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August 07, 2012, 12:24:50 PM

I was wondering if someone can tell me where my computer is located on my 1986 Cougar with a 302 engine? I bought a JET performance chip and I want to see if it does anything.
Thanks!

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Reply #1 – August 07, 2012, 01:02:48 PM

Behind the right side kick panel.

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Reply #2 – August 07, 2012, 01:05:27 PM

Quote from: 86cougar;395500

I was wondering if someone can tell me where my computer is located on my 1986 Cougar with a 302 engine? I bought a JET performance chip and I want to see if it does anything.
Thanks!

Passenger side kick panel, behind the plastic.
And the chip won't do jack shiznit. Throw it in the trash, or get a refund.

Seriously.

It's the parts you can't see that will make the real power...HO cam, E7 or GT40 heads, bigger exhaust, injectors, etc etc...

Chips are really best for seriously modded engines that there are no factory tunes for...such as a blown and nitrous fed engine...even then, to get the most out of it, it needs tuned on a dyno by a trained technician.

Hope you didn't spend a lot for this chip...

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Reply #3 – August 07, 2012, 01:54:45 PM

Problem is, I have to deal with emissions here. If I didn't, I'd just drop in another engine.

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Reply #4 – August 07, 2012, 02:20:09 PM

Emissions or not, the chip is only going to affect your wallet.

As long as you have good cats, a properly functioning smog pump, and all the parts between it and the Thermactor and EGR are working, heads, and HO cam will get past emissions. After all, they were factory equipment on '87 up Stangs and Mark VII 5.0 cars....

Let me reiterate, the chip will not help you with emissions, power gain, freedom of speech, gun control, or penile enlargement. It WILL lighten your wallet though. If those chips did anything, we'd all have 'em in our sigs as a mod lol.

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Reply #5 – August 07, 2012, 02:54:45 PM

Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;395510

...or penile enlargement.

shiznit, there goes my last ray of hope...

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Reply #6 – August 07, 2012, 06:37:20 PM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;395513

shiznit, there goes my last ray of hope...

Yeh...you 'n me both..:eek:

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Reply #7 – August 07, 2012, 08:12:41 PM

now I want some pringles.... thanks

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Reply #8 – August 08, 2012, 01:37:19 AM

did someone say ChiPs?

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Reply #9 – August 09, 2012, 10:17:03 AM

I could have bought cases of pringles for what I paid for the Jet chip. Oh well, as long as I have food in the fridge and a roof over my head......I'm good. Thanks!

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Reply #10 – August 10, 2012, 06:59:47 AM

Quote from: MY83T;395537

did someone say ChiPs?

Putting those in your car would not be a good modification either.

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Reply #11 – August 10, 2012, 03:06:36 PM

Might be room in the trunk....

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Reply #12 – August 11, 2012, 01:08:29 PM

Generally speaking old school chips like a Jet, just jack up the timing. Which will require premium fuel, on a 155 HP 5.0 hmmm. If u want more timing just up the base timing from 10 to 12-13. It will do the same thing for free.

Good luck,

Travis

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Reply #13 – August 11, 2012, 04:15:55 PM

So, if I advance the timing a little (I usually do) AND put my might Jet chip in.....who knows, I might get........ oh-oh, that's 155 hp new, my car is 26 years old. So, back to the equation.... about 120 hp, advance the timing and hook up the mighty Jet chip and...... Jeez, sure is a good thing I like my car. I better get back to work. Thanks!

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Reply #14 – August 11, 2012, 07:58:53 PM

In some cases a chip really can help a basically stock car. With the basically smooth cam the Ford installed in our cars with the 5.0....its going to be rough to gets lots of power, chip aside. That is why the HO swap is so popular!
Travis