent (prolly cheaper?) Reisistor.... it tricks the PCM into thinking the incoming air charge is like 42* F ... at this low temperature the PCM won't pull back any timing advance...

Problem is if it's hot out, the pull back in timing advance is meant to stop potential knock... well if it's hot and you're not letting the PCM do its thing... here comes the knock...

Also if it's cold out... the PCM wouldn't pull timing anyways...

Basically it's a scam by some deceitful people taking advantage of those who didn't bother researching anything...

Basically ... not worth it... and if you do really want to do this (I don't reccommend the resistor mod) i'm sure someone here knows what size resistor to get... and you can go to radio shack and buy one heh

wait4me

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i personnaly like all the stupid air "supercharger" things they sell.. and the stupid tiny Nos kits that use the whip cream charge cans.. lol

horist

wow.. my opinion of you just changed....

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j/k

the tornado intake things own though.. u must admit

wait4me

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lol yah, i double stack the tornadoes... That means DOUBLE TROUBLE when im racing anyone out there, UNSTOPABLE!!! the only thing that sucks is, all that vortex air going into my motor makes the two side wheels come off the ground, and i almost fliped it on its side a couple times... ,,, lol

itchygomey98

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Hey man, you may want to rething the double tornadoes thing - you could blow the welds on your intake!




I couldn't resist.

wait4me

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true , true, i have got to be making at least 100 pounds of boost.... i cant find a gauge that reads high enough,, lol

horist

just be sure to put double welds on your floor pan and you'll be fine .. .

wait4me

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Floorpan??? someone on the board said to cut out the floorboard, so i did. I get about 10 miles per gallon better now in the city, but my feet get real sore from all the running while sitting in the car.....

horist

notta prob... just buy some vtech shoes and all worries will fly away at 9000 RPM

SmokingWS6

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I purchased a 57* resistor for 37 cents back in the day before tuning. SLP was charging $25 for the same thing. lol..

WS6 RULES

The mod is called timing tricker. You just insert a resistor in place of the IAT sensor. The sensor is on the driver side near air lid. I used this for awhile before I started tuning. I actually had good results. I got good at it. Different ohms for different seasons. A 5.7k resistor was a good average one but I live in S. California. If you live where it's cold it won't do much good. I had a good power increase and better milage for 99 cents.

98formulaMAH

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So, does the Tornado really make a big difference, I cant tell if you guys are joking or not?

horist

yes we're joking

quick curt

4400 OHM resistor from radio shack

wait4me

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sorry lol