got my ecu tuned by powerchip

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Bavarian Motorist

Yes I completely understand and knew this before hand, which is why I was so skeptical at first. If it was a placebo effect, don't you think I would have jumped out of the gate screaming about how great it was? Read my response to Jim :P
Placebo effect is/was never an issue.

Not necessarily. Your first suspicions that the car is not faster or maybe even slower could very well be correct. However, to justify the money spent you might have tricked yourself into thinking something more is there when it's not.

P.S. it was really hard to read your response to Jim. It was super long and I couldn't really tell where his quote ended and your response began so I skipped over it last night. You might want to clean that up a bit.

[Bavarian Motorist]

I apologize. It's the way the forum settings are. If you quote someone and leave the name blank, it uses their actual statement as the quotee's name, so you see doubles of everything quoted.


But please don't forget I have a 2 week guarantee on this product.


I still may return it...I'd lose $80 for shipping is all.

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by Adam

... Your first suspicions that the car is not faster or maybe even slower could very well be correct...

Hi,

That is so true, especially since Memory is fading, his original impressions are likely to be the most accurate...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[Bavarian Motorist]

- Bragging rights...mean nothing to me.


- I have an eidetic memory. I have a specific timing in my head of how long it takes me to redline 1st and 2nd gear and what points of the powerband feel like what. This is why I was reporting a possible loss around 4-5k rpm range. I noticed a difference RIGHT THERE. A bad one at that, but then, it may have been due to the temperature increase. Time will tell. I need more days behind the wheel, though I've literally driven ALL DAY both days.


- If I was trying to convince myself that I spent the money well, why didn't I do it in the beginning? The answer to that is simply because I wasn't. I was very skeptical and in fact, I still am unsure. My reports yesterday were good but that doesn't mean they're conclusive and I believe I made that clear.


-

I can't drive my car today (tried to...drove home sideways basically) so I cannot report.



Anyhow...I might drive down to D.C. where it is warmer just to drive my car (family lives there)



I definitely understand the skepticism from you all, however.



Hey, does anyone know if that power v flow intake for the 987 is any good? It looks much smaller than the factory air filter.

[nastyboxster]

I'm running to your defense Bavarian. I think as long as you are happy with the results, then you got your money's worth on the mod. You can check the thread on the bashing I got when I posted my dyno results.

It doesn't matter if you have hard results or not, there will be people on this forum who will still be skeptical about mods.

Keep us updated if you ever dyno it.

[Bavarian Motorist]

I can dyno it for you guys if you think it will help? I mean, I don't have a before dyno to compare to, but I don't mind spending the $$ if it makes you guys happy :P



I owe at least that much to you all

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by Bavarian Motorist

I can dyno it for you guys if you think it will help? I mean, I don't have a before dyno to compare to, but I don't mind spending the $$ if it makes you guys happy :P



I owe at least that much to you all

Hi,

A Dyno run without Baseline #s from the same car doesn't give you anything to compare it to.

Individual cars can vary widely in their Dyno numbers. I saw an 8 Peak HP difference between 2 Stock Boxsters (roughly the same mileage, etc.) run back to back on the same Dyno. That's probably more than any possible gain you got from the chip, so comparing your numbers even to a set of stock OEM specs still doesn't make for much comparison. I'd save your money...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[super66]

bav, congrats on your purchase and being happy yourself....listen you can't win here all the time.....I think I just saw that chip in a magazine I randomly got and was going to post on here about it....

The chip I saw claimed HP went from 240 to 254 for the base and a half second drop in 0-60...I was going to mention it to Dr Burton since it claims to take the "s" version to almost 300 horses.....so I say dyno it...I highly doubt your 987 was producing more than 240 so I would say anything above, give yourself a pat on the back......

if you only gained 3 extra hp, then I might still get one to offset the loss in speed if I get the 19 inch replica classics

I don't want SD and the other guys teasin me about having the slowest 987....still one of the funniest things I have read.....