Anonymous
map-marker Cathedral City, California

Tried to get it smog and it didn't pass because of the chip. So how do I get it readjusted so it will pass smog here in Califronia

Smog did not pass because of the Gforce performance chip. How do I reprogram it back to normal so I can get smog to pass? Also can I get the chip back after it is smog?
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Marcus H Qya

Which wire

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Gforce Performance Chip - Which wire
I have a 2015 Camaro my plug has 5 wires which one s do i splice
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Jonathan L Som

Perfect

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Picked 5 miles per gallon. 2006 VW Jetta TDI. Installed and milage went up and has stay up for 8 years.
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  • Ease of installation
  • Worked great
  • Easy to install
Reason of review:
Good quality
ROGER M Rlk
map-marker Sodus, New York

Emission problem

Has there been any problems with emissions failure after installing the Gforce chip? My 2013 Silverado with the 6.1 motor failed inspection for emissions.
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Anonymous

2001 Ford Ranger XLT

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Had this truck for 6.5 yrs, chip was installed 2 months after buying the truck. I did notice a difference, a good one! Truck idled better on cold mornings and I got close to +3.5mpg extra. Going from 17mpg to 20.5 mpg is awesome! Really helped selling the truck too, sold very quick! Overall it was a great product I thought, 5 star
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Robert A Kiz

G Force chip

What does this chip fit 112073 - ****29
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2009 mercury Milan 2_3 engine 6 wire .what 2 wires to use to buck up my force

Mike S Osl

1995 Pontiac Bonneville

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I purchased my first G Force product and enjoyed better gas mileage as well as better gas in my estimation. While traveling at highway speeds of 70 - 80 mph on a trip to Nags Head, N.C. my gas mileage with a 3800 V-6 engine was between 30 - 31 mpg. I could not believe it and double checked on the way home. Granted, this is highway only ... but still great mileage in an older and larger car that tips the scale about 3700 lbs. and it ran like a top! Maybe it was me, but it did feel like it had more power. Passing was no problem even while traveling through the Smokey Mountains. In my estimation, I feel the G Force product was beneficial to add to my vehicle. I am not a testing type of person and thought it might have helped my car. You my or may not agree with me, but the choice is up to you.
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Suspicious phrasing, lots of qualifiers. Sounds like it was posted by the company!

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Bought one 4-5 years ago. Didn't work for me..

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I tried to get back with them, but couldn't.
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Anonymous
map-marker Fort Riley, Kansas

Gforce Performance Chip - Gforce Chip Review from Fort Riley, Kansas

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I bought the"chip" knowing what it would be just to see for myself. I am mechanically and electronically inclined so I tend to understand how things work and how to repair them. The Gforce chip is a resistor bank. The concept is it acts as a resistor between the signal being sent from your air flow sensor to your actual chip that regulates things like fuel ratio. The concept is by using this chip you trick your ECU into thinking it has less air. Thusly you modify the fuel ratio by making the engine have a different fuel ratio. In this case by getting a false reading you increase the fuel to air ratio with the resistor bank IE gforce chip. A resistor lowers the voltage from the MAF sensor thusly altering the signal the ECU receives. This cause the ECU to inject more fuel into the engine and create more power. This on its own defies the logic that you would get better gas mileage because you are dumping more fuel into the engine on the injection cycle. Secondly your ECU is programmed to recognize this change and since the stock tuning runs lean for better mileage and less stress on engine components it does not inject more fuel into the engine. You ultimately end up with less power. No improved power and no improved gas mileage. It is a scam. I research the product very thoroughly before I bought it to know what it is and how it would work. I knew it wouldn't work but I wanted to get my hands on it to actually take it apart and study it. It does indeed when supplied with power reduce the output electrical current. As I said before though because of the way your stock ECU is programmed it does not work. I did all of this so you don't have to. On top of all of this you have to splice into your MAF cable to use this forcing you to buy a new wiring harness should you decide not to use it. It also will void your warranty. Things that do work however are cold air ram intakes. Not a short pipe or a metal pip but something that does not pick up heat from the engine and draws in cold outside air from the fender or bumper. Just a filter alone will not do it unless your intake is built similar to the above. Secondly your engine need to be able to dump all that air and fuel so you will need to upgrade your exhaust system to reduce back pressure. Unless you run a rich mixture not all of your air is used in the combustion cycle. It's about getting more cold air into the engine for it to burn and being able to get it out more efficiently. Thirdly you need to account for all of this and adjust the programming for your fuel air ratio that you can do with an actual tuning computer that plugs into the data port that mechanics use to check engine codes. In doing all of that you will see real horsepower gains. You will loose gas mileage in doing so. If your looking for better gas mileage leave your vehicle stock. Things like improving aerodynamics will improve gas mileage. Additionally if you do all the above because you're looking for better performance look at a turbo or supercharger. This way you increase air density further by compressing it giving the engine more air to use allowing more fuel to burn. Electric turbos and superchargers are also a scam. They do not compress the air which takes a lot of mechanical energy or exhaust energy in the case of a turbo to do. A resistor bank cannot do any of this. Be informed on your next purchase. Do not buy this product.
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I believe that you may just be a moron . I used the cop in my 2012 Toyota Tacoma and my brother waited to see how it would work.

While I knew I wouldn't get there has milage it said I would, I did increase 2mpg and the performance was not drastic, but could smoke my brothers same year and same engine truck.

Maybe instead of treating it apart and dissecting it, you should have installed it!!! People like you just *** me off.

Guest

Figures. Was going to buy a Gforce chip for a 2014 Scion TC but forget it now! Thank you for your reviews much appreciated..

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According to the the gfchips.com website the device is connected through the IAT (intake air temperature) sensor plug not the MAF.

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Thanks for a great rundown on not only the chip, but also the alternatives for greater power.

There is another option you didn't mention, very effective for inline engines with belt-driven fans.

I used to work at Flex-a-lite, the electric fan people.

An belt-driven engine cooling fan uses quite a bit of horsepower and torque, depending on your rpm and horsepower.

Remove the load created by the belt fan, you free up that horsepower, which now makes it to the wheels.

Not complicated reasoning. And it works in actual practice.

I was present for dyne tests on a Mustang 5.0 at Austin's Pro Max a few years ago. Max horsepower gain was in the upper rpms, and topped out at 15 HP, and something like 17 lb-ft. torque. Gas mileage improved by 1.5MPG or better (can't recall exactly).

That's possible in this case because you're permanently relieving the engine of that drag. And there are no negative effects on the engine, quite the contrary. Anytime your engine needs full cooling, it has it, even when idling after a hard run. And it has adjustable thermostatic controls that keeps the engine temp where you want it, or adjusts if you want to run hotter/cooler for any reason.

Deserves looking into.

Failures are rare, and they stand behind their products, and provide great produce support with real people. I've installed 2 on my own vehicles, and plan on getting another soon for my 1996 4Runner.

Guest

thanks for the explanation, seemed too goood to be true to me.

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I bought a Tundra used, low miles and complete service history all at dealership where purchased originally. I found this (so to speak chip) on my truck, I didn't know what it was but thanks to you I do now.

NOW THE QUESTION FOR ME IS, HAS IT HARMED ANYTHING? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.

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In general no it won't harm anything being as your stock ECU is programmed to detect this change and adjust how much fuel is put into the engine to keep the engine running lean so you see better gas mileage. You could leave it in or take it out.

I personally would take it out as it does nothing for you. As I mentioned there are real and proven methods to increase performance however they are going to cost you real $$$ to do.

The safe bet is to assume anything that does not A) mechanically effect the engine or B) changes the programming on your ECU will not improve performance.

It is all dependent on what you want.

Do you want a performance vehicle or a gas sipping vehicle?

There is a trade off with either choice.

Most stock setups are engineered specifically to give you as much balance in the mileage to performance ratio as possible depending on the task the vehicle is built for.

That is typically why vehicles like trucks for instance have more power but less gas mileage because the intent is for them to do work in which you need power. The oposite is true for most cars that are not meant for performance right out of the factory. If you think about it it's why cars these days see much better gas mileage than trucks and SUV's ect ect because most cars outside the previously mentioned performance catagory are used for commuting and highway/city driving.

I'm not saying not to mess with your vehicle.

I'm simply stating that if you do learn yourself up before you get under the hood. It's especially easy to do in todays world with the internet.

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Anonymous
map-marker Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Gforce Performance Chip - Performance Chip Review from Cape Girardeau, Missouri

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I don't get it. I purchased a gforce chip for my 2006 Saturn Vue,3.5L V-6. It was 100% better in performance,fuel,the sound of it when into gas pedal. At 80-90mph it would kick down and get your attention. I tell you that a 2014,15 new 6cylinder from a dead stop could not get by me. Im a believer. I just bought a 2009 chevy 2500HD Duramax 4x4 4dr. And i want a gforce performance chip for it. I would like someone to get back to me so i can purchade 1. 573-382-****. Eddie Rhodes, SEMissouri. Thank you
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Anonymous
map-marker Elizabeth City, North Carolina

2010 SRT8 6.1

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Installed Gforce chip in my 6 Spd Challenger..Drove car to Newfoundland and back to Elizabeth City NC..While in Canada,on the QEW in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,using regular gas and driving at 70 MPH,I recorded 28.7 MPG on multiple fill ups..In the states my milage went up to 24.9 MPG..Reason was that Canada wasn't using ethanol enriched gasoline..I have been so impressed with this chip I have purchased one for the wifes 2012 SRT8 Charger.I am sure that it will perform as well as the one I installed on my Challenger and sone 5.7 Ram truck..
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Thid product is a scam. The internal parts aren't even connected!

Try it with a multimeter testing for continuity (a path for electrons) and the meter will read 1 meaning infinite resistance, the same result you'll get if you put both test leads of the multimeter in the air. If it had a path (which it doesn't) you'd get a value close to 0 and if it was 0 ohms resistance you'd hear a tone.

Also you can look into links meantioning Gforce chips lawsuit with Orange County.

Anonymous
map-marker Huntersville, North Carolina

Sorry Product G Force Preformance Chip

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After putting the unit on my vehicle I didn't see any chance in the performance or the gas mileage, I contacted G Force they said I didn't drive unit far enough to see a difference. I now have 5,000 miles on the vehicle an still see no difference. Have not been able to contact G Force. I understand the the BBB is on this Company about bad products and the Calif courts have ruled on this that the Company has to refund the purchase price. If anyone has customer service number please send it to me, at tnix@***.rr.com
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Cons:
  • No fuel economy or performance difference
  • Unit does not work want refund
Reason of review:
Bad quality

Preferred solution: Full refund

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A friend gave me one of these, I decided to open it , inside there is a little circuit board that initially looks like something real. However if one looks closely you can see all the the traces on the board from both wires lead to an empty component location, nothing ever reaches the chip, (that itself is not capable of storing or processing an operation on its own even if it were connected).

This product is a total fraud, literally is a pretty aluminum case with a couple wires on it.

Its exactly equivalent to connecting nothing to your engine.

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False, the leads go through resistors. You are right, the center chip is not connected, but it is still operates using resistors.

This is the old trick of the air flow sensor having the outdoor reading showing extremely cold temperatures to trick the engine to dumping more fuel and giving your engine better performance. How do I know?

I have one and tested it/opened it. Put a meter at the end leads and you will see a resistance.

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False..... First you said better mileage then you said engine dumps more fuel in the engine then stock because gforce chips trick the engine.

I can tell you its 100 percent scam.

Using a real data logger while the car is running and revving up showits the same with the chip and without. Taking it apart revealed an empty aluminum box.

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Performance Chip Review

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The chip was installed in my 2004 Celica GT. After about 30 miles the car started dying at every stop light or stop sign. I had no power whatsoever. just barely lurching & bucking down the road. It actually went through the half tank of gas faster than it had ever before.
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Anonymous
map-marker Winnipeg, Manitoba

Gforce Performance Chip - Toyota Performance Chip Review from Winnipeg, Manitoba

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I installed it on my 2006 Toyota matrix it was sluggish before having this now it is peppy for a 4 cylinder engine and is much better on gas I recommend this product. I think most people don't install it correctly. So many bad reviews , not the case for me it's a great product.
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I put one of these on my1998 Chevy Lumina, hoping to increase the already great gas mileage. It didn't do that, but there was a VERY noticeable power boost from the first time I drove with chip installed. I see all these negative comments and I winder if G-Force's less expensive price is causing companies with more expensive competing products to troll sites trying to save their vanishing market share.

I had that Chevy for about five years after installing the chip, and never had a problem.

Anonymous
map-marker Concord, North Carolina

Gforce Performance Chip - Performance Chip Review from Concord, North Carolina

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Gforce Performance Chip - Performance Chip Review from Concord, North Carolina
Had this in my car for supposed gas savings really wondered if it worked after shorting my mass air flow sensor. I had it 4 year now I open it up it is missing all resistors so I was really cheated you can see yourself it was a scam where there is no connection to the chip at all I should sue
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Anonymous
map-marker Minot, North Dakota

Gforce Performance Chip Performance Chip Review

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Complete waste of time, took it off my pickup and threw it in the trash . I called the tech support to ask a question about installing it and they chewed me out for being a fake customer
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