What's the Difference
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From: Virginia
Hi Jag,
The pro's & con's have been covered here in detail many times. The best thing to do is to use the search feature to review all of those posts, as that is one of the "basics," meaning something that comes up so many times that we refer you to the search feature to review the massive amounts of material already posted, instead of typing it all out again every time someone else asks the same question. New people are always joining us here at F-150 Online of course, and many of them quite naturally have many of the same questions - their best ally is the search feature to instantly unlock all that info.
Briefly.........
With the Superchips tuning you get a program made for *your* specific vehicle, and power gains *all* the time, at any throttle position, at any rpm. With Hypertech, you get a program made to run on all similar vehicles, that only adds power in open-loop operation, meaning at extremely heavy to wide-open throttle. You also generally have to use an abnormally cold thermostat with Hypertech's tuning, where you don't with Superchips. We do not recommend using colder thermostats unless racing or towing heavy loads in very hot weather, etc., as best engine power is actually made at a coolant temperature in the 200-210 degree F range, and a thermostat colder than 180 degrees (192 is stock in 1997-2003 F-150) will hurt heater function in winter.
The other features of the Superchips Micro Tuner are excellent as well, as you get a built-in OBD-II code scanner that you don't get with Hypertech, and that's another $150 value completely free. This gives you the ability to read & clear any OBD-II DTC's, so you don't have to take your vehicle to a dealership or shop to read codes if you get a Check Engine (SES) light. (Ford dealerships charge $79.95 to do a diagnostic scan.)
With us it's very simple: if Hypertech or another company's programmer were doing a better job than Superchips on the tuning, we'd be recommending & selling them instead. We don't care about the name on the package, it's the results inside that count, which is why we use Superchips tuning.
Feel free to spend time reading the boards here, as this exact kind of info has been posted many, many times, so there's plenty of material to read that I'm sure you'll enjoy. Feel free to give us a call to go over this in more detail if you like as well, & best of luck whatever you decide!
The pro's & con's have been covered here in detail many times. The best thing to do is to use the search feature to review all of those posts, as that is one of the "basics," meaning something that comes up so many times that we refer you to the search feature to review the massive amounts of material already posted, instead of typing it all out again every time someone else asks the same question. New people are always joining us here at F-150 Online of course, and many of them quite naturally have many of the same questions - their best ally is the search feature to instantly unlock all that info.
Briefly.........
With the Superchips tuning you get a program made for *your* specific vehicle, and power gains *all* the time, at any throttle position, at any rpm. With Hypertech, you get a program made to run on all similar vehicles, that only adds power in open-loop operation, meaning at extremely heavy to wide-open throttle. You also generally have to use an abnormally cold thermostat with Hypertech's tuning, where you don't with Superchips. We do not recommend using colder thermostats unless racing or towing heavy loads in very hot weather, etc., as best engine power is actually made at a coolant temperature in the 200-210 degree F range, and a thermostat colder than 180 degrees (192 is stock in 1997-2003 F-150) will hurt heater function in winter.
The other features of the Superchips Micro Tuner are excellent as well, as you get a built-in OBD-II code scanner that you don't get with Hypertech, and that's another $150 value completely free. This gives you the ability to read & clear any OBD-II DTC's, so you don't have to take your vehicle to a dealership or shop to read codes if you get a Check Engine (SES) light. (Ford dealerships charge $79.95 to do a diagnostic scan.)
With us it's very simple: if Hypertech or another company's programmer were doing a better job than Superchips on the tuning, we'd be recommending & selling them instead. We don't care about the name on the package, it's the results inside that count, which is why we use Superchips tuning.
Feel free to spend time reading the boards here, as this exact kind of info has been posted many, many times, so there's plenty of material to read that I'm sure you'll enjoy. Feel free to give us a call to go over this in more detail if you like as well, & best of luck whatever you decide!
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Hi Mike,
Thanks a lot for the quick response. I do want to call you one of these days. I guess I want to save up a little more cash, and Im still hoping that the gas prices will drop!
I live in PA and they seem to be rising again in the past week. Same thing in Northern NJ as well as I go there often for clients.
That Microtuner sure sounds like a winner though!
Thanks,
Jag
Thanks a lot for the quick response. I do want to call you one of these days. I guess I want to save up a little more cash, and Im still hoping that the gas prices will drop!
I live in PA and they seem to be rising again in the past week. Same thing in Northern NJ as well as I go there often for clients.
That Microtuner sure sounds like a winner though!
Thanks,
Jag