| View Full Version : STS V8 Performance Chips tomm 01-04-08, 10:37 PM $8.49... Is this a joke or is this guy realling selling a performance chip for less than $10? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360009493503 TobyJohnson11 01-04-08, 10:47 PM I have seen these chips for everything from corvettes to escalades all for under $10.00. In this day and age I am convinced that you get what you pay for so just imagine what $9.00 can get u horsepower wise. I’m guessing somewhere around .0003% tomm 01-04-08, 10:55 PM At the same time he could have purchased a real perfomance chip from someone else and just copied the data and put it on a blank chip for close to nothing so anything is possible? Anyone buy any of these ebay items? sapien 01-05-08, 12:21 AM beware of Ebay auctions not bearing actual photos of the product... it's probably just one of those resistors that's used to fool the ECM into thinking the intake air temperature is colder some of the feedbacks on this seller say "not a chip" or "doesn't work" tonysailor 01-05-08, 09:57 PM you go cheap you get cheap... T 1MadMan 03-25-08, 10:27 PM This is most likely a small transistor that "tricks" your Air Temp sensor into thinking the incoming air is colder than it really is, artificially raising your timing. These have been sold for LS1's for years. Probably will not be able to feel any difference... dkozloski 03-25-08, 11:22 PM At the same time he could have purchased a real perfomance chip from someone else and just copied the data and put it on a blank chip for close to nothing so anything is possible? Anyone buy any of these ebay items? There is no place to install a chip in an STS ECM unless you plan on soldering something in. sublimesept 03-26-08, 01:58 AM This is most likely a small transistor that "tricks" your Air Temp sensor into thinking the incoming air is colder than it really is, artificially raising your timing. These have been sold for LS1's for years. Probably will not be able to feel any difference... Thats exactly what it is. They fooled me when I was 17 and bought one for my eclipse i had. dkozloski 03-26-08, 03:12 PM If somebody wants to try it I can get you buffalo chips. STScadillac99 03-26-08, 06:48 PM anyone interested in some land in Florida? cheap... STScadillac99 03-26-08, 06:54 PM here is some of the negative feedbacks on that guys ebay listing; """bad gas mileage so i took it apart and its a 10 amp fuse with a resistor on it"""" """"not only did this product not work but it blew out my mass air sensor"""" ''''check engine light wouldnt go away and made it shift weird. didn't like it""" id stay away from that crap...:mad: | |