iI have seen postings here and there about chips, when i first got on here i asked what the best chips are (not tuners or ecu flashes). everyone body says the same thing, "there are not any chips for the Ford Focus", ok, then big question of the day is, why when i sign in on focusfanatics.com is there an ad on the front page for chips for the focus for $69.00.

just curious, and if there really is not a chip then maybe the site should take down that ad because it false advertising

gimmick.......

I wasn't aware they had an ad banner here for that. must check it out because there's no real chip for these.

its in the "my account" box on the home page, i just copied it and will paste it.

$69 Ford FOCUS Chip
60 Horsepower 7 MPG Savings Boost Easy Installation Custom ECU Chip
www.GFChips.com

IDK, I just clicked on "my account" and nothing was out of the ordinary, not one ad?

it just looks like a chip to cut fuel consumption. All it does is send different pulses to the computer to tell it to stop using as much fuel.

The idea of a chip for Ford goes back to the fox body mustang and early EEC-V PCM days. These processors had a dedicated J7 port on the processor where I physical chip could be programmed and installed. This chip would bypass the eeprom on the PCM with its own programming. This chip essentially did the same thing that todays flash tuners do in that they changed actual parameters in the PCM only the chip did it by bypassing the eeprom whereas the flash tuner rewrites the tables inside the PCM itself.

Ford removed the J7 port from all processors in roughly 2003-2004 or when they switched to the CAN protocol. This is why there are no chips for any CAN based Ford vehicle or anything newer than 2004.

What you see advertised as a "chip" by this gforce company is not an actual chip as described above. It is a joke. It does not install on the PCM and instead typically wires into the IAT sensor wires and tricks the PCM into thinking the air is cooler than it actually is.

IDK, I just clicked on "my account" and nothing was out of the ordinary, not one ad?

here i will explain better.
on the screen you are looking at right this minute, scroll to the top it says home, click home, you will be o the home page you will see the new st focus or new st fiesta (it switches) at the bottom of that PICTURE if you look to your right there is a box that says "my account" in that box it is an ad for a chip.

now if you go clicking on your account it will send you to your account.
im not trying to sound rude right now so dont think i am, i just making myself clear.

The ads aren't in any way affiliated with the website they show up on. They are just there to help pay for the site.

I see it now, hm....?

Just ignore it, we all know there shiz.

I turned off all of my ads in my browser. It's been so long I forgot the internet had BS ads.

It tunes your ads to what you have searched for recently. So if you looked up a new wrench yesterday, you are more likely to see a wrench in an ad. Or in your case, a chip. Most sites don't have specific ads anymore.

It tunes your ads to what you have searched for recently. So if you looked up a new wrench yesterday, you are more likely to see a wrench in an ad. Or in your case, a chip. Most sites don't have specific ads anymore.

Their whaching you ^^^^^^

Run away... Run as fast as you can, Charlie!