Performance Chips

Anyone have and real life experience with performance chip like those from RocketChip, Thorton or Chip Your Car? Can a $150.00 plug in chip really ad 40+HP to a 4Runner? Maybe I'm a skeptic, but sounds too good to be true.
Thanks.

 

If you think putting a performance chip in your 4Runner will give you more horsepower, then I have some ocean front property I'd like to sell you. It's in Arizona.

 

Kinda what I figured. Thanks.

 

Tune or nothing.

 

Check out Overland Tailor Tuning if you want actual performance gains.

https://www.4runners.com/threads/overland-torque-tune-ott-by-overland-tailor.27827/

 

^This.

OTT is a game changer. More low end torque, improved shift logic, better throttle response. I was skeptical at first but man does it make a big difference

https://overlandtailor.com/5th-gen-4runner-tuning

 

@SS396Solar the gains from a tune is noticeable, but it isn't 40 hp. Only practical way to add 40 hp to this engine is forced induction.

You can also achieve better day-to-day driveability by regearing, at the cost of higher rpms in highway cruising.

 

If you want quicker acceleration and the feel of "better butt dyno" performance, get a Banks Pedal Monster.

 

True. But any "chip" won't be 40 hp either.

I've always viewed it like this. If you want 25 more lb's of usable torque at the low end of the RPM change, improved throttle response and shift logic, a tune is the answer.
If you're on 35" tires a regear should have already been factored into the equation. That addressed the problem at it's source.

So unless OP is on 34s or 35s I don't think recommending a regear is the move personally.