Jet Performance scam?

[Mike Dillon]

>

Don't let the lawyers get wind of that, if they are copying GM code
verbatim and selling it I don't think it would take a very bright lawyer
to win the copyright suit against Jet. The down side is that they would
likely start suing everyone else in sight also.

Mike D.

> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:13:29 -0600
> From: "Programmer" <nwester at eidnet.org>
> Subject: Re: Jet Performance scam?
>
> Yep--their calibration is hid so well that THEY don't even
> know what they did <BG>. Performance packaging--all
> the performance is in the package. Ever notice how well your
> car goes after you do a battery disconnect ?? ;  )
> Lyndon.
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Reid Bishop <rbish at ibm.net>
> To: gmecm at diy-efi.org <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
> Date: September 27, 2000 9:50 PM
> Subject: Jet Performance scam?
>
> >I recently got a buddy interested in performance tuning GM engines.  He has
> >a 92 Isuzu Rodeo, with a GM 3.1 V6.  It uses a 1228838 ECU, and has the
> ANFK
> >calibration.
> >
> >Back in '94, he had bought a 'performance' chip from Jet Performance
> >Products.  Today, we read his original EPROM, and found that the
> >'performance' EPROM had the SAME IDENTICAL IMAGE on it as was on the
> >original factory chip!
> >
> >What gives?  Did Jet somehow 'hide' their calibration (I don't see how this
> >is possible on a 2732 EPROM), or did they just plain scam him for $120?
> >BTW- he did not receive a CALPAK- this is not a removeable chip on the
> ISUZU
> >'8838.
> >

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