Hi i own a 1999 f150 standard cab with a 6 foot bed 4.6 liter triton v8. i was wondering what the advantage is of installing a hi performance chip in my truck. and if it helps it, which one should i get??? PLZ RESPOND!!!

 

i bet i know what they are going to tell ya!!!!! :o

 

The advantage is more power and if you got an automatic transmission it will drastically improve the way it shifts at WOT. Instead of floating from one gear to the next, it hits the shifts hard and fast. You might even get a little chirp going from first to second. I got the Xcalibrator tuner and it's great. It’s custom tuned specifically for my trucks PCM code. I have three custom tunes, a 93-octane max performance, a 93-octane tow-preferred, and an 87-octane performance. I also retain use of my stock 87-octane tune.

check it out at the link below

Superchips Custom Tuning Xcalibrator for ALL OBD-II FoMoCo vehicles 1996-2005

 

Hi rawrock,

The advantage of having a good performance tune (which can be provided in either a traditional chip or in the more convenient hand-held tuner) is more horsepower and torque at any throttle position or rpm, removal of the top sped limiter, better shifting in the automatic transmission models, better towing capability, etc., etc.

You will have much better overall throttle response, the driveability will be improved, the shift points will be optimized for much better performance and even driveability at any throttle position or rpm in the automatic models, etc. In other words, when we custom tune these trucks we set them up for how each individual vehicle owner uses their vehicle and any particular preferences or needs they may have that can be improved via powertrain programming.

We recommend doing that in either our multi-program chip or our multi-program tuners instead of say, just a single-program chip - that way you have have tunes for any level of octane, for towing, for pure performance, etc., so that you have much more flexibility and better power & performance no matter how you use your vehicle - you won't have just one program which has to be compromised to do everything, in other words.

You might want to spend some time reading the posts here in this section to get familiar with the basic concepts & results, there are tons of posts from our customers here who post their general impressions, results, etc that make excellent reading for those considering improving their vehicle's capabilities.

In short - it's one of those deals that once you have it, you'll wonder how you ever got along with out it.

Here's a link to our web site section that has our tuning products for Ford Motor Company vehicles - now there will be numerous products at this link, but what I suggest you read up on specifically are our Part# SCT6600 (our 4-program custom-tuned chip) and our Part# 9100 (our 3-program custom tuned Micro Tuner) - those are the two products that allow us to load our *custom* tuning and that has multiple-program capability. That is what will get you the best actual results. Now for someone on a really tight budget, you could go with our single program custom chip, that's our part# 5500 - or, we could do just 1 tune in our custom Micro Tuner, for example - but almost nobody does that, virtually everyone goes for the multiple-program devices to get the most flexibility and best results. here's the link: http://www.troyerperformance.com/cgi...chips%3BFoMoCo

Please feel free to give us a call at our number listed below to go over any of this in more detail, we're happy to help.

Best of luck whatever you decide,

 

I have a SCT6600 in my 97 Expy 5.4 and have not felt any difference in power even between stock and the 91-Performance setting. In fact stock feels better.
My advice is to ask a SC distributor for references of customers that have purchased similar items with vehicles similar to yours and call them. Look how many people on this site share their info I'm sure customers wouldn't mind a call. Also check -more than just this forum- for people's experiences with different brands of tuners and chips. Ask the distributor about specific percentage increases in power then ask them how much hp increase you will get. The percentage, say 10% should equal the hp number they give you. For me my 5.4 has 230 hp so 10% would be 23 hp. If they tell you 10%-13% increase then tell you 38hp increase ask them why the difference. Salespeople will tell you what you want to hear. I might be giving some SC distributors that watch this site information that will be helpful for them to clarify their numbers for over the phone contacts. I should've done this before spending $350.00 on my chip.

 

davet,

Have you contacted Super Chips directly? You may want to do that rather than hanging out here complaining about not being a happy customer. I'm sure if they know you have a problem, or are unhappy, they would be willing to make things right, even if it means sending your chip directly to them and have them check it out. Also, being as they don't sell directly, and supply their product through independent distributors, I would think they would want to know if you don't feel you're getting treated fairly by one of their distributors. Afterall, it is their name and reputation that is affixed to each Super Chip product sold! Just my 2 cents...

 

I have documented and tested every mod on my truck with a vc2000 g force data recorder same as newer g force and very accurate. Also have had truck on dyno for verifacation.
This being said next to installing the supercharger the biggest horsepower increase came from the Troyer tune using the sct 9100 tuner. Stock the truck ran 1/4 miletime 18.15 superchrge no tune 16.04 tuning 15.16 these are averages, on any given day a truck will run better or worse depending on atmospheric conditions. a finer point of the performance gains is the drivability of the truck, my truck now shifts and operates at normal driving so much better now. We all judge the raw power increase, but this is not how everyday driving is done.
If you expect a tune to make youre 5000+ pound truck to fly like a jet fighter you bumped youre head!!!! Is it worth while? in my opinion and tests, YES!!!! I drive my truck every day all seasons and am very happy with the tune. I was totaly unsatisfied with it before the tune and not as much from the hp but from the drivability, you have to experiance the difference.

 

Hi Chuck,

Thanks for your post - it's an excellent example that happens to everyone who has our custom tuning and actually does a proper comparative test or evaluation. In every single case where that is done, nice power gains are always observed, as are significant reductions in acceleration times - and the improvements in things like overall driveability, towing capability, etc. are all obvious & well worthwhile, too.

You have done quite a bit of datalogging as well as careful analysis & testing of the before & after performance levels, etc., and it's wonderful to see that being done *right*.

Your truck has been an excellent example of how we get significant gains/improvements in every aspect of comparison, as well as proving just how much difference fuel quality makes, etc. - you remember how much work we did regarding fuel quality alone in your area - you even went so far as to search out the best local fuels, and just like in many other cases, with your truck better quality fuel allowed us to get significantly more power & performance out of it - you did a a lot of datalogging & other testing to prove all of that out.

It's been a pleasure working with you on all of this Chuck - you made it all the more worthwhile because you cared about 1 thing above all else - and that was doing things *right*, and doing whatever the data showed needed to be done.

Job well done, Chuck.