are the chips you see on ebay for £2.00 any good?

[mike22]

they promise a 20 bhp increase but do they work

 

[NICKO_12345]

no they shag your engine, give it to someone you dont like for a present

 

[James M]

Have a look at Dave's Sticky in the Punto Forum.

The guy selling them should be strung up

 

[kemo]

all chips do is confuse engine management in believing it is still running cold and puts more fuel in so in time not only costs you in more fuel but also knackers your engine as it will be running to rich if you want it chipped have it done properly in the ecu and you wont go far wrongchips you buy on ebay for £2.00 cost about 10p from maplans so as far as i am concerned its

 

[Jai]

the best chips are from toffs, muswell hill or skipjacks, queensbury, as for cars, best left alone mate!

 

[Dan]

This should come up as a dialogue box when u sign up to the forum. 'No questions about the chips on ebay, they are crap and dont do anything. End of story.'

 

[beau]

This should come up as a dialogue box when u sign up to the forum. 'No questions about the chips on ebay, they are crap and dont do anything. End of story.'

agreed, but i still might buy one

 

[dave]

agreed, but i still might buy one

wanna buy some black go faster pin stripping? 40 bhp increese

 

[kemo]

The chips you buy on ebay for £2.00 cost 10p from maplans all they do is confuse your engine management into thinking it is still running cold so puts more fuel in. not only do you use more fuel it also knackers your engine in time its like running on choke all the time. the best way is to have your car chipped the right way in the first place ie ecu .but at the end of the day it is up to you if you buy one.me i know what i would do £2.00 chip or £1000+ for new engine.so for me its a

 

[Dr_Pepper]

I think they use these chips on GT4. There is a 40bhp Panda which you can chip to 98bhp. So they must work.

 

[Emm]

i had one of them fitted for a bit to my sei, the only diference i found was that you could drive it faster when you first started up. Took it out after a few months.

 

[dave]

I think they use these chips on GT4. There is a 40bhp Panda which you can chip to 98bhp. So they must work.

no that wont be the ebay things, they defently dont work lol

 

[Dr_Pepper]

Yep I was joking. I'm fairly sure that not much will take a 42bhp Fiat to 98bhp!

THE CHIPS ARE CRAP DON'T BUY THEM. Maybe we should have that plastered in the forum background!

 

[Stu DemonD]

I just don't know why Kemo resurrected this old thread, and keeps repeating stuff that we already know......

 

[The Negotiator]

For the record, if anybody wants to buy one, I will sell you one

 

[dave]

For the record, if anybody wants to buy one, I will sell you one

now we know who the guy selling them on ebay is

 

[The Negotiator]

I wish! I have too much of a conscience!


But...if there's a market....

 

[gaz.d]

i have a chip in my car - courtesy of a tw@t in a mondeo :bang:

we now know how paul is paying for his french tank

 

[hmallett]

the best chips are from toffs, muswell hill or skipjacks, queensbury, as for cars, best left alone mate!

Bit of a blanket statement there! The 'chips' on ebay aren't chips, they're just resistors. Proper chips, programmed properly, are OK. 29bhp extra for a Coupe 20VT for £35...
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[Stu DemonD]

Lol, we already know that these 'eBay chips' are just 10p resistors........