ebay's 15+ BHP for ?4.99!????

[burgessovsalford]

wots this i saw on ebay today???

done the link below but dont know if it will work, but look on ebay under the nova search...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2401633768&category=14767

anyone bought this, sounds dodgy 2me?

[wisewood]

well people have bought them before, and they are experienced ebayers with 40+ ratings and have said it works...

so who knows...

[burgessovsalford]

Anyone on ere eva bought it??

[mikeoxford]

:lol: it dosent actually say what u get for the money?

also if its a chip like it makes out?

it states itll fit any car since 1989? - bulls!hte cos my car aint even got a chip/ecu LOL

[burgessovsalford]

i bet its a piece of paper telling u how to tune ur carb...lol!!

[ade]

wisewood - hows your petrol consumption since fitting that little green thing on the fuel pipe?

Ade

(I'll get them grill pics to you tonight)

[wisewood]

Send an email and ask them exactly what is included as although the very lengthy item description is very informative it does not actually tell you what it is that you are bidding on.





Also, a point i just thought of, all the people who have said they bought one could just be friends of the seller... :D

[burgessovsalford]

ive bort it for a fiver!! more fool me...

only a fiver, so il let u know wot it is.

[wisewood]

Well i suppose it is only five quid...

[nutsaboutnovas]

Yeah please let us know what it is and if it works!!!

[Stuart]

seeing as its an american advert i bet its for the american nova which happens to be a V8 "gas guzzler"


and these "?4.95 gets you a kit" things from ebay are shitte. i got a lens to make some sort of projector and its meant to come with instructions, must be being deliverd in a seperate envelope next year lmao

[mowgli]

It is probably a note telling you to pump up the tyres really hard, disconnect the alternator and rev the taters off it in 1st gear on a rolling road with the air filter removed.

I am an old sceptic, but if 15bhp was this easy, GM would have done it at the factory.

I'd love to know what this is.

By the way, I've got some secondhand grinder sparks for sale, Anyone interested??????

[weegaz22]

it says in the advert that its a chip for the ecu, and that it adds up to 20bhp, which is bullsh?t, no chip can add make 20 bhp with no other mods, unless its a turbo and its had the boost upped

[Anton]

sounds like a con to me..

[mowgli]

I was always led to believe that the gte ecu is analogue, and the most gains were made by fiddling 'resistance readings' to con the injector driver circuit.

Mind you, it apparently fits all novas, so my 1.0 ohv will whip some cars at the lights.

[mrtim]

Sounds like bull-s**t to me.

Why does it not say for ECU cars only?

Ur probably meant to sellotape it into the fuse box.

My mate bought a 'power ball' once at a motor show. Like an HT lead but had a big ball in the middle of it.
More bhp, better mpg. All that crap.

It was meant to replace the lead from the coil. His car didnt have that lead. When he rang the number on the back of the box. It didnt even attempt to ring.

I wouldnt bother.

[mikeoxford]

has it come yet?

[burgessovsalford]

no! he wants me to send a cheque off, so gunna send it today... prob get it later next week now.

[mowgli]

he'll probably send you back a letter saying:- Sorry, the product is faulty, accompanied by a refund cheque from 'Bob's Gay Porn & Dildo Co.'
Dare you to take that to the bank.............

Please let us know soon or my jokes get worse, honestly they do!!!

[burgessovsalford]

Not got it yet, prob b next week but appartently in his words its a.......

"small resistor that fits into your air intake temperature sensor"

Anyone any ideas to wot it is??

[wisewood]

Sounds likea right load of rubbish to me mate... but we will see i guess.

As for the thing with the cheque coming back with a dodgy company name on it you just pay it in through a cash machine instead... nobody sees your face associated with it that way. No embarassment that way.

[burgessovsalford]

prob will be for ?4.99... Like they say 'you always get wot u pay for'

[nutsaboutnovas]

has it come yet?? whats the situation??

[Aragorn]

heh sounds like it fools the ECU into thinking the engine is cold

it fires up cold start mode and pumps in more fuel

so all it will do is overfuel, soot up the plugs and generally make the car run like shite

[mowgli]

WOW The old fiddling of the temp sensor to overfuel it trick, I saw CCC mag do something with a Manta in about 1986 that did that. Didn't do much to the overall power figures if my memory is still working.


P.S. Wisewood, you seem to know a lot about passing dodgy cheques.....

[burgessovsalford]

STILL NOT GOT IT, AS HE ONLY RECEIVED THE CHEQUE TODAY! :?

APARENTLY IS DOES'NT AFFECT THE FUEL OUT GOING IF U READ THE ADVERT?

[mikesri]

I've sent a cheque for one of these 2!! I sent the cheque off last week, and am starting to get that kippered feeling!! I'll give it till the end of the week! Sounds a bit like bullshit ot me but its only a fiver!

[mikeoxford]

:lol: should be interesting to say the least.............

[wisewood]

P.S. Wisewood, you seem to know a lot about passing dodgy cheques.....

:lol: A little... not a lot.

[burgessovsalford]

Finally got it today...

Think it does trick the air temperature sensor. You gotta connect it that anyway.

Does anyone think this fcuk my car up? Also where is the IAT sensor(Intake Air Temperature)?

[mikesri]

Yeah i got mine 2!! Like you said it sounds like it tricks the ecu into thinkin that its cold! Its called a IAT Timing tricker and it goes across sum terminals in the IAT sensor!!??????????????

MMMM i'm not to sure about this!!!

[Aragorn]

dont bother guys

all it will do is knock the ECU into cold start mode

cold start deliuberately overfuels to make sure the car will run happily in cold weather

running permenantly in this mode is NOT good for the engine - all u'll do is coke up the internals and u will prolly lose power due to the fact its overfuelling

[mikesri]

I've just been talkin to my uncle who said exactly the same thing! He said you probably wouldn't even notice the difference! Well it was only a fiver the robbing bastard!

[Anton]

just leave him some shite feedback and warn others not to do the same thing

[mikesri]

yeah i will do!!

[Anton]

you just bought my tax disc holder didnt you?

[mikesri]

yep certainly did m8! I was just about 2 contact you about it!!

[Anton]

you should have all the info you need, as soon as i recieve some dosh it will be in the post :D

[mikesri]

Nice one!!!

[Snowface]

i'll tell u what u get for ?5. A resitor. My m8 got one for his Escort and it didn't really say where to fit it. A load of crap. It costs 20p if buy one from an electronics catalogue or something. dunno what resistance it was. cant remember the coulour of he rings.

a load of crap.

[mikeoxford]

lol post a pic on NL of what u get to give us a laff :D 8)

[Snowface]

ok. u get one of these. Just one mind u not two like in piccy. :?
http://home.ust.hk/~bcandyp/resistor.jpg

[Nova-Boy]

I think thats what is used to chip other cars. It fuels the fueling system to pump more fuel into the injectors. Just made my mates 106 stink of feul and blow smoke!! :lol: