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Engine Chip reprogramming and Stock classes

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Subject: Engine Chip reprogramming and Stock classes
From: "Jim Lange" <JLANGE@us.oracle.com>
Date: 12 Feb 99 13:57:04 -0800
I assume that aftermarket performance "chip" upgrades are illegal in stock. 
 
Some vendors (such as Dinan Engineering) are now offering reprogramming of the 
stock engine management chip in late model BMWs.  This provides the same 
result as a chip swap, but the physical chip in the car is the same as stock. 
 
It seems to me that this provides an opportunity for some people to "cheat" 
that would be completely undetectable. 
 
NOTE:  In-car reprogramming is available for '96 and later BMWs; mine is a '95. 
 
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Jim Lange                               '95 BMW M3 (A-Stock) 
Bellevue, WA

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