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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 06:39 PM
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Does anybody know anything about this....?

http://slrmotorsports.com/shop/index...t_detail&p=393
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 06:44 PM
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Waste of money b/c the computer will try to compensate for the corrections the chip makes. I have heard that they decrease fuel mileage too.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueXJ
Waste of money b/c the computer will try to compensate for the corrections the chip makes. I have heard that they decrease fuel mileage too.
Is that true of all chips or just this brand?
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueXJ
Waste of money b/c the computer will try to compensate for the corrections the chip makes. I have heard that they decrease fuel mileage too.
Originally Posted by jekyllrider
Is that true of all chips or just this brand?
As far as I have been able to determine all chips used in Cherokees. It is the short coming of the computer type that Jeep uses.AFAIK
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 07:33 PM
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I put one of those chips I got from ebay and I get about 30 mpg and got about 40+ hp and it only cost me $20.00. Just Kidding! I know that was a load of crap just like those chips.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by JeepersCreepers
I put one of those chips I got from ebay and I get about 30 mpg and got about 40+ hp and it only cost me $20.00. Just Kidding! I know that was a load of crap just like those chips.

Hell I got that with my CherokeeForum sticker and it only cost me ten bucks...
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Originally Posted by XJ Stryker
Hell I got that with my CherokeeForum sticker and it only cost me ten bucks...
LOL!
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueXJ
As far as I have been able to determine all chips used in Cherokees. It is the short coming of the computer type that Jeep uses.AFAIK

Correct. You can only fool the computer for so long. Eventually it re-learns its fuel curve and renders that chip useless. It's just a matter of time.
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