how chippable are cougars?

[Desolator144]

Yes I already know you can put chips in real cougars so if they run away, the vets will be able to bring them back to you and those work great but I wanna know how well chips do in cougar cars :P
Okay enough nuttiness. How much of an improvement do the chips that aren't quick fix bull**** make? You know, the ones that actually increase RPM and fuel injection and stuff safely lol. And I mean overall and compared to other cars. Cuz of course every car has it's own personality and some are already well balanced and tuned overall and some (like the Mercury Tracer) come standard with severe bottlenecks that when addressed make it way, way, way faster. I didn't actually put a chip in my Tracer but a small weight reduction and way more flow through the air intake cut over a second off my 0-60. Yeah, kinda sad lol. I think it even hit triple digits in actual HP delivered So back to my point, what's the approximate horsepower and 0-60 difference I could expect from a really smart chip in a 2000 V6?

[Frosty]

Read every thread in this section and you'll get your answer.

You need to do performance mods first. You can't just "throw in" a chip, expect it to magically increase horsepower and call it a day.

[streetracer8605]

are you serious? you're ignorance, lame attempt at humor, and laziness strike again. do you read anything thats been posted? are you search button retarted? j/w

[Desolator144]

I read a ton of posts in here and it's mostly just you guys hatin on people for asking if those ****ty cheap chips are any good. I found a few where someone recommends brands but I'm still looking for one with estimates

[Frosty]

XCal2 and maybe an SCT chip . . .

[MattyD879]

I hear these chips are great in Cougars.

[bubby]

You should get the turbonator. It isn't a chip, but actually acts like a turbo in your intake, increasing horsepower safely and easily.

[CbOy2000]

If your looking to at least improve the way your car responds even with minimal mods go with an SCT Xcalibrator 2. I was impressed with the way it improved my cars reaction to the mods I already had. Since my car is an ATX it also made it shift firmer like it was more alive and increased the shift point to a better part of the rev range at 6,300rpms.

The only thing was I had ADC send a tune for my car with the Xcal2 at the time but they no longer send out mail tunes so you will need to find a tuner who has some experience with the duratec engine like Brenspeed or a user by the name of Warmonger.

[jrak123]

x2 for warmonger, he is the man to help you

[streetracer8605]

Originally Posted by Desolator144

I read a ton of posts in here and it's mostly just you guys hatin on people for asking if those ****ty cheap chips are any good. I found a few where someone recommends brands but I'm still looking for one with estimates

dude, you didn't read. if you did, then you would have asked about SCT or Xcal. even if you would have taken about 5 seconds to read some of the stickies up top you would have seen that brand. you want power estimates? ...you do realize every car is different right? it all depends on whats done to the car. that's been covered over and over again. it's not like you can just plug a chip in and get the advertised 25hp that it says. thats crap. do the research. if you would have asked a question like, where can i get an SCT chip or Xcal, i wouldn't be so harsh. the point is that you didn't even bother to illustrate you read anything, you attempted at lame humor to incorporate a broad question displaying the mindset that you can just go out and buy a chip then plug it in and gain x amount of hp. if things were really that simple do you honestly think people would be bothering with 3l swaps or custom turbo's and s/c's? ask educated questions, not ricer boy "what chip can i plug in and how much hp can i get" questions. take a look here for the stuff you supposedly researched Nautilus Performance Group