This ^^^
I originally started with the low profile zif for the sake of the low profile and cover clearance, what I found was that I was R&R'ing the chip so much that the lesser quality and more difficult lever operation was causing some grief so I went with the higher profile / quality zif with the metal lever, sooooooo much better !
With the taller zif the chip guides into place very easy and the large lever is easy to lock even with my gigantic fingers.
I can reach down and remove the chip without leaving the captain's chair.
I will someday put the low profile one back in and the cover on but I still find I like the ease of pulling / installing the chip and still play with the tune even after getting it REALLY good. (I never leave thing's "well enough", got to have tinker-time)
1 year ago I didn't even know this tuning was possible, now I am comfortable with what I do. I will say that based on the steep learning curve I am glad I went simple and didn't go the APU1 route. For me, stopping and pulling the chip and re-burning a change is close enough to "on the fly real time tuning".
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