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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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were can i get the hypertech programmer the cheapest for a 94 z28. thanks
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 07:33 PM
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ebay....

I sold one a while back and got 160 for it, have seen some go for around 250 though...
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i know i can get them used off ebay but i want to get it new so that i no the program is on it
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 07:54 PM
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Ive heard from many people its not worth the $.

When I bought my car, it came with a hypertech and I used it once in the past year.
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 07:57 PM
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ya but my z i governd since it has t tops and every day i hit the top speed limiter and its annoying
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Originally Posted by 94 z28 ss
ya but my z i governd since it has t tops and every day i hit the top speed limiter and its annoying

You hit the governer every day?!
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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ya and it one time i raced a cobra on i 4 took it hit the limiter and he blew passed me it really pissed me off
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How are you hitting the limiter??
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Your car does have a speed limiter, its not because of T-Tops, but because your car was ordered new without z-rated tires, I bet your car also came from factory with the 115-120 mph gauges.
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 08:28 PM
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its governed
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Yea, i understand its governd man. But like 5.7LT1 said its not because of the TTOPS is the Tires. As for the Programmer, get one used. The seller should put his stock tune back on his car and the hypercrap back on the programer, you can get one used and save cash or get one new for more $$$$$. Its going to be the same outcome either way.
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get a used one. even if you don't want a used buy it then buy a new one from summit, put the used one in the box and send it back to summit for a refund. then you will have a brand new one
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Its a waste of money get a custom tune even a mail order is better than a hypertech
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hypertech is an extreme waste of money!!!! Go with www.madz28.com.
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Originally Posted by slowmofo
ebay....

I sold one a while back and got 160 for it, have seen some go for around 250 though...
Which is about the biggest waste of money I can possibly think of in the tuning area.

To the original poster, if you just want to remove the speed limiter, get a mail order tune for $50. That is one fifth the amount for the same result.

If you want to do more advanced stuff, you can buy a cable and some real tuning software for less than that and do a whole lot more with it.

The hypertech is really one of those mods that does not make sense for any application.
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pcmforless or madz28.... both of them can get ur governer removed and give you an actual performance gain unlike the hypercrap.
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Originally Posted by infinitebird
Which is about the biggest waste of money I can possibly think of in the tuning area.

agreed, thats why I sold mine. I bought it for 75 bucks and got 160 for it so I made out good. However i would never ever buy one new....
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