What do these chips I keep hearin about do??? How much are they approximately, are there different stages, just where do they go? Thanks for bearing with my ignorance and questions.

 

They're computer chips that just plug into your ECM, there are different stages, and different places to buy them. If you have the patience to learn though, you can buy the stuff to do it yourself for the same price and can get a much better performance.

www.jetchip.com
www.fastchip.com
and there's some others, i can't think of them righ tnow tho.

 

Hey were do you buy the stuff..to make your own performance chips?

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Sgt Panther

89 Firebird..2.8/3.4 conversion

 

if you want to buy the stuff to burn your own proms go to the prom board you prob,dont need to if your car is stock

 

fastchip.com is all you need to know... First get the dynomax cat back, k&n filters, pulleys, coild, wires, msd 6a then the chip...

 

Actually bub, even on a stock car, a custom burned prom can gain strong performance, and efficiency gains. (More HP & MPG) Mail Glen91L98GTA, he's THE MAN.

 

You V6 guys are lucky in that you use the same basic system as the L98/LB9 V8s. So what works for us, also works for you.

I am more into Speed Density, but the PROM guys are "breaking" the MAF system more.

To learn more about PROM Burning, go to this link for Traxion's article on PROM burning. You can definitely do a lot more by burning your own eprom than buying one. But if you have to buy one, go to www.fastchips.com , don't waste your money on a Hypertech, ADS, Jet or any of the "off the shelf" eproms.

https://www.thirdgen.org/newdesign/tech/promintro.shtml

 

I should add that the 3.1s tend to be Speed Density and 2.8s tend to be MAF. But you should always check. If you don't have MAF relay between the Throttle body and air cleaner, you have SD.