Hi Im new here i have a 92 305 tbi with vats completely shutting the fuel and crank off.. a local guy is charging $200 for a vats chip with stock tune. Should i go that route or buy my own chip burning equipment and do it myself? Thanks

 

Yes that's quite a ripoff.

 

yeah i figured. now i dont know what to buy or where to look to buy it, if anyone would guide me to the right direction it would be greatly appreciated

 

You need an ALDL cable, tunerpro, a prom reader/burner, a spare EPROM ideally, and an adapter for a memcal probably.

The stickies up top in the two tuning forums are pretty helpful but can be confusing for noobs.

You could also put a resister in the VATS wire and bypass all that. I know fourth gens can do that I assume it's very similar in third gens.
Google: vats bypass site:thirdgen.org

 

For $75, I'll burn you a factory chip with the vats turned off. I'll even supply the chip if it's a 2732 and ship it priority.


Jeeze...


What some people charge for stuff like that.

 

To eliminate VATS , there are a couple of different ways . Yes , you could have a chip burned with no VATS , or you could try the 75 cent resistor bypass providing the VATS module itself is still functional , or if the VATS unit itself is totally dead there is a small cheap aftermarket circuit board that can trick the ECM into thinking VATS is present and working . I think I've seen the aftermarket VATS elimination module for around 40 or so dollars . This of course requires wiring know how to install , so if you have no wiring know how then by far Xwarp's 75 dollar chip sounds like the best option for you . It's all depending on how far your willing to go , wiring wise , as to what the final pricetag will be .

 

Hell, I'll do it for less than that. I don't know why I stated that much, but hey, if you were willing to pay that much, then 75 would be a better price.

In any case, send me a pm, I'm up for bartering and can burn chips as I have an eeprom programmer.

 

do you happen to be located near los angeles.. no offense i just like more face to face transactions

 

I live in Tucson Az.

Send me a pm if you want, we can work something out if you are interested.