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super chips
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:11 am
by tarzwell50
Im thinking of buying a super chip programer for my H2 . Has anyone used one of these is it worth it ? Or any info on what you have done for more power
Thanks
Re: super chips
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:16 am
by s0ulst3al3r
I have the Cortex Superchip ...love it ...noticed power gains right away and came in handy when I changed tire size and my gears over
Re: super chips
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:21 am
by tarzwell50
Hey thanks how much was that chip
Re: super chips
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:36 pm
by s0ulst3al3r
about 400 bucks as i recall
Re: super chips
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:57 pm
by JL
Nope it's not actually a 'chip', it's a device that plugs into the OBD2 port under the dash, that you use from the palm of your hand and that can re-write the on board computer! So you'd just plug it in, do yo thang (aka write the new program to the truck), then unplug the programmer and you're done!
Most of these programmers can only load a new program to one vehicle at a time, so I guess when you plug it into the truck it'll read the VIN and thus cannot be used on any other vehicle until you clear the original tune....
Re: super chips
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:10 pm
by s0ulst3al3r
I think some of the new ones now you can program up to 3 trucks now ...pretty sure I read that somewhere ..heres the one I have
Re: super chips
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:59 pm
by Gadgets
I need to revive this thread. I had the same questions as Beattie until I read these posts. However, still left wondering. Are there preprogrammed options in these things, or do you have to understand and know what you are doing and why. I need to reprogram my speedometer because of my bigger tires, but I also want to get better gas mileage and power if possible. I'm just not sure how I would do this with one of these programmers. I don't know anyone around me that has one so I could see it in action so I haven't got any idea...
Can someone here clear it up for me, and others.
Thanks,
Brian
Re: super chips
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:22 pm
by s0ulst3al3r
They are pretty easy to figure out ...that being said I don't reprogramme the shift points or fan temp but setting it for bigger tires / gears is easy ...and setting the options for towing or performence is pretty straight forward.