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Postby TheMack » Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:43 pm

hey guys i havent been on lately but i gotta question, my cousin has an older benz 190E 2.6 and he said there was some kinda chip in his car called a "retard resistor" witch made his car about 15hp weaker, i know thats a german car but i was wondering if our cars may have some kind of chip that hold back the power of our cars, i'd appreciate an answer thanks in advance
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Re: Quick question

Postby 1gSE » Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:29 pm

Doubt it
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Re: Quick question

Postby TheMack » Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:29 pm

i just called him back and he said the universal part is called an R16
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Re: Quick question

Postby Midias » Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:36 pm

TheMack wrote:i just called him back and he said the universal part is called an R16


This is a joke right?
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Re: Quick question

Postby SleeperSolara » Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:47 pm

What?? :roll:
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Re: Quick question

Postby TheMack » Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:08 pm

well idk, it was some kind of little chip that idk if our cars have
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Re: Quick question

Postby SleeperSolara » Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:37 pm

TheMack wrote:well idk, it was some kind of little chip that idk if our cars have


The only chip that limits our car is the speed gov.
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Re: Quick question

Postby TheMack » Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:10 am

how can i take that off?
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Re: Quick question

Postby 02slera » Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:21 am

lol Our cars have the R134a chip, its actually pretty cool. to remove it you have to hit the ecu with a hammer until it opens up.
ok... j/k. i have heard of having aftermarket chips installed on cars to improve hp, tho im a skeptic as to it being worth it unless it was made to work with your exact setup (other upgrades). your car will go like 130mph with the speed gov. do you really need to go any faster? do you know what happens to a car at 130mph when a deer jumps in front of you or a tire blows out? i hope this is for track purposes, tho i doubt it.
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Re: Quick question

Postby 1gSE » Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:16 am

TheMack wrote:how can i take that off?


This reminds me of the VSS mod thread on the JBO. It you can't hit 130 in the 1/4, you have no reason to go that fast
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Re: Quick question

Postby TheMack » Sat Jul 24, 2010 1:36 pm

haha no i dont go that fast anymore i just wanna have my car at full power with nothing holding it back
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Re: Quick question

Postby Toy1mzfe » Sat Jul 24, 2010 5:34 pm

that chip sound like the ebay crap that make your car run rich and burn hella gas doing it.

Its nothing but a failed trying to make money item.
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Re: Quick question

Postby TheMack » Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:27 pm

no its not a chip he put in, it was a chip that was already in the car
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Re: Quick question

Postby SleeperSolara » Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:09 pm

TheMack wrote:haha no i dont go that fast anymore i just wanna have my car at full power with nothing holding it back


That's why you buy mods to make it faster and get a tune.

TheMack wrote:no its not a chip he put in, it was a chip that was already in the car


Well then he bought the car like that wit the chip in it.
No car from the factory comes wit a "performance chip".
The previous owner did the "performance chip" install.
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Re: Quick question

Postby TheMack » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:28 am

i have an SRI as of now, what should i get next in your opinion?
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