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Need honest answer about Superchips programmers

Old Feb 24, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Ridinhigh
does the superchips come with pre loaded tunes and you just pick the one you want

and is there also an option to pick a hauling tune

or economy tune then

performance and so forth havent really looked to much into them
yes

yes

yes

yes

now go get one
 
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 12:53 PM
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well alright that pretty much settles it then an SC i will get of course once the cash is in play which will be a couple months
man i cannot wait till summer is here to make some money it sucks being a seasonal worker i cant buy any cool stuff during the winter so i just get to think about it all
 
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 01:01 PM
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Is it worth getting a tuner with a manual tranny?
i believe the biggest improvement with these tuners are the shift points in the tranny.
Would i be able to notice thaaaat much power out of a chip?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 01:26 PM
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i have a ? do you set your own shift point or do they come with preset ones?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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you can set the 1-2 and 203 wide open throttle shift points. all others are set
 
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by xfeejayx
yes

yes

yes

yes

now go get one
I think this pretty much sums up everything you need to know
 
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 06:30 AM
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I actually did dyno my truck after buying a superchip.
Here are the results.


Close up


Long story short, you can see that a majority of the gains are on the top end (over 5300 rpm).
My actual PEAK horsepower did not change. I was a little dissapointed about that but
it does increase the HP and Torque up high.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 07:38 AM
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hmmm, maybe my butt dyno is more calibrated than I thought it was...

thanks for posting that .
 
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by xfeejayx
hmmm, maybe my butt dyno is more calibrated than I thought it was...

thanks for posting that .
I was thinking the same thing. I could have sworn I felt a difference between with and without the tune, my butt dyno must be really dialed in to feel it
 
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 09:26 AM
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how exactly do you program it? is like the superchips programmer for the cummins? where you have to turn the truck on but not start it, pick a program, let sit for a few seconds , then turn the truck off, then actually start the truck. or can you just pick a program and go with it as you ride down the road?



not trying to thread jack

but what kind of gains woud you be looking at on a 4.7L?
 

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