No not at all. That's all a Moates Quarterhorse is. Its a glorified J3 chip. It just has the ability of USB connection to your laptop and live tuning and datalogging. It can be removed just like a J3 chip.
A standard J3 chip is removed and reprogrammed via a chip burner. This means that everytime you wish to make an alteration, you have to remove the chip, plug it in to the burner, update the tune to your new settings, and plug it back in to the
ECU.
This is a lot of mucking around, but the biggest problem is that it leaves you wide open for a possible poor connection at the J3 port edge connection of the
ECU. This was my main reason for choosing the QH over removeable J3 chips.
The QH is put in place and never touched again. I have a USB connection now in my glovebox so that I can connect it straight to my 10" Acer notebook, which also lives in the glovebox.
-Craig