Thorton Chiptuning Top Speed OBDII Cat Performance Chip Website Claims 2
So far these claims are somewhat normal as compared to other similar products around the web: “After driving about 125 total road miles, our tuning chip will adjust itself to your vehicle’s engine, your driving habits and continues to remap the ECU for optimal performance and fuel consumption as you continue to drive.” Thorton Chiptuning Top Speed OBDII Cat Performance Chip Website Claims 1
What does Thorton claim about this ‘chip’? Plenty! Here are some screen grabs of their claims: The lights, button and outer design are all the same – just the wording and color have been changed. Yep, the box is the same size and shape, just a different logo and color, but the Thorton chip is also IDENTICAL to the previously reviewed SUPER OBD2 / Nitro OBD Chip scam. What about the chip itself?Ĭomparison of Super OBD Scam Chip vs Thorton Top Speed OBDII Cat
The box is the same size, the cover is the same size, the instructions are almost the same. Not only does the box itself look verrrry similar to the previous SuperOBD scam chip, the instructions on the bottom of the box are also almost identical, with a few small changes.
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SuperOBD Box and Install Instructions vs Thorton Performance Chip Top Speed OBDII CAT Spiffy looking advertisement don’t you agree? Well as we have seen before, looks can be deceiving! Looks can also show valuable hints hidden in plain sight. Without going ANY further, do you notice anything in the screen grab above? If not, look below for the comparison: Thorton Chip Tuning Website Top Speed OBDII Cat Product Photo This is the Thorton Tuning Chip product as shown on the company’s website, : Founded in 2008 our mission is to work with high performance vehicles in any way we can.”:Ī closer look at that photo of the ‘shop’ on their about us page does not give us any more confidence about this company being in the ‘tuning’ business – it actually appears these workers are all working on axles, gearboxes and tires – no noticeable tasks are shown related to ‘vehicle tuning’: The company, Thorton Chip Tuning, claims to be “a team of automotive enthusiasts based on Columbus, GA. The Thorton Top Speed OBDII Cat Performance Chip sports a glossy black sleek design and looks nice aesthetically but are there similar looking products we have reviewed before? Unfortunately, yes. This article involves reverse engineering and analyzing the “Thorton Top Speed OBDII Cat Performance Chip Tuner” in order to identify if it truly works as advertised or not. Tags: CAN OBD Performance Chip Vehicle Tuning Scams Analysis Reverse Engineering Thorton Top Speed OBDII Cat Performance Chip Tuner Scam Reverse Engineering the Thorton Top Speed OBDII Cat Performance Chip Tuner OBD Performance Chip There are also several youtube videos proving the details of the Nitro-OBD light flasher scam and some of it’s variants: It has been proven based on several different articles and tests that the Nitro OBD module is a verified scam.
To accurately understand the big picture you should first read the above quarkslab article in its entirety. We provide our analysis below of the Thorton Top Speed OBDII Cat Performance Chip Tuner and reveal what is inside this product. Once unscrupulous sellers discovered they could sell these light blinkers as ‘tuners’ at a high price, the market has been overwhelmed with them. We point you in this direction because this NitroOBD scam from China has been flooding the internet for a few years now, and has given birth to NUMEROUS copies with varying colors and logos. Before reading further, if you have not already seen the tests by quarkslab on reverse engineering the Nitro OBD2 performance chip scam, check it out here: