Hey gang,

87S4. Just put X Pipe & Porken EZK chip in. Simple install without issues but car won't start now. Should it fire right up after chip install or will it take several attempts for the computer to adjust to the chip?

 

Should start right away.

Check the chip orientation on the board (there is a white dot to line up). Just turn it around if installed incorrectly. (On S4 EZ-K it won't fry the chip if put in backwards, unlike S3 EZ-F.)

Also check the ECU plug is seated correctly.

 

Thanks, ECU not seated snug.

 

I would hate to think what an issue would be the car no longer runs ....sorry but that statement just seems very funny to me. No doubt you fail to see any humor in it.

 

...having same issue here. Have had everything in and out at least once, just triple checked chip alignment U to U on socket and silkscreening.. Will go try once more in the car tonight.

Nope, everything is in solid, and keyed right. No start.

Will swap back in the PEMs tomorrow AM before work. *sigh*

 

I got a set of stock chips once upon a time that turned to be "blank" or somehow non-functioning. It happens?

 

Try the EZ only?




As an aside, why do people immediately post about installation problems, instead of emailing the 'creator', first, anymore?

 

Not posted as a complaint, just "hey, what'd i miss" from the general crowd.

Nothing bad meant by it.

 

..and that fixed it.

It's now here to help someone else in the future...will Email on remediation.

Still happy with the product..stuff happens.

 

Ken, do these chips work in GT's?
Thanks
K

 

So the problems seem to be seating the chip properly and ensure everything is plugged in with a good connection?

I still have mine on the shelf next to the injectors and spark plugs. Too much going on right now to do the install.

 

I had mine for probably around 2 years sitting in an envelope - life got in the way!

I installed them about 4 weeks ago along with 24lb injectors and new plugs.

Started right up.

With the x-pipe and chips, absolutely love them!

 

Car makes more power already, just on the LH chip.

I'll wait via Email for the EZK solution.

 

I found the issue, it wasnt a bad chip from Ken, at all.

Read -very close- what Ken says...do NOT trust what you initially see on the PCB.

It was Dieter, who..back in 1987...was having a bad day.

This is what the EZK chip looks like, in it's stock disassembled condition:



Note the tab in the chip on the left, the matching tab in the plastic socket the chip goes, in, and the silk screened white "tab" on the PCB..that says "tab this way *******..."

Here is what is in my EZK:



See the tab in the socket?

See how it hides the silkscreen on the PCB...

I carefully, installed the chip, as the socket is telling me to...

Coming from this install, was a sharktuner PEM, no tabs on anything to align, so I went with what Dieter presented me from his careful build of the PCB 28yrs ago.

Here's what was hiding under the socket...



Installed the EZK chip correctly per the PCB silkscreen instructions, all is well.

Ken: This is why I posted here, not to complain..but source out any 'wtf' I may have encountered....

Hopefully this helps other people in similar situations.

 

Wow...that's pretty bad....something to be careful to look for, whenever I get around to this upgrade. I gather, as an S3 owner, were I to reverse the chip, I'd have bigger problems. And without warning, I would have simply assumed the socket was oriented correctly as well...