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jb92563 · 09-18-2012, 06:35 AM

You don't get something for nothing, so a $70 chip might end up costing you dearly somewhere else.

I don't think the things that a $70 chip can damage are less than the price of a cataliytic converter or a trashed engine.

Don't bother with the chips that fool the ECU into doing stuff it does not want to do.

Get a proper remap of the curves to suit your mods.

Its always best to get a higher displacement engine that is designed to handle the additional stress, rather than take a smaller one and try to push it to the limits.

Sooner rather than later something is going to break.

If you want max HP, buy a IMS failed Boxster and put a 3.6l in it and then you will only need half the pedal travel so you can keep up with the car.

Here is the story of a 3.6l Boxster 3.6L Boxster GT Racer

09-18-2012, 06:35 AM	#6
jb92563 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 1,665	You don't get something for nothing, so a $70 chip might end up costing you dearly somewhere else. I don't think the things that a $70 chip can damage are less than the price of a cataliytic converter or a trashed engine. Don't bother with the chips that fool the ECU into doing stuff it does not want to do. Get a proper remap of the curves to suit your mods. Its always best to get a higher displacement engine that is designed to handle the additional stress, rather than take a smaller one and try to push it to the limits. Sooner rather than later something is going to break. If you want max HP, buy a IMS failed Boxster and put a 3.6l in it and then you will only need half the pedal travel so you can keep up with the car. Here is the story of a 3.6l Boxster 3.6L Boxster GT Racer __________________ "It broke because it wants to be Upgraded " 2012 Porsche Performance Driving School - SanDiego region 2001 Boxster S, Top Speed muffler, (Fred's) Mini Morimotto Projectors, Tarret UDP, Short Shifter, Touch Screen Dual Din Radio, 03 4 Bow glass Top (DD & Auto-X since May 17,2012) Last edited by jb92563; 09-18-2012 at 07:22 AM.