Strange test drive

[edkellock at juno.com]

That sounds like good news.  A Stage-III-chipped 200q20v should 
definitely feel and be faster than your 5kcstq, chipped or not.

Cool.  So what color and stuff is this Avant.  I'm jealous.  I will have
another one some day, as soon as my "probation" is over.  ;-)

Ed
among other things, wrecker of rare 200q20v Avant

On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 07:09:17 -0400 Noelle Beaudin <nobeau at tcnow.com>
writes:
> Hi,
> 
> Ed wrote:
> > I went from a '87 5kcstq with with the IA chip to a stock 20v 
> Avant.
> > The 5kcstq was marginally faster than the stock Avant.  Then I 
> installed
> > the Stage 3 IA chip in the Avant and there was no comparison.
> > IA makes a Stage 1, 2, and 3 that don't require any hardware 
> changes.
> > Was the Stage 2 of IA persuasion or other?
> 
> Well, I did some investigation and here is what I found out.  The 
> guy that
> owns the 200 20v said that "I paid $1000 for an IA chip and it's in 
> there".
> So, yesterday I called IA.  I told Ned that I was thinking of buying 
> this
> car and wanted to know if he had any record of a chip purchase and 
> if so,
> which one?  Sure enough, he has the record, remembers the guy and it 
> is a
> Stage III chip.
> 
> So I am still back to my original problem/question.  If this chip is 
> in
> there why the hell did it not feel like it?
> 
> I did find out one more thing too.  I spoke to the owner and told 
> him how I
> felt about the test drive.  He seemed shocked, to say the least.  I 
> then
> received an email from him yesterday where he stated "the car will 
> be all
> set on Monday".  Maybe implying that there was something wrong, but 
> did not
> give me the information.
> 
> I now suspect vacuum leaks, maybe something else, but not sure.
> 
> -- 
> nkb
> '86 5000cstq
> '02 WRX
> Soon maybe a 200 20v
> 
>