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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 03:44 PM
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Thumbs down What a joke!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1873967262
 
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 05:05 PM
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look at the guy's feedback, hes actually sold 2 of these already.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 05:25 PM
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If it's what I think it is, it works. I don't know about 20 hp, but it will make a difference. Of course, your engine's lifespan will be greatly reduced, your cats will clog, and your gas mileage will drop.

It's a resistor that you put inline on the signal wire from the ECT. The result is a lower than honest reading, which means the ECM will either stay in open loop longer, or at least run it richer.

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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 05:31 PM
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look at the guy's feedback, hes actually sold 2 of these already.
It only shows two sold because he keeps changing userid's to run away from his negative feedback. I actually saw this same product with a ton of negative feedback on the userid the other day.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 10:51 PM
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Sounds like a resister that goes inline with the IAT sensor. Part of his statement is true, it is the same concept used by the aftermarket computer chips, however the chips also modify several other signals. On my Dodge i took the IAT sensor out of the intake manifold and installed it in the airhat, this makes it read 20 degrees cooler than normal, which will give you a little bit more fuel in open loop. It's only good for about 2hp, its more of a tuning type thing than a horsepower mod, probably wouldn't even give you 1/10th in the quarter. It gives you absolutly no more feeling of power in the seat of the pants. His resistor does the same thing. If you wanted you could go to radio shack, buy a resistor for 10 cents and solder it in and you would get the same effect.

-Jon
 
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 11:33 PM
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yeah, I have tried the same thing before but I used my coolant temp sender. I removed the connector and placed the resistor in line and it helped but it halfed my mpg.
 
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