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Old May 12, 2006 | 12:21 AM
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ok, i was on ebay lookin for things for my car...and i saw this POWER CHIP!! GREAT HP GAIN!!!...it was for like....i dont know.....5 bucks....so i clicked on it....no pic...just a description....then i described...a resister....so some ___ is tryin to sell a resister for 5 bucks...when u can get one for like 35 cents at any store...haha...just thought id share.
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Yeah, longest running Ebay scam for car performance out there.

It supposedly tricks your engine into thinking the air is cooler, there for making your engine run richer, and gets auto corrected within 500 miles (or less) when the ECM reads the exhaust info and sees that its running rich.
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gets auto corrected within 500 miles (or less) when the ECM reads the exhaust info and sees that its running rich.
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