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Re: More power from Celica = Powerchip ?? Mon, 05 May 2003 11:12 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Well I'm going to put my dick on the line here.

I had a Gold 96 ICON powerchip put in before I join the club. Wasn't overly cluey about what this thing did but after reading a Road and Track article on a 3S-FE Rav4 I didn't question the results.

Anyway after a few club dyno days and the introduction of Optimax I thought I'd upgrade to the Gold 98 programming. Powerchip told me I had to send the ICON back to factory in Melb and showed me how to run the car on the stock computer again, which is the first time I was told this was possible. I thought this would make an interesting tech article to document the upgrade and publish results of factory, 96, 98 chips.

So went ahead with the purchase and was waiting for the courier bag to arrive. In the meantime I was off to Dyno Dave at Redline motorsports all excited, taking photos. Dave runs the Gold 96 chip first, followed by the factory chip as saids to me "Well Surprise, suprise". I looked at the graph to see the ICON with GOLD 96 chip made less power across the whole rev range compared to the factory chip.

So sent a little email to Powerchip telling them of my findings and said I hope the GOLD 98 would rectify the problem. Powerchip cancelled my GOLD 98 order, not really the actions of a company that has great faith in their product, specifically the ICON for a 3S-FE SV21 Camry.

Emailed ICON in UK asking if I could get the software to tune it myself. Only distributors are allowed to have the software.

The Powerchip warranty I had speaks of a money back performance guarantee. So I emailed them with all relevant documentation. They mailed back saying the performance warranty is only vaild for a limited time and sends me a copy of a warranty with this clause, which doesn't appear in my copy.

I never got around to following this up, too busy with the rest of my life.
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Read Message   More power from Celica = Powerchip ?? RobST162Mon, 05 May 2003 07:52
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