How do you install a Superchips?

BioBurner · #1 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 04:58 PM

My bro just bought a used superchips for 50 bucks. It is supposed to be programmed for 85 horses in an automatic. Bro's truck is a manual, so he cant use it untill he pays someone to reprogram it, so he gave it to me for the weekend to play with.

Dont laugh: Where do I plug it in?

triskit16 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 05:09 PM

Look just above where your right leg would be when u hit the gas pedal...there is a lil port right there on the bottom of the dash. Plug it in there. If it doesnt turn on check you cigarette lighter fuse

kjswensen · #3 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 05:09 PM

just under the dash, below the steering wheel you will see the big o plug for the cable to plug into.

triskit16 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 05:10 PM

Hold on, we are talking about the Micro Tuner 1705 right? If so then what I said above should work.

BioBurner · #5 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 05:16 PM

It's a little, tiny gold chip. I think you guys are all refering to the OBD2 port, aren't you? The plug on the back of the gold chip is longer than the OBD2 port. I assume it plugs somewhere else.

BioBurner · #6 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by triskit16

Hold on, we are talking about the Micro Tuner 1705 right? If so then what I said above should work.

No. This is a little plug in and leave "chip", not a tuner.

BioBurner · #7 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 05:32 PM

This is it:

TNT in Round Rock · #8 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 05:38 PM

that "chip" goes on the PCM - it's down by your left foot as your driving - it's the truck's "brain" ..

you can go to : www.dp-tuner.com 's website .. on there is instructions on how to remove a PCM ....

....then while you're there, buy a DP Tuner

ron's power stroke · #9 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 05:38 PM

go to the end of your drive way..pull the top off of that big metel can..install the super chip..close lid and get right on the phone to DP tuner...J/K sorry

that looks like it goes in the back of the PCM..same place the DP tuner chip would go..

BioBurner · #10 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 05:53 PM

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I figure that for 50 bucks, it will be a fun toy until I can afford a DP tune.

ron's power stroke · #11 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 05:58 PM

lol got to do what you got to do..it looks like it would go in the back of the PCM... check DP's link for install..you will see its kind of like a DP chip but it has the cover for the PCM built into it..

http://www.dp-tuner.com/documentatio...stallation.pdf

UP_There · #12 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 06:03 PM

I wouldn't even bother with that chip.......seriously. I had one installed on my truck when I first bought it. I had a Superchip micro max tuner from my old truck, that I installed later on. The plug in style like you got, is hardly even noticeable that there's a chip in the truck. I doubt it's very good for it either! $50 bucks is still fitty bucks, that's definitely a deal, but you won't be happy with it........

megawatt00 · #13 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ron's power stroke

go to the end of your drive way..pull the top off of that big metel can..install the super chip..close lid and get right on the phone to DP tuner...J/K sorry

that looks like it goes in the back of the PCM..same place the DP tuner chip would go..

cangim · #14 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 08:38 PM

I have a pic in one of the galleries of the same thing. That being said. Trash the superchip and go dp. You will like it much better this coming from experience

eckart · #15 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 09:43 PM

It has to be burnt to your trucks calibration code or it won't work right or possibly do damage. Don't just put it in. It's got to be reburnt. The best place for it is in the trash. I've had one of those. pos. Lots of contact issues with mine....shuts the truck down at the worst time. The best mod to an old superchip invovles an anvil and a hammer