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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 10:09 PM
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Do you recommend a chip?
Or something that will give me a good boost of umph that is around $200?
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 10:15 PM
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Currently there is only one reflash for our car and it goes for about $600.
If you want to spend $200 you should look at a cold air intake system which is good for about 10-12 hp.
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Martin
Currently there is only one reflash for our car and it goes for about $600.
If you want to spend $200 you should look at a cold air intake system which is good for about 10-12 hp.
or just save up 400 more and get hondata

that's what i would do.
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 10:32 PM
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Or a few thousand more and you can have a nice supercharger.
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 11:38 PM
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Or get NAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ !!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 11:57 PM
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Or get NAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ !!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 01:55 AM
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LOL... He's referring to what Vin Diesel says in Fast & The Furious...

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Original question
Back to the original question. I've seen these chips on Ebay that are suppose to boost your HP. Do these things work?
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 08:30 PM
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Back to the original question. I've seen these chips on Ebay that are suppose to boost your HP. Do these things work?

buy one and let us know
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 08:44 PM
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Thanks. I was a bit leary about these chips. Sounded too good to be true..... This forum has a wealth of knowledge and value. Thanks again
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Old May 1, 2005 | 03:02 AM
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These chips will help just as much.
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Old May 1, 2005 | 09:09 AM
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These chips will help just as much.
More satisfying and JDM too!
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These chips will help just as much.
I'm not sure if there is enough room for that in the transmission tunnel.
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....or how about one of these?

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I chipped my tooth one time but all it did was hurt like hell.
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