Hi everybody, I have been reading many posts about the 1715. My interest has really peaked on chips now. I have a couple of very basic questions. Where is the connection point on my 99 4.6 that the tuner will use to change the program. And, will it change the factory chip or will it need to be replaced with a aftermarket superchip.

Thanks

 

It connects to the OBD II Port.
On my 01 Screw its below the steering wheel slightly under the dash.
It saves your stock program on the tuner then "reflashes" your trucks computer with a new program.

You cannot use a new chip and the tuner at the same time.

 

I don't know about all states, and I have read where Mike said the program changes are accepted in all 50 states, but here in Calif. a timing check is part of a smog cert now. I had a car rejected because I had the timing advanced on it. Can anyone tell me about thier smog results here in Ca. using one of the 1715's programs. I know that you could return to the stock program for the check, but if it isn't needed it sure would be nice.

Thanks

 

Not sure about California,but in Texas, I passed emissions testing while my program was running, and if I'm not mistaken, it is CARB approved for all 50 states.

 

Hi Harvey,

As another poster mentioned, the Superchips Micro Tuner connects to your vehicle's OBD-II port, which is under the dash just to the right of the driver's right knee. And it flashes the PCM's internal EEPROM, it's not like a chip, which on Fords is a "piggyback" connection on the J3 connector on the rear of the PCM and stays in place, whereas the Micro Tuner is disconnected & stored after it's 10 minute installation.

Either the Superchip or the Superchips Micro Tuner will pass emissions in all 50 states, as they are CARB approved and that information is included in the box with each unit - and trust me, it is not remotely true that even inspection station in California knows the stock timing for each and every vehicle, that's a complete myth - I'll bet you (as well as almost everyone else) didn't know that in OBD-II vehicles (the vast majority of which have no distributor with which to even be able to adjust initial advance), the amount of timing at idle actually varies, and constantly, as part of how the PCM controls idle speed - which makes that all mute and unenforceable. So if you are claiming that you had a vehicle whose exhaust sniffed clean for it's model year, but was failed just because they said the timing was advanced over stock, I'd get an attorney involved immediately, that's unenforceable BS.

The Superchips tuning advances timing in virtually every application and they are in fact approved by California's Air Research Board, who tests each product - and the Superchips products are CARB approved for one simple reason - what comes out of the tailpipe is still within the allowable emissions - in fact, every vehicle we've ever smogged has shown cleaner exhaust with the Superchips tuning than when running on the stock factory program, for over a decade.

There is one very stupid & disturbing tendency in emissions inspections of OBD-II vehicles (all 1996 & newer cars & light trucks), and that is the "inspection" where all they do is plug into the OBD-II port to check for emissions-related error codes - which California pioneered by the way, and many other states are rapidly implementing this as well. It's a beyond-stupid method, as you can have vehicles with no catalytic converters never throw a code and be polluting terribly, but because no error code is showing the cats have been removed, the vehicle passes - I have personally observed this on multiple occasions by the way, that is no Internet rumor or myth, it's *fact*.

These OBD-II systems (Ford, GM, BMW, doesn't matter) are not even remotely infallible, and there are members right here who have removed their cats and have gotten no SES light and no code thrown by the PCM and passed that very same emissions "inspection" - that should never happen of course, but it actually does, we've seen it.

I will say that California has perhaps some of the most onerous & ludicrous ideas when it comes to controlling air quality that I've ever seen (don't forget to thank them for the MTBE) - and in reality, the politicians generally know next to nothing about this.

Sorry, I tend to get aggravated when I talk about California & their ideas of controlling air quality, as in the past few years and especially here lately, they are doing a lot of very stupid things, including issuing tickets just for non-stock exhaust systems, and I mean cat-backs that are fairly quiet - they actually tried to make it illegal to change the stock factory exhaust at all, but thanks to SEMA, they didn't get away with it. Frankly, if it wasn't for SEMA, what California would get away with, you simply would not believe..............you Californians have my sympathies!

I hope that info helps Harvey, give us a call if you'd like to go over any of this & best of luck!

 

Thanks Mike, I get aggravated just about every day with California's ideas, on any subject!
Thanks again for the input, will be talking to you soon.

Harvey

 

Hi Harvey,

I hear you!

It's not all bad, clean air is a good thing and some of what they've done to achieve that has worked well. And California is a certainly a very beautiful state with much to offer - I'd like to have a few months each year to go dredging & panning thru some of it's rivers!

Have fun & talk to you soon,