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  • kamotors
    R3V OG
    • Nov 2007
    • 7102

    #1

    potatoe chips

    i got a performance chip from ebay about 2 years ago, and never noticed any noticable difference, do you think i would benefit from a Mark d chip, i think ebay chips only work at full throttle anyway. or do chips just not make any differences.


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  • kamotors
    R3V OG
    • Nov 2007
    • 7102

    #2

    is this how mark d chips look.


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    • expressfish
      E30 Addict
      • May 2008
      • 526

      #3
      Are those 195/60 's on your bottlecaps ??
      [sigpic

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      • kamotors
        R3V OG
        • Nov 2007
        • 7102

        #4
        Originally posted by expressfish
        Are those 195/60 's on your bottlecaps ??
        yup, they came with the car.


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        • jblack
          Member
          • Aug 2004
          • 98

          #5
          Potatoe Chips?

          Potatoe?

          Are you Dan Quayle?

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          • george graves
            I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
            • Oct 2003
            • 19986

            #6
            Originally posted by Matt-B
            hey does anyone know anyone who gets upset and makes electronics?

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            • Jordan325iC
              E30 Mastermind
              • Aug 2005
              • 1697

              #7
              If they said the chip "only works at full throttle", you probably have a Dinan chip copy. Dinan chips only work at full throttle. Dinan chips are also universally considered to be the least effective of all the e30 performance chips.

              You would see an improvement by buying a MarkD chip. It is a superior chip. Whether that extra ~4hp and throttle response is worth the $220 purchase cost and extra 93 octane gas cost, is up to you.

              I am personally of the opinion that that money that could be frittered away on bolt-on mods should be saved up and put into a real power adding project, like turbo or motor swap. Or hell, invest in a Roth IRA and stop dumping money into your worthless shitbox.

              '88 325is
              VP UT of Austin Autoholics
              BMWCCA 380364

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              • kamotors
                R3V OG
                • Nov 2007
                • 7102

                #8
                i installed my chip today, and theres no difference in 0-60 but my gas mileage is better, and this chip works all the time, not just at WOT. big difference in the uphill pull at half throttle.


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                • DCColegrove
                  Banned
                  • Dec 2007
                  • 2748

                  #9
                  Steve Dinan's chips are pretty good all around, not too destructive either.
                  You will noticeably better throttle response, a little better bottom end and probably better fuel economy.

                  I wouldn't recomend an eBay ripped chip to anyone though.

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                  • ethirtydavid
                    R3VLimited
                    • Jan 2008
                    • 2331

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Jordan325iC
                    Or hell, invest in a Roth IRA and stop dumping money into your worthless shitbox.
                    loll

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                    • nando
                      Moderator
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 34827

                      #11
                      or, how about $220 towards a real transmission. ;)
                      Build thread

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                      • kamotors
                        R3V OG
                        • Nov 2007
                        • 7102

                        #12
                        how about you give me money^ im going to college and im broke


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