Well I just installed mine!! 2001 Ford supercrew with a 5.4 liter auto. I don't really know what I think. I really did not notice anything yet!! is this common??

 

Congrats on the chip, the truck and joining this website.

Before you decide one way or the other on the chip make sure you are running premium fuel and give it 5 tanks to complete the learning process. My experience is that you will see performance gains as you continue to drive it.

You should notice an improvement in the transmission shifts already. If you don't - are the contacts clean enough? Is the chip still seated correctly? Do you notice any improvement at all?

At this point my best advice is to wait and see.

Tom in Tacoma

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1998 F150 XLT S/C 4.6L Auto, 3.55LS, 4X2, Moonlight Blue, all the factory bells & whistles except for leather seats.

• Lund Deflector
• Lund Premier Tonneau Cover
• K&N Filter
• Body-color painted Throttle Cover
• Blue wire-looms
• Pentaliner S/R
• Window tint
• Ford side-steps
• Infiniti component speakers - front
• Polk Audio speakers - back
• Superchip (OH YEAH!!)
• Flowmaster 50 Series 'Delta-Flow' w/ 3" pipe
• Clear turn signal lenses
  
• Next up - billet grill.

Tom in Tacoma

(Washington not Toyota)
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Hi Snowcrew,

A couple of quick suggestions....

You need to make sure and disconnect your battery for a few minutes, to clear the factory program from volatile memory. Otherwise, it's going to take a few days of driving to notice the effects.

Another thing to remember is that the Superchip is, in round numbers, about a 10%-12% power gainer, and you have one of the heaviest F-150's ever built in that new Super Crew. 10% more power on a 5500 - 6000 lb. vehicle is only going to do so much.

Use the best premium gas available to you, and just drive it, accumulate some miles. Drive it for 3 weeks, and then take it out for a full week. My bet is you'll never want to pull it out again.

Good luck,

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Performance Products, Inc.
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Email: mtroyer@compuserve.com
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Well I had a problem with my chip I think!! At 35-38 mph the engine would cut out It also cut out once at hiway speed and once coming to a stop. I pulled the chip out and all seems fine. Talked to the distributor and he will look into it. Any suggs???

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The contacts might not be clean enough OR the computer mounting bracket is slightly pushing on the Superchip and slightly breaking the contact...even when I used two pieces of duct tape.

I installed my Superchip..drove it several times..and parked it for the night. The next morning..I went to start it..and it would not start. I eventually just pushed on the chip, and the truck started right up. I took everything out (again), removed computer and removed the mounting bracket. I flattened the top part of the rolled up edge where the chip sits. No problems at all since.

Good luck!

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2000 F-150 XLT, 4x2, 5.4L Supercab, Superchip, Styleside, Black with silver two-tone, 3.55 rear, class III towing package with heavy duty cooling package, Heavy duty shocks, 4 wheel disk ABS, overhead console, sliding rear window, keyless entry, dark graphite interior, in dash CD, factory leather wrapped steering wheel, Pendaliner bedliner, K&N air filter, rubberized undercoating, cabin filtration system, Bugflector II, 5W-30 Mobil 1, engine build 10/4/99



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On my last truck, especially since it was a 4x4, I used duct tape to secure the chip to the computer. I added tape to this one too!!

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2k F250 CC SWB 4x2 6 speed Diesel XLT Super Duty, Woodland Green
Power Mirrors, 3.73 LS, Captains Chairs, ARE tonneau top, rear privacy glass
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265/75/16 AS OWL tires, am/fm/cassette/cd, rechargable MagLite
Clarion APA 5240 amp, Memphis speakers:Components front, 5x7 rear, 10"sub
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