New Your Times article on hacking your car.

[beeze]

Free sign-up rquired:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/13/au...es/13CHIP.html


From Slashdot,

"gurps_npc writes 'The New York Times has this story about hacking your car's chip. You can get significant horse power and torque boosts (+18 horsepower and +70 foot pounds of torque in the given example), as well as improve (or decrease) fuel efficency. The car companies do not like (surprise surprise) people personalizing their vehicle's programming and warn of burning out your engine with bad code, and voiding your warranty.'"

[petar7408]

id like for them to try an srt4's computer!

damm thing is still uncrackable from companies... soon though

[ithrowcraze]

audi computers, like the S4, monster fncking gains from a chip. like 50hp.

[beeze]

Turbo cars always see bigger gains.

[OhhNoo]

I "see" 30-40 with my giac chip- forge- intake- and neuspeed-

Soon I will see about 300 crank hp with my GT28RS and Direct Port Tuning- courtesy of Ecodetuning-
jared

[petar7408]

Originally posted by OhhNoo
I "see" 30-40 with my giac chip- forge- intake- and neuspeed-

Soon I will see about 300 crank hp with my GT28RS and Direct Port Tuning- courtesy of Ecodetuning-
jared

yea all that- 30-40hp gain, and i still had more HP at the wheels STOCK


j/k- playing with you since you played on the srt4 one

[BavBrwlr]

i take it it cant be done on bimmers

[MPD47]

$7,000 in damage? That article is such crap, 7k is as much as some 944T's are worth, so did the engine explode catch the rest of the car on fire, and burn everything to the ground?

[klasic]

Originally posted by MPD47
$7,000 in damage? That article is such crap, 7k is as much as some 944T's are worth, so did the engine explode catch the rest of the car on fire, and burn everything to the ground?

Come on now, thats not funny thats what happend to my car....

[MPD47]

whoops. Well i needed a new engine in mine, that was close!

[325power]

im sorry but isn't that just like a performance chip. which, is harmless.

[V-Viper]

Arg, the secret is out.