Chip yay or nay?

[Insayne]

My brother snagged a jet chip for his 94 for 50 bucks and is very pleased with it. I haven't gotten to ride in it yet to see the difference hut he had nothing but good things to say. With that said I was thinking if getting a act chip and four dial tune selector. I like being able to go from stock to race settings. I mean realistically all I'd want is a stock setting for smog a mileage setting and a full blown race setting but the extra setting in between is what ever. Any way my tax return will be here soon and I'm looking at few mods this being one of them. How do you guys feel about chips?

 

[Rice_slayer]

Your car has bolt ons, chips on a 94/95 OBDI PCM are useless unless you actually have real mods done ie; HCI swap/power adder. Save your money for something else.

 

[BIGDATOWN]

A chip is a waste of time, but a TRUE tune is not!! Bolt on or not

 

[Insayne]

I understand that but what I'm getting at is having the chip true tuned for various things so I can select the method of driving

 

[Rice_slayer]

I understand that but what I'm getting at is having the chip true tuned for various things so I can select the method of driving

As said, with the minimal amount of mods done to your car, it wouldn't make much of a difference. You have exhaust and CAI, which IMO do nothing but look cool on our cars. The money would be better spend on gears.

 

[ttocs]

save the tune until your car needs it, at this point there is not much if anything to gain in retuning it. Save the cash for a good set of heads and a cam and then you can start to think about the tune.

 

[auto_x5.0]

I would say save until you can get a decent h/c/i and gears...then budget in for a tune, you also have to remember that having that dyno/tune time isnt free either. You have to find a local dyno shop and ask them how much they charge per hour to tune a car.

 

[OnyxCobra]

Mail order chips, bad. Dynotuned chips, good.

 

[Insayne]

I have gears. Currently breaking them in. Hmmm then what suggestions do you boys have for my tax return?

 

[castine917]

price range?

 

[auto_x5.0]

H/C/I is your best bet for your tax return bud

 

[Insayne]

I got 900 I can blow. Not enough for h/c/i

 

[OnyxCobra]

why the need to spend it? Could always save it.

 

[auto_x5.0]

You could do a good budget build for $900 or you can save it and when you get another $900 get some used eddy or holley stuff and git-r-done

 

[Slykin]

Saave, that's what i'm doing now. There's no reason to do it halfway the first time 'round.

 

[rz5.0]

gt40 heads and intake

 

[Insayne]

Well I have another block that I'll be building. Probably into a 347. So I figure some bolt on's that will later end up on the 347. I coulddo chasis parts tho. Rear control arms and subframes. Car does need some attention to bushings vast majority of them are blown out.

 

[ProKiller]

if your plan on building a 347 then don't waste that money on engine stuff as the stuff for a 302 in the $900 range would be too small on a 347. the only thing that would be worth it would be long tube headers and matching mid pipe.

get the rest of the car ready. do some suspension, chassis stiffening, and start shopping for the 347 stuff.

 

[castine917]

i was going to say headers without knowing budget. your budget can handle longtube headers, full length subframe connectors, and bushings. that is what i suggest.

 

[Insayne]

Long tubes are illegal in Cali kind of a pain in the ass with smog.