03-24-05  13:30, Wayne Chirnside told Tom Walker about Win98FE Harddrivicide?

 Well, how do, Wayne?

 -> WC>Seems some individuals have gotten into reprogramming the black
 -> WC>boxes in their cars to maximize performance beyond anything they came
 -> WC>of the assembly line with.

 -> Yes. Apparently there is a loophole in the OBD-3 system.
 -> But in the earlier models of the Engine Computer Control the ROM chip
 -> was in a Socket and one could buy a replacement that tweeked the
 -> performance. OF course the SMOG output went up dramaticly. Later they
 -> soldered the chips but that only eliminated the Shade Tree Hot Rodder.
 -> The Techno Geek automotable fan just concidered it a smal lshalendge to
 -> pull the chip and put the re-programed o n in. Made it a bit tougher to
 -> put the Stock chip back for the Smog Inspection though.

 WC> The site I accessed spoke of some having the programming switchable
 WC> with a switch inside the driver's com[partment if desired.
 WC> Best of both worlds 

I saw something on the tube where the drag racer could tweak behind the
firewall with a laptop. Guess they just run a cable, and if it is humid
that day....



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