Mod Chip!!! Probably stupid but......

swordfish215

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Hi people

I have bought a chip of ebay which promises +20 BHP on my seat ibiza, sounds good so far... but it cost only £3.99 :-o , and it just a resistor :censored: . To fit it i new to add the resistor to the air intake tempreture sensor, cos i'm a newbie to all the modding stuff, can anyone tell me where the senor is. I have a Mk3 ibiza 02, pictures we be most helpful.

Thnaks in advanace and if it does work i will post the results here.

Cheers

Andy
 

m0rk

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It doesn't

I did back to back dyno runs on mine.. it's meant to trick your inlet temp sensor to make it look like it's colder than it is - and put more fuel in. but the exhaust lambda sensor realises it's overfuelling & cuts it back.

end result - you just paid £3.99 for something that costs £0.0012 but that doesn't make your car faster

Sorry, but the only effect it can have is a placebo effect.
 

mik

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I'd recommend you put it in the bin..... you're fooling your engine into thinking (I assume) that there is more air travelling through the MAF, so it'll add extra fuel.

Running rich for a long time is likely to cause bore wash and blow your engine.

It's £3.99 'cos that's how much it's worth (actually it isn't worth anything like that). :thumbd:

Sorry. :(
 

swordfish215

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Never mind its only £3.99... sounded to good to be true, is there any recommended Mod chips then, i have a Ibiza Chill 1.4 and the performance is pants.
 

m0rk

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performance is pants because the crap airbox design. it'd be like you trying to breath from thru a straw.

relocated induction kit (DIY) will give you the best gains sub £100

Mark
 

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Hi Mark I've been trying to speak to you about fitting face lift bumpers from a mk2 on to a pre face lift model so i thought i would contact you on a recent post you are subscribed to. I havent bought any bumpers yet but need to know excatly what to do, ive heard something about runners? How hard is it? could you possibly give me all the information you know please really need help on this cheers
 

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Yeah, got your email / pm - just a bit busy right now

Will reply in due time. I don't as a rule reply to hijacked threads tho
 

cordobabro

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i think i seen the same thing on ebay from australia i was going to get it it's only 17 buks promises 20 bhp was i daft in even thinking about getting 1 or could it work on a 95 model cordoba, it says it will. cheers
 

cuprachrissy

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leave him alone! he's only asking! i cant stand it when people get all high and mighty because someone asked a question, yes he could have searched and yes he may not be all into the super modding that some of you guys do but like he said he's new to this and hes trying, he didnt ask for anyone to take the p*ss out of him, so i think in future if you aint got anything constructive to say, don't. good luck with modding swordfish125.
 
leave him alone! he's only asking! i cant stand it when people get all high and mighty because someone asked a question, yes he could have searched and yes he may not be all into the super modding that some of you guys do but like he said he's new to this and hes trying, he didnt ask for anyone to take the p*ss out of him, so i think in future if you aint got anything constructive to say, don't. good luck with modding swordfish125.

I understand where you are coming from Chrissy, but there have been two technical answers why not to in the first two replies so there is no need to ask the question again further down the thread.

Plus try googl'ing the "ebay performance resistor chip" and you'll read about another million similar topics warning you off them, so it's not just the people on here.


P.S
It is also the same case for the "ebay electric supercharger kits" So don't ask about them!!!!
 

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It is also the same case for the "ebay electric supercharger kits" So don't ask about them!!!!

I think I might start a "ebay flying car kit". This kit will cost £4.99 and will make your car fly, it will involve a set of cardboard wings and a cardboard tail for the roof. I'm going to revolutionise the world!!
 
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this thread is from like 2004.

now now ppl dont start arguing. lets just get this thread sent to the scrapyard already. so put your handbags down
 
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