Reply With QuoteA con might be a voided warranty?
I'm buying one of these for my '07 Tahoe. Any suggestions...pros/cons ??
A con might be a voided warranty?
I bought the Superchip for my 2005 Ford F250 6.0 Super Duty 4 x4.
Ford dealer say, if the the Chip is the cause of engine or tranny failure warranty will not cover. I lost a turbo charger last Feb. on my way back from Havasu, Towing was on me, Thank you Good Sam Road service.
I have 68,000 mile on my truck in 2 years.
15.5 mph driving around So Cal.
14.2 mph towing my 24' Campbell 5400 lbs
11 mph towing my 31' 5th Wheel 14,000 lbs.
The truck is like driving a street rod on steroids.
Hypertech- You can change your tire size and gear ratio. If you lift or lower it. You can also put it back to stock and take it to the dealer, with no trace of tampering.
Neither.
Try Wester's. Read up on it, they flash the PCM for you to your specs. More initial cost but they will re-flash for free if you ever have to change something and will flash up to two (I think) more PCM's if you buy another vehicle so it ends up being less cost in the long run.
Also, the dealer can NOT tell if you have done this, when they hook it up it looks like any other vehicle.
http://www.westersales.com/Westers/index.htm
predator is what I use.plus the edge stacked.
Im running the SuperChips FlashPak 2805 on my '06 Chevy 2500 HD....
Pros are that yes it makes the truck a helluva lot faster, it adjusts for speedo calibration as well as rev limiter. It also has 3 settings, Performance, Tow/Perf & Tow. Also from what I am told the system does not leave a hard code on your computer, so incase you gotta take the ride to the dealership they wouldnt see that it was in there... I do not know that to be true since I never have to go to the dealerships, also better mpgs...
Cons are really only that the shift points when the ride is cold change, I also forgot what that is called but Superchips says there is no fix for that at the moment...
I used the Hypertech on my 2001 Yukon and ended up getting worse mileage and alot of black s**t coming out of the tailpipe, so I put it back to stock and sold the programmer. When I got my '06 GMC truck, I lifted it and put '35's on it. I bought another programmer and used the speedo calibration and firmed up the shifting on the tranny. I didnt mess with the motor settings. No problems here.
I used the Hypertech on my 2001 Yukon and ended up getting worse mileage and alot of black s**t coming out of the tailpipe, so I put it back to stock and sold the programmer. When I got my '06 GMC truck, I lifted it and put '35's on it. I bought another programmer and used the speedo calibration and firmed up the shifting on the tranny. I didnt mess with the motor settings. No problems here.
Thats all I did on mine. Changed the tire size, and gear ratio ( i put 4.10's in it)
Works like a champ. Even got a lil better mpg.
I bought a Hypertech for my "06" Dodge 2500 4x4 Hemi and all it would let me do was adjust for the type of fuel I was running. I put it back to stock and it gave me better mileage. It is bad enough, I don't need to make it worse. The Hypertech was a waste of money
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