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can someone tell me how to install a horsepower chip for a 06 civic EX AT?

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"noelbati617 via CarKB.com" <u25409@uwe> wrote in
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> can someone tell me how to install a horsepower chip for a 06 civic EX
> AT?
>

Shouldn't the chip come with instructions,or have them posted on their
website? Chip changes alone are a waste of money,anyways.

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Jim Yanik wrote:
> "noelbati617 via CarKB.com" <u25409@uwe> wrote in
> news:64f72b8312203@uwe:
>
>> can someone tell me how to install a horsepower chip for a 06 civic EX
>> AT?
>>
>
> Shouldn't the chip come with instructions,or have them posted on their
> website? Chip changes alone are a waste of money,anyways.
>
so true.

noelbati617 via CarKB.com wrote:
> can someone tell me how to install a horsepower chip for a 06 civic EX AT?
>

read the chipping web sites *very* carefully - unless i'm missing
something, none of the chipping mods i've looked at are set up for
automatics. you could therefore be spending a bunch of cash and
screwing up your car. going faster is a hardware solution, not software.

jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in
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> Jim Yanik wrote:
>> "noelbati617 via CarKB.com" <u25409@uwe> wrote in
>> news:64f72b8312203@uwe:
>>
>>> can someone tell me how to install a horsepower chip for a 06 civic EX
>>> AT?
>>>
>>
>> Shouldn't the chip come with instructions,or have them posted on their
>> website? Chip changes alone are a waste of money,anyways.
>>
> so true.



This sounds like the old non-emissions carb days.

At one point I was going to swap my stock Aisin 2bbl carb in my '75 Corolla
for a pair of Weber 36-DCDs. The project kinda stalled after I discovered
that for any sort of real horsepower increase I would need to change the
intake manifold, camshaft, exhaust manifold and downstream exhaust system
to take advantage of the awesome power of those iconic Webers.

Well, instead of the RIGHT thing, I ended up doing what you would expect
any slightly impoverished 19-year-old to do...

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jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in
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> noelbati617 via CarKB.com wrote:
>> can someone tell me how to install a horsepower chip for a 06 civic
>> EX AT?
>>
>
> read the chipping web sites *very* carefully - unless i'm missing
> something, none of the chipping mods i've looked at are set up for
> automatics. you could therefore be spending a bunch of cash and
> screwing up your car. going faster is a hardware solution, not
> software.
>

generally,changing the program without hardware mods screws up
drivability;like when it gets cold outside.

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Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

"TeGGeRï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï ¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½" wrote:
> jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in
> news:kqedncg6Rfny4XvZnZ2dnUVZ_vidnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t:
>
>> Jim Yanik wrote:
>>> "noelbati617 via CarKB.com" <u25409@uwe> wrote in
>>> news:64f72b8312203@uwe:
>>>
>>>> can someone tell me how to install a horsepower chip for a 06 civic EX
>>>> AT?
>>>>
>>> Shouldn't the chip come with instructions,or have them posted on their
>>> website? Chip changes alone are a waste of money,anyways.
>>>
>> so true.
>
>
>
> This sounds like the old non-emissions carb days.
>
> At one point I was going to swap my stock Aisin 2bbl carb in my '75 Corolla
> for a pair of Weber 36-DCDs. The project kinda stalled after I discovered
> that for any sort of real horsepower increase I would need to change the
> intake manifold, camshaft, exhaust manifold and downstream exhaust system
> to take advantage of the awesome power of those iconic Webers.
>
> Well, instead of the RIGHT thing, I ended up doing what you would expect
> any slightly impoverished 19-year-old to do...
>
go buy beer instead?

jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in
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> "TeGGeRï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï ¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï
> ¿½" wrote:

>>
>> At one point I was going to swap my stock Aisin 2bbl carb in my '75
>> Corolla for a pair of Weber 36-DCDs. The project kinda stalled after
>> I discovered that for any sort of real horsepower increase I would
>> need to change the intake manifold, camshaft, exhaust manifold and
>> downstream exhaust system to take advantage of the awesome power of
>> those iconic Webers.
>>
>> Well, instead of the RIGHT thing, I ended up doing what you would
>> expect any slightly impoverished 19-year-old to do...
>>
> go buy beer instead?
>



Nah, I just installed the loud exhaust.

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"TeGGeR®" wrote:
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> jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in
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>
> > "TeGGeRï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï ¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï¿*ï
> > ¿*" wrote:
>
> >>
> >> At one point I was going to swap my stock Aisin 2bbl carb in my '75
> >> Corolla for a pair of Weber 36-DCDs. The project kinda stalled after
> >> I discovered that for any sort of real horsepower increase I would
> >> need to change the intake manifold, camshaft, exhaust manifold and
> >> downstream exhaust system to take advantage of the awesome power of
> >> those iconic Webers.
> >>
> >> Well, instead of the RIGHT thing, I ended up doing what you would
> >> expect any slightly impoverished 19-year-old to do...
> >>
> > go buy beer instead?
> >
>
> Nah, I just installed the loud exhaust.
>
>


Ahhhhhh... The prowess of youth!

Did exactly that on a '54 Mercury that had an engine with poor
compression and a six volt system was just not enough to get it started
in Winter. Had the family mechanic overhaul it (rings, bearings and
valve job) and what a difference! Only thing is that that era of F*rds
had a design flaw in the distributor where the ground wire sever.
Damned thing failed twice on cold nights where I had to walk home...

JT

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> jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in
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>> "TeGGeRï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï ¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï
>> ¿½" wrote:
>
>>>
>>> At one point I was going to swap my stock Aisin 2bbl carb in my '75
>>> Corolla for a pair of Weber 36-DCDs. The project kinda stalled after
>>> I discovered that for any sort of real horsepower increase I would
>>> need to change the intake manifold, camshaft, exhaust manifold and
>>> downstream exhaust system to take advantage of the awesome power of
>>> those iconic Webers.
>>>
>>> Well, instead of the RIGHT thing, I ended up doing what you would
>>> expect any slightly impoverished 19-year-old to do...
>>>
>> go buy beer instead?
> Nah, I just installed the loud exhaust.
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