I Found A Chip In My Car...
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mikestang63
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most likely it advances your timing... as stated if it aint broke dont fix it
I found a potato chip in mine the other day
I'm worried that it could be pinging at full throttle and I can't hear it because of my exhaust...
Just leave it. Those chips didn't advance the timing a crazy amount. Run 90+octane and you'll be fine.
When removing and installing these, do you just remove it and then plug it in or is there steps to like reset the computer or anything? I'm thinking about running at the track and taking it our between runs to see if its worth anything.
You should not mess with it at all unless you're going to remove it.
It's junk, a gimmick. They made them in order to take money from suckers. There is no benefit whatsoever to having one.
Th reason these guys are telling you not to mess with it, is because the timing would need to be accurately set if it were removed. Since the car seems to be currently working and running correctly, then there's no point to removing it and creating a headache for yourself.
So.... Leave the thing alone --or-- Pull it and toss it into the nearest trash can and set your timing correctly and adding a couple degrees of base.
I understand the temptation to mess with everything to see what it does but you'll end up creating more issues. Now... if the car is ever digitally tuned or you're trying to eliminate possible gremlins in the pursuit of an issue, then that chip is EXACTLY WORTH a place in the nearest trash can.
That is about as plain as I can tell it. It's not worth anything in money or performance and generally causes issues until discovered and discarded.
I had one of those in my old Mustang. They are like others mentioned before, advance timing and increase fuel. They are supposed to add a little HP for mostly stock engines. These are really old chips and I don't think they're made anymore. If you ever go beyond exhaust and intake mods you'll want to remove it which is very simple. You just unbolt and unplug the vehicles harness from the chip, remove the chip, plug vehicle harness directly in to the EEC, tighten bolt, reset timing.What do I do with it? Should I keep it in? The car drives fine.
Okay I think I'm going to remove it and just try to sell it or something. I already have explorer heads and intake and a cam so it seems like its probably useless.
mikestang63
SN Certified Technician
Why would the timing have to be set after removing it? I thought your base idle is set without the computer controlling it. I thought that was the purpose of the spout connector.
Largely to rule out the possibility that someone has set base timing with that chip installed. That chip is installed BETWEEN the EEC and your harness. That means it's changing data AFTER it has left the EEC.
mikestang63
SN Certified Technician
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