Redline Power Chip: GOOD? BAD? UGLY?

[leety]

Anyone looked into this?

Redline Power Chip myth debunked - FROM THE SOURCE! | eBay

Would love to hear from ya'll about your experience with this.

[Daox]

If you know how to tune an engine, you can get better mileage out of it but usually not much. Slapping some ebay power adder chip will probably get you lower mileage.

[niky]

Redline Powerchip: No longer a registered user. Uh... guess that's all there is to say about that.

If you want something that works, get something programmable and proven, like a Unichip Q, or a flash-tuner like Cobb. Well worth the extra money. But for economy... they take a very long time to pay for themselves.

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by niky

But for economy... they take a very long time to pay for themselves.

Depends what car, how much you drive, and what EMS. If the car is less fuel efficient and there are easy tweaks to save gas it could pay for itself quickly. For example, Porsche's M96 engines had a very dumb VVT setup that was always advanced, simply switching that off would get you a bit more mpg.

Another thing you can do is use a 200 dollar narrowband simulator with wideband O2 to make your engine run lean, but you would not be able to run as lean as with a standalone and so it would save you less fuel. However standalones are like 1k minimum.

[Fat Charlie]

Best bet for tuning is find a good model or make specific forum and find out what they use for tuning.

[jakobnev]

This is what i googled up : http://www.sequentialtaillights.com/...ps%20scams.htm

[oil pan 4]

Using programmers for gasoline engines for the reason of improving fuel economy usually doesn't work.

[leety]

Thanks Ya'll I figured the silver bullet was little more than BS but I figured you guys would share some info with me on this post, and you did ;-) Thanks much.

[leety]

I'm working with a 1992 Honda Civic VX, working on deferred maintenance issues first. I'm get all the systems in a serviceable state. While I work on those matters, I'm researching some of the fun things I can do next ;-)

[Mustang Dave]

Originally Posted by leety

Anyone looked into this?

Redline Power Chip myth debunked - FROM THE SOURCE! | eBay

Would love to hear from ya'll about your experience with this.

I lost count of the spelling and grammar errors on that page. Don't waste your money.

That said, I purchased a HyperTech Max Energy Power Programmer for my Mustang in May of 2009. This is far more than a resistor in parallel with the Intake Air Temperature Sensor. It plugs into the OBD-II port and re-programs the ECU to make minor adjustments to air/fuel ratio and ignition timing for more power and torque. It makes a noticeable "seat of the pants" (and dynamometer graph) difference in low-end torque. It doesn't make a noticeable difference in fuel economy unless I program it for premium fuel, which yields lower MPG, primarily because premium fuel has less energy per gallon than 87 octane regular fuel. It cost $360. It won't pay for itself in fuel saving, since it doesn't make a difference in MPG, but the additional low-end torque is worth the price, from my point of view.
YMMV.