the latest ebay "tuning chip" tat....

[Petrolhead_Rich]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TUNING-CHIP-Ford-Galaxy-...

apparently by connecting two wires to the MAF sensor that connect to this bit of circuit board and a random silicone chip you can have massive performance increase?!

fk right off, this is blatant fraud, yet there is no option on ebay to report a blatantly fraudulent listing?!

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

Lol, what a shame there's no picture of the underside of that 'circuit board' - where we would see the two wires strangely not connected to the 'chip' in any way...

It obviously just shorts out one of the sensors to fool the engine into overfuelling or overboosting I guess?

[anonymous-user]

The "Chip" doesn't do anything. It's just some random old salvaged IC, a bit of perf board, a plastic box and a short length of bell wire. Attaching it to you maf will do precisely nothing. However, the scam will make the seller perhaps £7.50 per item sold, so they just sell as many as possible and the vast majority of idiots that buy it fall for the good old placebo effect.........

[evoivboy]

Petrolhead_Rich said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TUNING-CHIP-Ford-Galaxy-...

apparently by connecting two wires to the MAF sensor that connect to this bit of circuit board and a random silicone chip you can have massive performance increase?!

fk right off, this is blatant fraud, yet there is no option on ebay to report a blatantly fraudulent listing?!

[Defcon5]

I think we should all message home asking increasingly technical questions

[Cfnteabag]

Yes fraud it is but I think anyone stupid enough to actually buy one deserve so loose their money!

It's got to rank up along side getting into a bet with a 3.141key!

[Slidingpillar]

Hmm, an active electronic circuit requires at bare minimum, a power supply and the connection that it does things to. So needs three wires or more.

Two wires...

[Northernchimp]

Nice of them to clarify which Brands Hatch they meant.

[GTIR]

"Is undetectable when removed"

[anonymous-user]

GTIR said:

"Is undetectable when removed"

Technically it's also undetectable when fitted too......... ;-)

[Alucidnation]

What's an 'increasement'?

[247RPM]

lol, his other items include 1000s of seeds and coincidentally similar tuning chips for almost all manufacturers out there!

[carl_w]

A*** fast delivery. Good value i***a 30-Dec-13 19:36 Performance TUNING CHIP Renault Clio Megane Twingo Scenic Espace MOD box bhp (#141119720675)
very good seller .fast delivery. thanu very much e***i 28-Dec-13 14:05 TUNING CHIP VW Tiguan Jetta Golf Polo Fox Beetle Lupo (#250984939743)
Very fast delivery would deal with again a credit to eBay top class seller a***2 28-Dec-13 10:18 Performance TUNING CHIP Mod Toyota Yaris MR2 Aygo RAV4 Celica camry hiace hilux (#261357311534)

Credit to the seller: there are a lot of mugs out there.

[anonymous-user]

His feedback ain't too shabby though.

[eldar]

He's also selling the identical item at £16.54, same ad.

Bet they sell better

[fjord]

[i]Ok i tried too fit but made a mistake can you refund?

Of course . We accept returns and will refund in FULL.Returns accepted for ANY reason within 60 days.Returns after 60 days please email me. Please use our registered ebay returns address and once returned we will refund via paypal[/i]

Buy it. Test it. Return it?

[Nigel Worc's]

Can anyone read the number on the IC ?

[scotty_d]

Looks like a step up from " the resistor of power" from a few years ago

[carl_w]

fjord][i said:

Ok i tried too fit but made a mistake can you refund?

Of course . We accept returns and will refund in FULL.Returns accepted for ANY reason within 60 days.Returns after 60 days please email me. Please use our registered ebay returns address and once returned we will refund via paypal[/i]

Buy it. Test it. Return it?

Maybe 80% of people will feel an improvement due to the placebo effect. Let's say that's ambitious and 50% of them get returned (remember, a bunch of people will think it's pants but not bother returning it because it's £10-£15). He's still quids in.

[paintman]

Found his neutral & negative feedback more interesting. One comment about "resistance de 4,7khom " & another saying "Resistor under fake chip".