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Old 06-07-2012, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by vjjack04 View Post
I have a new 2012 (got it last week), and it is not a matter of "need" but "want" for the "chip". I have seen some "interface boxes" for sale that connect under the hood and increase power. Was wondering if anyone on this forum has used them.

From my knowledge it has to be re-chiped, here they were uploading the the new firmware into the chip, when you sell the car they offered to put the orginal firmware back in.
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