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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 08:18 AM
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Default Anybody tried this SLR chip?

http://slrmotorsports.com/shop/index...t_detail&p=683

Somehow I have a hard time believing 50hp/50ft/lb for that price, otherwise EVERYBODY would have this. But I'm thinking for that price, if I could get better throttle response and even 5hp/5ft.lb it would be worth it. Anyway, I haven't seen any other threads on this so I thought I'd ask.

Oh yeah, note the asterisk at the bottom where they say they guarantee their advertised gains or money back, lol. Too bad you'd spend much more than that just for the dyno pulls to prove that you didn't get those gains.

If nobody has any experience with this, I might go ahead and give it a shot just for sh*ts and gigs, and to write a review for others.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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It's probably like those ebay ones with the resistor that you plug into the maf or whatever.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 09:48 AM
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Yeah. The more I think about it, I start thinking the reason it's so cheap is so people would be willing to try it. I'd probably be better off using that $$ for 2 tanks of gas.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by CavPat
Yeah. The more I think about it, I start thinking the reason it's so cheap is so people would be willing to try it. I'd probably be better off using that $$ for 2 tanks of gas.
yea you are, buddy of mine had one, it was garbage. He actually lost hp and made gas milage worse.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 02:57 PM
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Don't do it. It IS a POS... Spend the money on an actual tune. You WILL get better results.

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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 06:42 PM
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^I know that, but an actual tune will cost a lot more than $80. I'm honestly surprised, 65 views and nobody's flamed me for even asking about it, lol.

Anyway, just thought I'd throw it out there and see if anybody's actually tried it.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 06:58 PM
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cav your an ******* for thinking this would even work
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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^lol, thanks mongoose.
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Will at Overkill Motorsports is doing tunes for $199.00. I'd at least go that route.

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