are the performance chips and programmers on ebay real?

[deevergote]

If something seems cheap, easy, and reliable... chances are it's a scam. If you think it sounds like a good idea, and it seems too good to be true, it probably is. If you notice yourself considering the "too good to be true" stuff, take it as a sign that you need to learn more about your car!

Learn about your engine and how it works. Then you'll know what's crap and what isn't.

Just remember, the engine is a giant air pump. Oxygen makes power. The denser the air, the more oxygen is in it. Colder air is denser. Compressed air is denser. Air mixed with a chemical oxidizer (nitrous oxide) is denser. Fuel is needed to control the explosion. Ideally, you need just enough fuel to do the job, and no more.

These programs usually dump fuel into the engine. They like to say "more fuel = more power!"... Quite the opposite. You DO need more fuel when the mods call for it (like a turbo system), but doing it to a near-stock engine will only hurt performance and gum up the works. If they "lean out" the mixture (less fuel) you might make more power... but you also are likely to damage your engine.


Chips, resistors, or anything that "tricks" your engine is a scam. Once you have enough done to your engine, you CAN reprogram an ECU (Civic ECUs are commonly used in our cars) to adjust the fueling. In that case, it's a viable option... but it's not a $15 option, unless you really luck out!

[Lroy onDA scene]

can u go both ways?swap and turbo?yes huh?

ps bearly learning lol

[ExplodingCake]

Very well said Deev..

can u go both ways?swap and turbo?yes huh?

ps bearly learning lol

Yeah you can turbo any engine with proper and careful tuning.

[deevergote]

You REALLY need to read a little before you waste everyone's time with these questions. I know this is the beginner forum, but you don't seem to be showing ANY initiative...

Do you understand how a turbo system works?
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/turbo.htm

Do you understand what an engine swap is? Just a stock engine from another car... depending on the motor, some are easier to turbo than others... I personally think the F22A is fine for turbo.

What do you want to do with your car? What are your goals? What is your budget? You clearly don't have enough knowledge to do an engine swap OR a turbo setup yourself, let alone both... So you need to do some reading to even stand a chance.

www.cb7tuner.com/bookstore.htm You'll find some useful books in there... buy a few of them, read, and you'll be ahead of the game. The Kojima and Bell books are the ones I'd recommend first.

[Lroy onDA scene]

You REALLY need to read a little before you waste everyone's time with these questions. I know this is the beginner forum, but you don't seem to be showing ANY initiative...

Do you understand how a turbo system works?
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/turbo.htm

Do you understand what an engine swap is? Just a stock engine from another car... depending on the motor, some are easier to turbo than others... I personally think the F22A is fine for turbo.

What do you want to do with your car? What are your goals? What is your budget? You clearly don't have enough knowledge to do an engine swap OR a turbo setup yourself, let alone both... So you need to do some reading to even stand a chance.

www.cb7tuner.com/bookstore.htm You'll find some useful books in there... buy a few of them, read, and you'll be ahead of the game. The Kojima and Bell books are the ones I'd recommend first.

its called saving up

[deevergote]

Saving up for what?

[1990Ex]

there is lots of stuff on this forum that will get you where you want to be. but you have to read a little more

[ExCoupe92]

it's called, not a good idea to get on deevs' bad side.. quite while you're ahead and use the search tab bro

[Lroy onDA scene]

it's called, not a good idea to get on deevs' bad side.. quite while you're ahead and use the search tab bro

why?

[ExCoupe92]

why use the search tab or why dont you want to be on deever's bad side?

[NAiL05]

Either way regardless you put cheap parts on your car you get what you get. And as I always say you gotta pay to play.

[bluecb7]

Why search, because these question have been covered a ton of times, also read the stickies they're very useful. Why shouldn't you get on Deev's bad side, he owns the site, enough said.

[NAiL05]

True most of the questiosn you seek lie in the search button or you can go in the separate forums and read. You cant post but you can still read up on it and get an idea. In this world no one will spoon feed you the info. You will have to look for it. ONly when you ask an intelligent question will most people help. Most of the time if people see the same shit posted they wont give you a good response at all. Things like how to make my car faster theres like 400000 threads on that topic and other crap. Searching usually yields results. It might not give you specifics but every thread has info in it and it takes time.

[deevergote]

Many people also feel they are wasting their time helping someone that clearly isn't willing to even type a coherent sentence. If you spend 10 seconds asking a question that takes me 15 minutes to answer, only for you to look at the answer for 30 seconds, not understand it, and ignore all the information I provided, why did I just waste my time?

Take some time to learn. Learning is not demanding answers from people. Learning is reading, doing, and asking the RIGHT questions. Show people you're actually going to understand and make use of the information they give you. Show them the proper respect by typing like a normal human being, and not someone with a sub-1st grade education. THEN you might get some assistance.

[Ralphie]

LROY ive seen like 3 threads from you already my man.....and in not one of those threads have i seen you say anything like "well i searched and read this thread but im confused"

That would have shown some initiative and people would be more willing to discuss things.

All the questions you have, have been answered by the 12,000 members that came before you.

EVERYTHING is covered on this forum trust me, all you have to do is go to the top....click search....type in your question or tags and read through threads.

It helps to read stickys....if you had youd have read on how this forum works and seen that older members shy away from helping people who dont care to read...the ones that only want to be spoonfed will have trouble figuring out how to do things such as swap from OBD1-OBDII and such....if you cant handle looking for information how do you expect to turbo?

And if the search button doesnt do it for you, go to google and use it to search this forum..its easier sometimes.

Good luck!

And oh yea, try not to talk shit to the admin, Deevergote....that is unless you want a vacation