Re: 3.6-4.2 V8 upgrade/Maine location

["John Torset" <johnt@borre.mail.telia.com>]

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>>Try fitting a chip from Superchip and a freeflow airfilter.
>>Should give you at least 30 hp more :)

>In your dreams!
>Show me a dyno readout from a dyno for any chip for any n/a motor which
>will give a 10+% increase in hp.

Look up the Superchip homepage. They claim a 35 hp gain. (it must be the 4.2L
engine, The 3.6L should give 31 hp)
Here in Norway it cost approx 1000$ to upgrade the chip including a dyno test
before and after fitting the chip. and a 30 days refund deal.

According to superchip the chip upgrade gives 28 hp (10%) and the freeflow
airfilter give 8 hp. (3%).

To get the best result you have to put the car on a dyno bed and connect a 
computer into you car to find the optimal parameters for your new chip..


>While I'd love it to be true, it just aint gunna happen. Every tuner in the
>world would kill to be able to get that sort of result, & if it were
>available I'd bet that 98% of the V8's on the list would be running 280+hp
>cars, but it aint so.

Before the summer I will upgrade my V8 with a SuperChip.

Before you can upgrade to anything, you have to know a product is availible,
where to get it and the price must be right before you buy it. 

>If you want substantialy more grunt from the 3.6 then get seriou$$$, either
>supercharge or turbo it or produce a n/a rce motor. Why do you think the
>factory went to 4.2?

You can read why on the UK SuperChip homepage, and see if you agree to their points.


BRGS
John


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John Torset
johnt@borre.mail.telia.com
Amiga 4000