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16 messages,  Last post on Aug 15, 2008 at 11:16 AM

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What is this discussion about? Subaru Outback, Honda Civic CRX, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Performance Mods

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#13 of 16 Re: Ford Explorer (MPG) [azlee1] by darnell3

Jul 31, 2008 (8:42 am)

Replying to: azlee1 (Jul 18, 2008 9:01 pm)
Try the Hypertech ECON programmer for your Explorer and see if it works for you. If it doesn't you have 30 days to return it for a full refund. The extra power a programmer will give your explorer will come from it making your engine more efficient. Better efficiency equals better fuel economy. I know a lot of people have a hard time wrapping their minds around the concept of more power and better fuel economy, but once you look and see what it really is things become clearer.

#14 of 16 Re: Ford Explorer (MPG) [darnell3] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Jul 31, 2008 (10:41 am)

Replying to: darnell3 (Jul 31, 2008 8:42 am)
Yep I'm one of those people. I don't see how raising shift points and rev limiter or lowering cooling fan temps gives you better MPG. Also buzz on the 'net seems to indicate "improvements" in mpg that are well within statistical variation. Also the sources of the dyno tests are not given on the website, that is, were they done by totally independent sources?
 
I could see how this device might make your truck/car more responsive but beyond that, the website's "evidence" is pretty slim pickins IMO.

#15 of 16 Re: Ford Explorer (MPG) [Mr_Shiftright] by paisan

Jul 31, 2008 (6:01 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jul 31, 2008 10:41 am)
Aggreed. Generally you can have your car tuned for more power, but even then a chip can only do so much. Usually you will see the most gains on turbo cars, as you can make the piping bigger to pull through more air and raise the boost levels. This will make your milage go down though. Inversely you can also have the boost turned down by the ECU, saving milage but making the car have less power etc.
 
-mike

#16 of 16 daewoo ecu flasher by abbydo

Aug 15, 2008 (11:16 am)

hi l meet different type of daewoo . l check dtc on ecu no dtc car its start some time its not start , l need to flush ecu what l can do?,and which tool l can use?. thanks

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