Boston Globe: "Keeping 'car chippers' plugged in" - KTR, APR, etc.
04-06-2004, 12:21 PM
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Boston Globe: "Keeping 'car chippers' plugged in" - KTR, APR, etc.
"He gets the best results by plugging new memory chips into turbocharged Audis and Mitsubishis.
"This, because it's for a turbo car, will give you about 50 horsepower," Diebold said, as he pointed to a small square of circuitry. Fifty more horses, just by changing a silicon chip."<ul><li><a href="http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/04/05/keeping_car_chippers_plugged_in/">Keeping 'car chippers' plugged in</a></li></ul>
"This, because it's for a turbo car, will give you about 50 horsepower," Diebold said, as he pointed to a small square of circuitry. Fifty more horses, just by changing a silicon chip."<ul><li><a href="http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/04/05/keeping_car_chippers_plugged_in/">Keeping 'car chippers' plugged in</a></li></ul>
04-06-2004, 12:26 PM
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Which actually has a few interesting comments
<ul><li><a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/06/1433237&mode=nested&tid=137">Comments on /.</a></li></ul>
04-06-2004, 12:31 PM
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hahhaha....the Pontiac Vibe is "popular with street racers"...lmao
GM offers a chip upgrade as part of a supercharger kit it sells for the Pontiac Vibe, a small car that's popular with street racers.
yeah, maybe if theyre racing little kids on trycicles.
yeah, maybe if theyre racing little kids on trycicles.
04-06-2004, 01:39 PM
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hehe this one was funny.
To the tune of "Centerfold"
The seals won't hold,
My oil gauge is stuck on cold,
This chip has cracked my manifold,
This chip has cracked my manifold...
The seals won't hold,
My oil gauge is stuck on cold,
This chip has cracked my manifold,
This chip has cracked my manifold...
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