Steve W...Kudos!!!!!!!!!!

[Adman]

Dave and all you guys that posted about Steve's work...I thank you! I have put chips in just about every vehicle I have owned since chipping a vehicle has been available. Typically the results were certainly not a seat of the pants experience.
I have a bone stock '87 Carrera and I really didnt expect to feel anything at all from Steve's chip. I just hoped for a healthier more efficient running engine. I was extremely surprised to actually feel the improved throttle response and additional torque. The car feels notably more responsive. I couldnt be more pleased. I am attaching Steve's explaination of why you can feel the difference. It from a thread he responded to earlier in the week:

Steve's Words:
You should feel an immediate torque and response improvement from about 1500 rpm and up. Note that a stock 3.2 produces about 87 hp and 154 lbs of torque at 3000 rpm. If you assume that the first 40-50 hp is used just to fight frictional resistance and haul the weight of the car, that leaves you with about 37-47 hp for acceleration. If we could increase that to 100 hp and 175 lbs of torque at 3000, we now have 50-60 hp for acceleration, a nice 30% increase you can use to outrun that new 330 nipping on your tail.

I couldnt explain what was going on any better that Steve did!
The darn chip performs and I have spent thousands of dollars in the past years on chips and computer programming and have never gotten this level of performance enhancement from a chip. Porsche left a heck of allot on the table and Steve has the key to unleash it.
Thanks guys for the recommendation and thanks Steve for the customer service and product.
Matthew

[Chuck Moreland]

Originally posted by Adman
If you assume that the first 40-50 hp is used just to fight frictional resistance and haul the weight of the car, that leaves you with about 37-47 hp for acceleration. If we could increase that to 100 hp and 175 lbs of torque at 3000, we now have 50-60 hp for acceleration, a nice 30% increase you can use to outrun that new 330 nipping on your tail.

My physics 101 instructors would have given that answer a big fat "F". If you rephrase as follows, I'll buy it:

"If you assume that the first 40-50 hp is used just to fight frictional and wind resistance, that leaves you with about 37-47 hp for acceleration"


The doesn't mean the chip is bad, just the justification. I am glad the chip gives a good seat of the pants improvement.

[Steve W]

Chuck, you're right, good thing I have been done with all my physics courses, or I would be dropping out of college right now. I think I've had one too many long islands for now, time to switch to beer . . .