I have a 99 Ex sedan and i was wondering if it is worth it to buy a performance chip off of ebay?

 

Just bought the "G-box" from Next Level Performance. Does anybody have any pics on how to install it. Anything would help. Thanx

 

Depends what chip you are looking at. If it's a legitimate chip and not a $.10 resistor it may be worth it. Post a link to the listing your referring to and I can let you know.

 

i dont know what a gbox is but no, a "performance chip" is not worth it...

 

99% of the e-bay "performance chips" dont work. they just mess stuff up.

 

I bought it for about $60 and i dont have a link for it but if you go to http://www.nextlevelracing.com, it is the white "G-box".

 

all it does is trick you ECU into thinking you are running lean

 

Save your money.
They are NOT the same chip that's been available for Gm and Ford vehicles.
The same can be accomplished with a $0.30 cent Resistor from Radio Shack.

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so is there any chip upgrade for the stock ecms on the market for accords with H22A?

 

The proceedure of choice is to have the ECM of choice "Chipped". It's a 'little' more involved than a plug & Play proceedure.
In effect, the ECM' printed circuit board is modified by the addition of a socket for the installation of a programable eprom chip and an external USB port for digital access. After this is done, custom software is installed which allows custom A/F Maps and Ignition Curves to be installed.
Involved indeed, but this is required since Honda hard solders their eproms right to the Motherboard. Thus the jumping thru hoops deal.

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Just to throw in some number, apex'i vafc(Piggy back) have at least 20 wires to monitor and alter the signal.

if your box only have two..um..well, might as well call it snake oil box

 

The truth behind resistor boxes...

 

Great graphics! Photoshop? LOL

I saw your 'handle' pop up and I half expected the unabashed endorsement for the guy that chipped your ECM......

I'm bumping this so(s) you can get the Product Plug in before this thread flips onto the next page

all in good fun.... P

 

Yeah, photoshop. It was a quick'n'dirty two minute job, but I think it gets the point accross.

 

Found an image for the gold series as well.

 

I see you're putting that Graphics Arts Program from the University of Phoenix to good use

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You can seriously f up your car by installing that "chip". If you want to get more power out of your ECU, look into an OBD1 conversion and run Uberdata, Crome, or any of the "free" tuning apps out there.

 

What do u mean by "seriously f up your car"? How bad are we talking here? I had a $30 chip on my car for about a year and it never did anything to the car. The check engine light never even came on. So what kind of bad things are you talking about?

 

im gonna have to say leave perforamnce chips to diesels if those ebay things do anything at all it might just trick the motor to dump extra fuel in

 

I think the moral to this story should be: Ask, 'before" you buy. Not after.

 

I put the chip in last night with out any problems. I had my car dynoed last week at 160 hp. I just had it dynoed again with the chip in and it dynoed at 167 hp. So to all the people telling me that these chips dont work, it obviously did work.

 

 

I'm sorry, but what does this picture have to do with me chipping my car?

 

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right, ok. i like how your dyno numbers show roughly a 35+whp change from stock w/ an intake and a chip. the chip increases horsepower by tricking the ECU into thinking the car car is running lean, so it dumps more fuel in, and your gas milege will expletive the hell up. also, expect some long term issues as well

 

What are you talking about 35+ hp gain. The car stock has 150 hp. So 167-150=17. I don't know where you got this 35 number from because it was only 17 hp.