How many times you get asked if you gotta Chip?
11-30-2006, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by thunder550
Hahah gotta love just being able to add HP every time you do a mod. Hell, if one glasspack gives you 10-15 hp, why not install 10 of them and get 100-150 hp??
lmao that's great.
last time I was at the track there was a few kids that went to school with me that were there at the track. They were like "hey man your truck is pretty quick for being pretty stock, you got a chip in it or what. my buddy put a chip in his vette and made him like 2 seconds faster in the quarter".
i just bust out laughin and walked off. wasn't worth my time/frustration. plus the funnel cake at the concession stand was callin my name
11-30-2006, 05:07 PM
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"Yeah it's tuned ...just put in new points,condenser,rotor and adjusted the Rochester...on my 4.8" How many wouldn't even catch that?
Also,how would someone hear a 4.3 and think it was a 5.3. Aren't they familiar with the very different inherent engine and exhaust sounds between 6 and 8 cyl engines?
Also,how would someone hear a 4.3 and think it was a 5.3. Aren't they familiar with the very different inherent engine and exhaust sounds between 6 and 8 cyl engines?
11-30-2006, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by DozerDan
I've been asked once and just said yeah it does cuz little redneck kids around here wouldn't know any better if you tried to tell them different. BUT WHAT REALLY MAKES ME LAUGH...I know a guy that buys into all the HP and torque numbers he sees in the magazines that companys say you gain by buying their product...cai's, programmers, you know, stupid stuff. He was tellin me the other day that his truck would smoke mine because...His 05 5.3 ECSB chevy has 285hp stock and then he's put a HPP3(worth 25hp) on it, Some cai that gave him 27hp and 22tq and a fake dual glass pack setup that was prolly worth 10-15 and some other stuff and believes he's got about 350hp prolly. I told him what mine did on the dyno after the tune and he laughed and said I got screwed and that I had actually lost hp and that I should get my money back. But you you can't explain anything to this guy because he knows everything cuz he read it in a magazine 
11-30-2006, 06:16 PM
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ive had three people notice that i had no mass air flow sensor, they go into tellin me that i need that for it to run and that it will run like **** with out it, then i tell them that i have no o2 sensors also..i dont even try to explain
11-30-2006, 06:30 PM
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lol...funny story about the MAF...lol...I told that guy that we unhooked mine for part of the tune, so he went home and unplugged his. He come back the next day..."You're full of **** about unhookin that sensor. I did mine last night and the SES light came on and it wouldn't run at all..." I laughed so hard my gut hurt
11-30-2006, 07:00 PM
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I get the "Chip" question from time to time. However, my favorite story was from a guy that works in my building. He has a 2005 Denali Truck. I assume it has a 6L. All stock. He might be capable of changing the oil by himself but I'm not sure.
It's no secret I have a few mods on the Tahoe. So he asks me what hp I put down.
I say: "450 to the wheels"
He says "I thought it was supercharged?"
Me: "Yes, it is."
Him: "Well mine puts down 345hp and its all stock....Have you changed the pistons yet?"
I asked: "Why change the pistons?"
Him " Because you wil make a lot more power if you change the pistons"
Me:
Him: "450hp doesnt seem like a lot"
Me: "I guess I'll look into changing the pistons"
Him: "
"
I tried to explain that I had changed the engine/posi/gears/cam/springs/added a BLOWER!! however, He was pretty sure he could beat me in any race, dig, roll, 1/4. I told him to let me know when he's ready. I had a headache at that point.
It's no secret I have a few mods on the Tahoe. So he asks me what hp I put down.
I say: "450 to the wheels"
He says "I thought it was supercharged?"
Me: "Yes, it is."
Him: "Well mine puts down 345hp and its all stock....Have you changed the pistons yet?"
I asked: "Why change the pistons?"
Him " Because you wil make a lot more power if you change the pistons"
Me:
Him: "450hp doesnt seem like a lot"
Me: "I guess I'll look into changing the pistons"
Him: "
"I tried to explain that I had changed the engine/posi/gears/cam/springs/added a BLOWER!! however, He was pretty sure he could beat me in any race, dig, roll, 1/4. I told him to let me know when he's ready. I had a headache at that point.