Performance Chips. Do they work?

[FlaAveo5]

Hi All,
Do these 'performance chips' that I see advertised on this site actually work? I mean....'Up to 60 extra HP.....' by installing a new chip into my ECU is that really going to get me an extra 60HP? Or is it more like....'UP TO 60'....meaning I really get 1 or 2 extra, unless I put in a ton of extra high performance parts? Since i get crappy mileage anyway, how much worse could it get. And it says mileage is suppose to go up as well...so...before I spend money I dont have....do these things work, or is it all hype? Like the K&N Filter....where you also get....'up to an extra 15HP'....it is always 'up to'. And then you get 1 extra HP at most. Anyone? And is it that easy to install....and uninstall if it is not to my liking?

[thehunterooo]

Like the other 300 threads, they don't work. I don't know why you worry so much about MPG's, you don't drive anywhere

[FlaAveo5]

Like the other 300 threads, they don't work. I don't know why you worry so much about MPG's, you don't drive anywhere

Sorry ,i didnt know there was a huge post about the chip. For once I am looking for PERFORMANCE out of the car, instead of mileage. So as I said....'since I get crappy mileage anyway', and this thing SAYS it gives you up to 2-3 MORE miles per gallon, if I can get a ton of horsepower, AND get a tiny bit of more MPG, with this little chip for $69, why not try it? That is why i am asking if it works or not.
So...there is a big post of people talking about this chip? I will have to go hunt for it.

[petrified.rabbit]

regardless of the price of the "chip" what they added to the "system" it is still basically a resistor from radio shack that is less than $.50 and all it does is change the intake sensor to trick the computer to run rich..

[thehunterooo]

Sorry ,i didnt know there was a huge post about the chip. For once I am looking for PERFORMANCE out of the car, instead of mileage. So as I said....'since I get crappy mileage anyway', and this thing SAYS it gives you up to 2-3 MORE miles per gallon, if I can get a ton of horsepower, AND get a tiny bit of more MPG, with this little chip for $69, why not try it? That is why i am asking if it works or not.
So...there is a big post of people talking about this chip? I will have to go hunt for it.

There have not been any in the past month or two, but we usually have one a week, and they all say the same thing

If those did "work" everyone would have them, that is for sure.

[JPD]

Are there chips for sale on this forum? I haven't seen any adverts here but the way tuning shops in Thailand offer them is as part of a package; a cold-air intake, new header and something like a 'Unichip' or similar for modest power gains, I've never heard of +60bhp being claimed, usually up to +10% of the engine's original power.

[Aveowego]

I bought the JET chip for my car. I noticed a great deal more low end power. Which would be great if I were racing people all the time. For in town daily driving though, it creates a very stop and go jerking experience though. Reminds me of the ecplipse I had with 300 whp. I just removed my chip because while I did find it effective and that it actually worked. It just wasn't an across the line gain.
I do want to add though that my chip wasn't a 67 dollar cheapy from some website. I paid 240 bucks for it from JET.

[thehunterooo]

[2010REDROCKET]

If you want more power on the computer side of things get a tune. I've had one on my car for about a year now and it has changed the vehicle completely. Contact Vince over at Trifecta tuning and tell him Cory with the aveo sent ya.

[thehunterooo]

That is only for 2nd gen aveos, or else I would have had one years ago.