Mike,
Looking into your product, I had a question about the fuel requirements. In Anchorage, from November to March we have to burn "oxygenated" fuel. Basically our fuel has an additive (MTBE) that is supposed to make it burn cleaner thus reducing the hydrocarbon output in colder temperatures. There is a specific warning on the fuel pumps that this fuel cannot be used in airplanes, even the ones that have been approved to normally burn car gas because of its combustion characteristics. Now, with the requirement of your chip to use 92+ octane fuel, do you foresee any problems with this type of fuel being used in conjunction with your chip? Or has anyone looked into this?

I need to do something to satisfy my need for speed until I can bring the Mustang outside in April sometime!!!!!!!!

Maybe mtbikr can post on here about his chip now that he has had it for a while...

Thanks in advance,

Mark

 

mark,

go for it. my truck is stock except for the chip. when i got it going there was a big seat of the pants differance. and i haven't had it long enough to tell gas mileage increase, due to me driving at WOT for the feeling of the torque...

if you run into the comp. board needing the jump soldered send it out! DO NOT go to Sams electronics for anything, he almost soldered through my board..and i couldn't find anyone here to to do it..

best of luck, Dave

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if it's not broken, break it!

 

Hi Alaska97GT
I live in Massachusetts, and we use "oxygenated" fuel all year long. I had a super chip in my last truck, and just put one in my new truck. I never had any problem with the gas, or chip.
When i fill up in other states I do notice that the truck is a little quicker, but the "oxygenated fuel will have no adverce effect on the chip.

 

Dear Mark,

Very good point! As you can see from the other responses, many people are using the Superchip with the reformulated fuels that are in use in most places in this country during the winter months. What most people notice is a bit less gas mileage, either with or without the Superchip, while those fuels are in use, simply because they have a bit lower BTU (energy)content.

For example, this is why I recommend people stay away from Exxon gas, because it is now "reformulated" year-round in this country, and you can count on getting about 8%-10% worse gas mileage using Exxon. A customer of mine recently told me that Harley-Davidson Motorcycles also recommends against the use of Exxon gas in any grade in their engines, which doesn't surprise me.

As long as you use a good high-quality premium gas, you should be just fine. We generally recommend using Texaco, Amoco, or Citgo, as they tend to have good energy content and great detergent additives to keep the fuel system & intake valves clean. Fuels to stay away from are Exxon, Chevron, BP, and any no-name brands, for various reasons, either low energy content, or dirty fuel, in the case of BP.

We have a number of customers up in Alaska, and so far, none have reported any problems using the fuels available up there over the years, so you'll be fine.

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Mike Troyer
Performance Products, Inc.
National Distributor of Superchips
(540) 862-9515
Email: mtroyer@compuserve.com