Performance Chip
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Car: 1986 corvette Z51
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Performance Chip
Hey i was thinking of buying a chip for 150 bucks it is going to give me 20-30 more hp. I have a 305tbi do you think this is a good buy?
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kevin
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kevin
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From: Orange, SoCal
Car: 1990 Pontiac Trans Am
Engine: 355 TPI siamesed runners
Transmission: Tremec T56
Axle/Gears: 12-Bolt 3.73
Re: Performance Chip

There is no off-the-shelf chip that is going to give you 20-30 hp on a stock engine.
I have dyno tuned 400+ horsepower tuned port engines that only gain 10-15 horsepower at the wheels.
If you really want an aftermarket chip, you need to get one custom made to your car, either by yourself, or by someone reading what your car needs with a scan tool and doing it on the car. Its practically impossible to tune a car over the internet.
In the meantime, turning your distributor up from the stock 0 degrees initial advance to about 6 or 8 degrees initial will really wake it up. The TBI computer program has very little timing in it to start with.
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From: Waynesville ohio
Car: 1986 corvette Z51
Engine: L98
Transmission: doug nash 4+3 speed
Axle/Gears: 3:42 posi
Re: Performance Chip

There is no off-the-shelf chip that is going to give you 20-30 hp on a stock engine.
I have dyno tuned 400+ horsepower tuned port engines that only gain 10-15 horsepower at the wheels.
If you really want an aftermarket chip, you need to get one custom made to your car, either by yourself, or by someone reading what your car needs with a scan tool and doing it on the car. Its practically impossible to tune a car over the internet.
In the meantime, turning your distributor up from the stock 0 degrees initial advance to about 6 or 8 degrees initial will really wake it up. The TBI computer program has very little timing in it to start with.
thanks
kevin
Joined: Jul 1999
Posts: 10,950
Likes: 26
From: Orange, SoCal
Car: 1990 Pontiac Trans Am
Engine: 355 TPI siamesed runners
Transmission: Tremec T56
Axle/Gears: 12-Bolt 3.73
Re: Performance Chip
No there are no screws to turn on a TBI to give it more gasoline. Its all controlled by the computer. You can get a vacumm controlled fuel pressure regulator from http://www.top-downsolutions.com/ that will let you adjust the fuel a little bit.
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