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Any "magical" product that claims to improve performance and or gas mileage will ALWAYS be damaging. It is not possible for ANY performance chip to have ANY affects other than voiding your warranty, damaging the car's computer, wasting your money and REDUCING performance and gas mileage. From the factory the car's computer is ALREADY set for the best performance and efficiency for that vehicle. The valve and ignition timing is either EXACTLY right or causing serious problems if it will even run at all. Since the fuel and air mix is already set by the factory for it to run best changing it will only make it less powerful and use more fuel. If those devices were actually going to help the factory would of put them on from the start. There are some free ways to make your car faster in a few seconds. First remove the silencer from inside the air intake. That will make the car a little louder but will make a noticeable difference in performance. Second, if there is room for the gas pedal to be pushed down before the engine accelerates you can gain power for free. One way is to put a few zip ties between the end of the throttle cable and the gas pedal. Third, make sure the floor mats are not bunched up under the gas pedal. If they are the pedal can not go down fully. How can you get full power if you can't press the gas pedal fully. I hope this helps.

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