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Redline Power Chip myth debunked - FROM THE SOURCE!

by: redlinepowerchip( 6677Feedback score is 5,000 to 9,999) Top 10000 Reviewer
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As we all know, squeaky wheel gets the grease. We have had over 4500 great customer feedbacks and only a handful of negatives and of course the hand full of squeaky ones are the loudest.

We have a 99.6% feedback history from our customers, each and everyone of which have tired and tested our product. If you got a 99.6% on your final exam or a 99.6% as a final grade for your diploma, that would be pretty darn spectacular. If you had a business which maintained a 99.6% positive customer feedback, it would probably be a company you want to do business with. We strive to please and work with all of our customers, but there are some you just cant satisfy.

Its strange how on eBay a 3 year history of 99.6% satisfaction of over 4500 tried and tested happy customer translates to an ineffective product is beyond us.

The Squeaky wheels fall into two categories and let us share those with you.

a) I KNOW EVERYTHING AND IM INFALUABLE

They always know all things about everything, cars are no exception. They know everything about cars and of course the full install procedures for our product and the common errors customers encounter during the install; when they install it incorrectly, it must be a lack of results due to our product. They ignore the fact that 4500 humble customers have asked us for install diagrams and received personal install assistance and seen the results. Everyone of us know someone like this in our life. Maybe its a boss who always has the last say, a bother or a sister maybe who acts like they know it all, or a spouse who is always "right". Usually these people arrogant, self assured, hard to please even when you bend over backwards, it just isn't enough. We get the negative feedback from these individuals because:

they know "everything" =  never contact us for diagrams or assistance =  incorrect install  = lack of results = "bad product" ----> negative feedback

lets face it, "they are always right" and we never get a chance to assist these individuals.

b) ITS ON THE WEB SO IT MUST BE FACT! THUS, IM INFALUABLE.

group B also know everything but in a different way. They don't really understand the workings of the ECU (Electronic Control Unit, for you and I, it means the brain of the car that controls all functions) but they went on the forums and read some information by someone else who does not know but thinks they know. So instantly, this be comes the "fact" and is their truth. They don't realize that the information they read is incorrect. As we all know, the internet is exclusively for the competent and intellectually robust, they wont let just any knuckle head post about subject they know nothing about on their blogs or websites. Its the internet, everything posted on the internet must be fact!

Armed with all the latest knowledge and someone else's "thorough" understanding of the ECU, they decided to leave a negative feedback based on what someone else tells them to do. Its easy being sheep, we have all been there and done it. We only ask that you read this myth debunked section and make your own judgments. If your thinking about purchasing a Redline Power Chip, read this information to get a better understanding of our product. Maybe you have a Redline Power Chip right now and have questions, read the following and shoot us an email, we'll be more than pleased to address any questions. If your thinking about trying our product but have read some opinions from the squeaky wheels and are having second thoughts, read this guide and let our knowledge and understanding of the subject set your mind at easy. If you want give it a shot and try it yourself to see if our product really works, or you just hate being sheep, email us before you take a bid, tell us your read this guide and was skeptical, we'll give you an authorization number where by you can take a bid, try our product and if it does not give you the HP gains, send it back to us for a full refund INCLUDING your original shipping costs. Nothing out of pocket, just a little fun experiment. When you feel the results, we are confident you'll reconsider.

There has been some miss information going around about our product so join us on this exciting journey of debunking the "he said, she said". Also we have included some interesting automotive knowledge and theory for your personal entertainment and enjoyment.

FACT! OR FICTION!

1) Consistent 55'F reading as the squeaky wheels have stated.

FALSE: Redline Power Chip when connected to your ATS/MAF sensor wires DOES NOT send a consistent reading. When Redline Power Chip is installed CORRECTLY (users who have stated that it will send a consistent 55'F reading installed it incorrectly and or have no real knowledge of ECU operation or our product) the ATS/MAF sensor reading is taken into consideration and with the factory ATS/MAF sensor and Redline Power Chip signal combined, the computer gets a reading that is variable and changes with outside temperature.

There are the straight resistor mods and other eBay chip mods with a resistor that is suppose to REPLACE your IAT or Coolant temperature sensor. With those mods, the reading the ECU is getting is CONSISTENT and does not change according to temperature. In colder temperatures when the temperature drops below the resistor signal temperature, the car will run lean and in extreme cases will result in engine damage.

We know this fact unlike other sellers and squeaky wheels and this is why Redline Power Chip works WITH your original factory sensor to send the right signal under all driving condition. We will NEVER ask you to disconnect a factory sensor which was put there for a purpose by smarter people. Redline Power Chip is the only way to go because we are aware of these issues and designed Redline Power Chip to avoid these common problems associated from other resistor or mod chips.

Also with those resistor mods, the temperature set by their manufactures is usually set at 32'F and not the 55'F the "know it all" individual online stated its set at.

2) MESSED UP MY ENGINE SO BAD IT WAS GOING TO BLOW UP!

MY ENGINE! MY ENGINE..... its alright.

FALSE: Read the whole story there. Basically this individual said our product "messed up" his engine so bad that it was going to blow up, but after resetting the computer, the engine ran perfect. Im not sure how an engine could be on the verge of blow up and than be running fine. It is oblivious, the engine did not get damaged. This is a case of "didn't follow instructions".  This individual did not reset the ECU when he installed our product was we instructed in big bold letters on the first line of the install instructions. If he has just followed directions and reset the computer when he did the install, there would be no problem. Also he didn't see any results, this is also caused by not resetting the ECU.

3) Redline Power Chip only dumps more fuel into the engine! You'll get LESS HP not more HP!

TRUE to a point: Individual who make this statement shows their lack of knowledge and only understands part of the picture.  Fuel is only good up to a point. Beyond that point more fuel is detrimental to power. The amount of air and the amount of fuel in a cylinder has a optimal ratio where the combustion is most effective and most power is extracted out of the fuel. Fire needs oxygen to burn, so when there is too much fuel, the fuel displaces the oxygen and less O2 means the burn is not as complete as it should and will result in less power.

What this individual who knows "everything", yet is ignorant to the fact that ignition timing also affects the power of the car. Ignition timing is when the spark is ignited. With out getting too geeky and technical, power comes from a combination of fuel burning in the combustion chamber and when the air fuel mixture is fired i.e.ignition timing.

The correct answer, is that Redline Power Chip changes both the fuel injector pulse duration ( the time the fuel injectors stay open) and also MORE IMPORTANTLY timing advance. 80% of the power actually comes from the .5-2 degrees of timing advance you see with Redline Power Chip installed. So when someone says "Redline does nothing but dump more fuel into the engine" you know that either they don't know what they are talking about or they got that plagiarized their information from someone else who does not know.

Stating fiction in the ignorant belief that it is fact, does not make it fact.

4) It will damage your ECU

FALSE: With a CORRECT install, there is no way Redline Power Chip can damage your ECU. The way a computer circuit gets damaged is if you put more current through the computer than what it was designed for. Lets say the ATS/MAF circuit that Redline Power Chip alters uses voltage between 0-5 Volts of power. If some how 12 volts of power was introduced into a circuit that can only handle 0-5 volts, you darn right the computer will get broken.

The fact is, when installed correctly Redline Power Chip does NOT introduce any new current into the circuit. Redline Power Chip only works off the current sent out by the STOCK sensor that is safe for the computer. On the other hand if the install was INCORRECT and they didn't ask us for install help since they knew everything and connected one side of Redline Power Chip to a 12 volt wire and the other side to the ATS/MAF circuit, you got yourself a problem.

Once again, someone thought they knew something they really didn't.

When in doubt, contact us for the correct install directions. We love to have a chance to help you get a better understanding of your car and will never ridicule a customer no matter how silly or elementary the question is, after all, we been there before. We all have the start the journey of speed addiction from some where. It would be our honor help you take that first "hit".

5) Resistors, resistors, resistors, ReSiStORS, resiSTORS!!

TRUE: What else should we use? Since the factory ATS/MAF sensors are actually variable RESISTORS themselves. We are not genius by any means, so we let the geniuses whom design the sensors and get paid the big bucks at the car companies dictate what system we should use. We just improve the sensor reading for those who WANT MORE than just the boring from point A to point B experience.

Our cost for selling each item is more than just the box, the resistor, Q-cas hardware, the wires, zip ties, the water proof insulation assembly. We have the cost of eBay fees, Paypal fees, web hosting, tech support, shipping costs, wages for our employees and others all of which are steadily rising.

Honestly, what each customers is paying for is a top of the line packaged performance mod. We save you time, effort and money. If you are the individual with extensive automotive knowledge and want to do the research, find the right settings, find the right install location, locate the right wiring, go and buy the parts and drive around with today's gas prices and in the end RISKING IT ALL by frying your $800 computer or blowing up your $5000 engine only to save a few bucks... we give you a pat on the back. If that's, you, email us and we'll give you a few pointers!

Our product is designed for those individuals who want a PRE-PACKAGED, TESTED & PROVEN system.

We take care of the following:

-We save you the gas money and wasted time of running around sourcing all the parts. Its all about opportunity cost. If your getting paid 15$ an hour at work and instead of working, you went on your time off and spent 3 hours for the research and 1 hour driving around (optimistic estimate) to all the local electronics and hardware store finding the parts, standing in line and making return trips if they don't have what you need in stock. You need an hour to put it together, So lets say you spend 5 hours of your time sourcing parts instead of working. That means you just incurred an opportunity cost of $75 for 5 hours of pay you could have gotten + $10 in parts for something you could have bought from us for $30. That does not include your gas money at today's prices.

Then you have to install the damn thing! Maybe you'll get it all right, maybe not. If you installed it right, got all the right settings, you just paid $80+ something you could have gotten for us for $30. We are pretty certain it wont be water proof like our product. If you got it wrong and fried your computer it will cost you an additional $800 for the ECU, $200 for the install at the dealers (provided they don't sell you a new engine just cause they said you voided your warrantee by cutting your wiring harness) and 3 days down time; 8 hours a day at $15/hour which comes out to $120 a day X 3 days is $360 in lost wages. Rent a car? Hassle a friend? Walk to work? Take public transit!?!? STRESS! STRESS! STRESS! Don't even mention the stress.

So lets do the math ( we hate math too ):

$30 spent on a tested proven Redline Power Chip is mightier than the $10 in parts, $5 in gas money, $800 for ECU + $200 for install + $360 in lost wages + Stress + void your factory warrantee on your 2006.

Here is the smart way, the Redline Power way. Spend 1 minute to take a bid, from the comfort of your own home. A week later, you get your Power Package at the door, install it in about 5-10 minutes. Total time invested? 11 minutes! Total miles traveled? NA DA Total cost spent, $29+shipping. Never even have to leave your house to gain that 35HP!

Just does not make economic and logical sense to go a non Redline Power Chip method.

 

A few other things to consider:

1) WATER AND COMPUTERS DON'T MIX!:

We waterproof and heat insulate Redline Power Chip so that your not driving along one day and your home made system gets splashed by water, over heated cause its a hot day and short circuits or falls out and burns the ECU leaving you stranded in the middle of no where or worse! a 200 mile tow to the nearest town because your mod fell out or short circuited and your engine blew up only to watch the vultures at the dealership lick their lips as they prep the paper work to sell you a new engine and 20 hours of $90/hour labor to put it in cause you cut the harness and voided your warrantee.

2) WRONG PARTS? NO REFUND!:

You could get all the parts but the wrong setting... and it just does not work. All that wasted time and money goes to nothing. Or even if you did get the right parts! Sometimes individual cars just do not respond well. We have seen it happen. You cant return your parts, time wasted and get a refund for your gas. With Redline Power Chip, you can!

3) A DIAGRAM! A DIAGRAM! MY KINGDOM FOR A DIAGRAM! (free shipping if you can tell us where we parodied this phrase from, no really! free shipping):

We have top notch tech support. We use the diagrams the factory trained technicians use. So we see what Honda, Ford, Chevy, ____ (<----- fill in the blank) sees! Diagrams are specific for your car so no guessing games!

4) WE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK ... A FEW HUNDRED TIMES:

Its not our first time, we have walked through the install for any of the cars and trucks we have listed hundreds of times. We have helped customers with abilities from the novice popping their hood for the first time to the automotive school teacher doing the install as a class experiment (<----actually happened, read about it in our customer testimonial section in any of our listing), we seen it all. We don't work on a guessing game basis. Just pure time tested experience!

5) I KNOW A TEAM OF CAR GUYS, THEY WILL HELP ME!:

We are pretty good with helping customers, if you car ever hits a snag down the line. Have a repair quote that looks fishy? Maybe they wanted to do work that does not need to be done? Maybe the check engine light is on and want to know how to turn it off or you wanted to know how to do that first oil change or even better, tackle those old spark plugs for the first time, shoot us an email, we would be more than happy to assist and educate. You'll have guys that live and breath for the love cars on your side. 

We save the best for last!

6) 100 MILLION MILES? (more math!!)

We have had over 4500 customers and if each of those customers put a conservative 10000 miles a year on their Redline Power Chipped vehicle, which is below the national average of 12000 miles a year, we would have had a conservative  45,000,000 TESTED & PROVEN miles... and that's only in 1 year! We have been around for 2 1/2 years. So that's close to 100 MILLION MILES behind our product! We are pretty proud of that.

The SQUEAKY wheels spent 5 minutes, making a webpage or posting on a forum to damage our reputation with false information only to demonstrate their incompetent comprehension of the basics of automotive knowledge. We spent 3 hours to put this guide togeather so that you can make a better informed decision. Don't be a sheep, get a Redline Power Chip and DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS!

ILL TAKE YOU UP ON YOUR CHALLANGE!

Regardless if installing a Redline Power Chip in your pride and joy is your first speed fix or just an adrenaline fix along the path to your speed enlightenment, we will be honored to be a part of your journey.

Bottom line is $30 for up to 35HP. Value you just can't beat!

There are COUNTLESS journeys, from point A to point B in life. We want to live a little in between and we are sure you do too!

CLICK HERE TO GET A REDLINE POWER CHIP FOR YOUR PRIDE & JOY!

If you have any questions about the concepts above or have questions car related, please feel free to contact us! Click on the above link and look for "CONTACT SELLER" We look foward to hearing from you and thats the honest truth!

 

 


Guide ID: 10000000002187587Guide created: 10/27/06 (updated 06/27/08)

 
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