Hey Mike and others.... Quick Question
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Hey Mike and others.... Quick Question
Do you know of a programmer I can purchase that allows me to recalibrate my speedometer/odometer for gear and tire changes? I know this can be done by a tuner with a chip change but I am not ready to do the chip change until I get a few thousand miles on the vehicle. Thanks for any help given.
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The only programer i know that should do it is Hypertech. I had one in my 99 chevy and it was capable of doing that plus a good bit more. Everyones gonna tell you there not good (and i dont know about how they are on fords) but it let me change the tire size and it also gave me a good edge at the track when running it against other people who didn't have one.
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forgot about this..... but if i'm not mistaken then Diablo has something out called the Hellion that might be able to do this too but i'm not sure. Price is definitley on up there though.
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You've got some bad info there, the Diablo Hellion unit is a very basic OBD-II code scanner, nothing more.
Nobody makes a hand-held programmer worth having (in our humble opinion) from a power standpoint, sometimes even the gear ratio or tire size changes can be problematic in these vehicles with the Hypertech programmer. They used to have terrible problems with the speedo corrections on the GM's too, but they're doing a better job on the GM speedo recalibrations these days.
We can take care of tire size & gear ratio issues with the Superchip, as you seem to be aware of already. I don't know why you want to wait a few thousand miles, but that is certainly your choice, you shouyld do whatever makes you feel most comfortable. My thinking was that if it's just a few thousands miles you're concerned about, you might want to think about just waiting for that few thousand miles and use the Superchip so that you'll have the best powertrain programming available.
If you feel you have to have that type of device right now, then you can pick up a Hypertech unit, if you don't mind their generic programming and small power gains only at very heavy throttle.
Good luck whatever you decide!
Nobody makes a hand-held programmer worth having (in our humble opinion) from a power standpoint, sometimes even the gear ratio or tire size changes can be problematic in these vehicles with the Hypertech programmer. They used to have terrible problems with the speedo corrections on the GM's too, but they're doing a better job on the GM speedo recalibrations these days.
We can take care of tire size & gear ratio issues with the Superchip, as you seem to be aware of already. I don't know why you want to wait a few thousand miles, but that is certainly your choice, you shouyld do whatever makes you feel most comfortable. My thinking was that if it's just a few thousands miles you're concerned about, you might want to think about just waiting for that few thousand miles and use the Superchip so that you'll have the best powertrain programming available.
If you feel you have to have that type of device right now, then you can pick up a Hypertech unit, if you don't mind their generic programming and small power gains only at very heavy throttle.
Good luck whatever you decide!