Originally Posted by David Burns
Originally Posted by MEXICANCROSSFIRE
Why aren't you gius considering Powerchip?
Is there something I don't know?
I'm very happy with mine, it's definetely faster, I haven't been able to race another XFire (there are so few down here) but I raced some cars before and after and the difference is big, if not huge.
The primary resistance to Powerchip seems to be having to take your ECU out yourself, mail it to them, and put it back in yourself. A lot of DIY work for people who may not want to get down to the nuts and bolts level like that. Plus, if anything goes wrong, what do you do? You have noone local to call, no place you can take your car (unless you drive to CA), etc.
You have a good point there, in my case things were different, they sent me the protection board and the program via E-Mail (we may become a Powerchip dealer in Mexico).
So I did it myself, removng the ECU takes about 3 minutes, desoldering the chip about 1 minute, programming the new one about 5, soldering all back together about 10 and putting the ECU back inthe car another 3.
So it took me about 22 minutes to have my car back on the road, I'm very happy with this mod.
I understand it will take 3 days for you to be able to drive your car again (you send your ECU today, you get it back the day after tomorrow), if you can do it over a holiday or program it, I highly recommend it.
And there's very little chance of comething going wrong, I've chipped many cars and I have never seen anything go wrong when it's done properly.
Just my 2 cents.