[R129 SL] ECU Performance Chips

[Jonathan Hodgman]

I'm not sure how chipable your car is..  The pre OBD II cars have swappable
chips, but after that they are soldered in.

I'd wager you would need to send your ECU's out to be re-flashed w/ a new
map for any sort of increase in power.

Jonathan

On 9/26/06, Phil Carbone <philcarbone55 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  Does anybody know if these performance chips really increase horsepower?
> Is this really a low cost alternative to installing a RennTech kit?
>
> Phil Carbone
> 1997 SL600
>
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