A friend bought a 99 Lightning and wants a chip. I don't know much abotu these vehicles but said I'd ask on here. What chip should he get, how much are they, and what gains should he expect? Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Hi CPFormula,

The Superchip for the 1999 Lightning will add over 40 more horsepower at the flywheel, and somewhere between 33-35 more horsepower at the rear wheels.

With regards to the cost, the Webmaster of F-150 Online prefers that we not discuss exact pricing issues here, so please contact us privately for that information, our email & phone number contact info is just below in my signature line for your convenience.

We have a couple of options specifically for the Lightnings, different programs, and different chips, either single-program or dual-program, for street & strip use for example, so the vehicle owner might want to contact us directly so we can go over all of those options, and see which one best suits their needs, we're happy to help with that.

Have a great weekend,

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

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1999 Ford F150 XLT 4x2, Cloth Seats, Amazon green, 16" All season tires, Soft Tonneau Cover, CD Player, 4.6 liter Triton V8, 3:55 ls, towing package, 4 speed auto, K&N Airfilter, soon Superchip and K&N GEN II.

 

Why not a chip from Jet? Super chip is well covered in the forum. I've read the letters that Hyper chip is not good on F-150's. Can they all be that much differant? Or is it that the other chip dealers are afraid to talk about thier chips on line.

I am almost conviced to buy a super chip soon.

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1997 F-150 XLT Extend Cab, 3 Door, 4.6L (Winsor), Long Bed, Tow Package, Teal over Silver, K&N Air Filter, Tow 27 Foot Travel Trailer, 2 repaired doors

 

Hi Bostondog,

Yes, they are that different. Jet & Hypertech program vehicles completely generically, meaning for example, one program for all 1998 4.6 automatic F-150's.

The Superchip, on the other hand, is programmed for the exact software revision in each individual vehicle, so you get a program that was made specifically for your individual vehicle, instead of a program that was compromised to run on all similar vehicles. This places a tremendous R&D load on Superchips, because of the many different software revisions in these vehicles for each model year, but it's the only way to properly optimize the powertrain programming.

The other aspect is that only the Superchip adds power at *all* throttle positions in all their applications, the others tune primarily at full-throttle only, and that is due to the structure of the emissions laws in this country. Even for a brand new vehicle, during full-throttle operation there are no emissions standards that have to be met, so if you only tune at full-throttle, you reduce your R&D costs quite a bit, as you don't have to worry about emissions.

Basically, it gets down to a matter of what works best, and it's the Superchip, hands down. If any others did a better job, we'd be selling them instead, we don't care what name is on the package, we care about the *results*. As do the automakers, and Superchips is the only aftermarket programming firm, to be hired directly by many of the world's major automakers for various projects, due to their expertise.

If you'd like to go over this in greater detail, please feel free to give us a call.

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Mike Troyer
Performance Products, Inc.
National Distributor of Superchips
(540) 862-9515
Email: mtroyer@compuserve.com
Performance Products F150Online Superchip ordering system: F150Online Superchip Ordering System
First National F-150 Online Rally Event Organizer

 

Get the Superchip right here from Mike! It offers the very best performance when compared to the other brands. Mike is always willing to answer any question you throw at him...where can you get that kind of technical support for FREE?

I own the Superchip and have not had a single problem. Installation is easy. The power increase and improved shifting is great!

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2000 F-150 XLT, 4x2, 5.4L Supercab, LEV, 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, FORD bedliner, K&N air filter, mar-hyde rubberized undercoating, Modine climate filtration system, Bugflector II, Mobil 1 oil and filter, Build date 7/00
- Factory cab steps on order