OK Mike...you squared me away on my F150 superchip...whatchya got in the inventory for the Powerstroke on a 2002 F250 with 36.7 miles on it??????


WoooHooo!!!

I traded in 2 vehicles for this one. Wow...what a difference.


...oh...and PS: what do I do with my old F150 superchip? Any suggestions? Trade UP/IN? Ebay?

 

yeah Mike says to give the old chip to me

thank you

 

How do ya like the PSD versus the 5.4l?

 

OKey Dokey...must be the new "Luv-Thy-Neighbor" program. ...


Well, at first, when I stepped on the gas, it seemed non-responsive. I normally got instant results from the 5.4 (chipped or unchipped). I was concerned at first, then I realized there is about 6" of accelerator left that I can go through.

Big pickup when pressed about 1/2 way (still missing the 5.4 area though)...but let me tell you, when I hit it about 3000+ RPM, that turbo kicked in. OM-friggin-Gosh! That was a trip. Pulled VERY hard with AUTHORITY.

I have to get used to the diesel (forgot about it since my Army days), but it will grow on me (it danged sure better!). It's obviously louder and my S.O. says "it's stinks...is that diesel?" uhh...yea honey, the $4grand option...sheesh.

I got a great deal on my trade-in's and the Super Duty's are getting 4.9% on 2002. I tried to get the 0.0%, but those are reserved for 2001/2002 (<--I'm guessing on 2002) F150's and other vehicles. The 4.9 was the lowest on the Super Duty's.

No arguements on how Ford treated me...and get this: NO PRESSURE (<--weird huh?).

 

Hi Murfster,

Congratulations on your new 2002 PSD, and yes, we've already been making Superchips for them from the day after they rolled off the assembly lines. Most of them have the VDH series of codes.

The 2002 PSD's responded just like all of the other 1999 & newer PSD's, 60-65 hp & 115 lbs./ft. of torque. If you like how that PSD pulls right now, wait until the first time you step on it with the Superchip.

Give us a shout, & we can work with you to figure out the best thing to do with your current Superchip, go over all your options, etc.

I see it's also a Lariat, that's a very nice (and expensive!) vehicle, that's the highest trim level for that vehicle.

Have fun with that big PSD,

 

Whoa! You mean to tell me that the SuperChip is seeing 60-65HP/115lbs torque Increases on top of stock???

Using my Raoul calculator (counting with my 11 fingers and 12 toes), I see this as being: 335-340HP/620ftlbs-torque. Is that true?

How about mileage, where does SuperChips stand? (and yes, I do care about mileage...this is a tow/work/commute truck and I'm paying the bills).

Thanks Mike!

 

Hi Murfster,

Yes, those numbers are correct, and no, that wasn't a "typo". You're going to love the mileage even more.

The Powerstroke diesel is not a Ford-manufactured engine, it's actually made by International, who was subsequently bought out by Navistar, the manufacturer of Ford's *previous* diesel engines.

The point being, International makes that engine available to other manufacturers in bone-stock trim using the same crank, rods, etc. in power levels all the way up to 340-350 horsepower, and just under 700 lbs./ft. of torque. It's an engine that was originally designed to operate long-term at substantially higher power levels, and can do so safely. Heck, we can crank it right on up to 750 lbs./ft. of torque, for those who are willing to do all the other modifications it takes to support that kind of power level.

It's a turbocharged diesel engine, so it's easy to add big power, but in this case, we're lucky in that this engine was originally designed to operate at higher power levels, which makes this safe to do, with no loss of service life or durability.

Mileage? This is the part you'll like best.......it won't go down, and it usually goes *up*. Run an F-350 dually PSD at 80 mph unloaded, with just the driver on board, and you get 4 more mpg. Run it empty like that around town at low speeds however, and you get almost no gain. Superchips hired an independant test lab to not only verify the power gains, but to also tell them just why it was picking up such nice mpg gains under certain conditions, and to have them identify those conditions. What they found was that it's just a by-product of having more power, you can now use less throttle opening to achieve the same velocity as before, and so anytime that PSD motor is actually under a load, working, it will get better mileage with the Superchip than without it.

For example, most people who are towing heavy loads will see about 2-3 more mpg when towing while using the Superchip as compared to what they would get in that same situation without the Superchip. They saw mpg gains anytime the engine was under a load. Drive it empty in town, and they got exactly .1 mpg, one tenth of a mile per gallon, Drive it empty at 80 mph, and get 4 more mpg, some have gotten 5 and 6 more mpg under those conditions. In other words, the motor has to be working to see those gains, so it happens either when towing, or at higher speeds if running unloaded.

Nice, eh? Yes, for those who are towing or otherwise driving in conditions that have the motor working, the Superchip can and many times has actually paid for itself in those PSD's.

And, with the 60 hp & 115 lbs./ft. program, you don't need to do any other modifications, you're still 50-state emissions certified, and you still have your full rated towing capacity.

I thought you'd like that.

 

mike... tell him about the 100hp/250tq. option on the extreme side of the chip. i'm sure he'll appreciate it

 

OK...pinch me (not you Raoul!). I've only got 350 miles on the truck, I run it speed limit and get about 16.5 MPG (it's still going up..still on my first tank of fuel...the computer showed 0 MPG when bought because it didn't go anywhere).
Now...correct me if I'm wrong...I can put some load on it (with the SuperChip) and it will actually INCREASE my MPG ... on top of adding additional HP/Torque??

WTFrig? Why isn't everyone buying a PSD? If I had known this years ago, I wouldn't have bothered with a gas engine (no offense).

100hp/250torque? I'm sure that this must include a modification or two above the chip. I'm happy enough just to plug in the chip.

Thanks Mike and Talleywacker!

Expect my email soon Mike.

 

Hey there Talleywhacker,

Good to see you again!

Yeah, the first time I saw an F-350 "dually" smoke all 4 rear tires about half way down the 1/4 mile on the Extreme program, the on you're talking about, on it's way to a high 13 second ET, I dropped my jaw, I think. I remember being somewhat stunned at the sight.

 

Hi Murfster,

OK, before we have you thinking that the Superchip is really going work miracles, I need to make it clear that I'm not saying that you can work the motor harder *and* always get better mpg than you are right now with the Superchip across the board at the same time, though there are times when that very thing can and will happen in those PSD's.

What I'm saying is that anytime that PSD motor is working under a load, it is going to get better mileage with the Superchip than without it. We were scratching our heads too, that's why Superchips had that independant test lab do all that work, to tell them exactly when how & why the mpg gains were happening, and that's what I was talking about above, what the lab found in their formal testing, though I may not have got the point across fully.

For example, let's say you take the vehicle out and you're cruising at freeway speeds, 75+ mph, unloaded, towing nothing, just the driver on board, the lightest possible load. Ok, like that, running in the lightest possible load configuration, you have to be travelling at freeway speeds to see the mpg gains, as the motor has to be working. If you were to cruise arond town unloaded like that at 40 mph, you wouldn't see much, if any, increase in mpg, the lab got only a .1 mpg gain under those conditions.

It's when the motor is *working* that it will get better mpg with the Superchip than without it.

For another example, let's say you are towing 10,000 lbs. out back with that PSD, well, our customers generally get better mpg with the Superchip than without it towing that load of course, as the motor is working, about 2-3 more mpg on average is what we see in those conditions. This is assuming that we're not playing bonzai racer course.

It all gets down to load on the motor; if the vehicle isn't towing, it's running unloaded, then you've got to be running freeway speeds or better, where the aero drag is starting to put some load on the motor by those speeds, to see mpg gain, and then you'll see *solid* gains. We have customers who has seen as much as a 6 mpg gain cruising empty at 80 mph, tough the average is 4-5 more mpg in that exact condition.

Running with a load, either on board the vehicle or towing it out back, then you'll see better mpg with the Superchip that without it in most driving conditions.

It's all about *load*.

I hope I was able to clarify that properly for you,