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Question for Mike T
Mike,
My daily drive is thru a lot of traffic, stop and go. I've noticed that after I clear my computer my chip seems to work better with firmer shifts and better acceleration. After about 400 miles it seems to lose its edge with softer shifts and a little less power on acceleration. Same brand and grade of gas. My question is does it hurt to reset the computer every couple of tanks of gas? Thanks.
WarEagle
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98 F150 Lariat extended cab, Pacific Green/Silver Frost,
Grey Leather Capt chairs, AM/FM/Cass/6-cd changer,
full tint, color matched bug deflector, vent shades,
A.R.E. hard bed cover, Ultra type 50 polished wheels,
BF Goodrich 315 55R x 16 Sport Truck Radial T/As, 4.6L,
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exhaust, Flowmaster 50 series muffler, 4.10 gears
My daily drive is thru a lot of traffic, stop and go. I've noticed that after I clear my computer my chip seems to work better with firmer shifts and better acceleration. After about 400 miles it seems to lose its edge with softer shifts and a little less power on acceleration. Same brand and grade of gas. My question is does it hurt to reset the computer every couple of tanks of gas? Thanks.
WarEagle
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98 F150 Lariat extended cab, Pacific Green/Silver Frost,
Grey Leather Capt chairs, AM/FM/Cass/6-cd changer,
full tint, color matched bug deflector, vent shades,
A.R.E. hard bed cover, Ultra type 50 polished wheels,
BF Goodrich 315 55R x 16 Sport Truck Radial T/As, 4.6L,
AT, Towing Package, Airaid, Superchip, JBA headers,Flowmaster dual
exhaust, Flowmaster 50 series muffler, 4.10 gears
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Hi War Eagle,
No, it won't hurt a thing, but I wouldn't keep doing that myself, as I prefer to have the adaptive strategy keep on making it's very subtle adjustments over the long haul. Then when I want to gain back the approximately 2% power loss that can come as a result of being driven conservatively most of the time and firmer shifting, I just give it a few full-throttle bursts, and that does the trick.
When you do a reset and clear the computer like you're doing, what happens is you begin the adaptive strategy adjustments from scratch again, which take about 350-500 miles to make the basic fuel curve adjustments, so you won't get your absolute best fuel mileage like that, but this is of course up to you.
Me personally, I prefer not to do those frequent resets, but that's just me, many guys prefer to do what you're doing, and that works fine too.
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Mike Troyer
Performance Products, Inc.
National Distributor of Superchips
(540) 862-9515
Email: mtroyer@compuserve.com
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No, it won't hurt a thing, but I wouldn't keep doing that myself, as I prefer to have the adaptive strategy keep on making it's very subtle adjustments over the long haul. Then when I want to gain back the approximately 2% power loss that can come as a result of being driven conservatively most of the time and firmer shifting, I just give it a few full-throttle bursts, and that does the trick.
When you do a reset and clear the computer like you're doing, what happens is you begin the adaptive strategy adjustments from scratch again, which take about 350-500 miles to make the basic fuel curve adjustments, so you won't get your absolute best fuel mileage like that, but this is of course up to you.
Me personally, I prefer not to do those frequent resets, but that's just me, many guys prefer to do what you're doing, and that works fine too.
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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