Superchips 6.0 Microtuner Thread
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Originally Posted by supernewguy
greetings all:
as my user name states, i am a newbee with an 04 f250 psd and scmt. I too noticed rough shifting in economy mode at lower speeds. I called superchips about it and told them that i only run econ because i don't have guages. They told me to load the tow and performace program to see if it did the same thing. Well, I did and noted the tow and performance shifted much smoother. I absolutely love the performace mode though. Me being a moron hot rodded around for a couple days in that setting without guages or exhaust. Man can that truck move though! I haven't towed with my scmt yet. So I call them back and let them in on my findings. They gave me an RA# and told me there was a fix out. Sent the tuner back today and should recieve it next week sometime and will let you know how it works.
anyone know if the horsepower or torque will be affected with this update? or will it retain its current level with smoother shifting?
thanks
as my user name states, i am a newbee with an 04 f250 psd and scmt. I too noticed rough shifting in economy mode at lower speeds. I called superchips about it and told them that i only run econ because i don't have guages. They told me to load the tow and performace program to see if it did the same thing. Well, I did and noted the tow and performance shifted much smoother. I absolutely love the performace mode though. Me being a moron hot rodded around for a couple days in that setting without guages or exhaust. Man can that truck move though! I haven't towed with my scmt yet. So I call them back and let them in on my findings. They gave me an RA# and told me there was a fix out. Sent the tuner back today and should recieve it next week sometime and will let you know how it works.
anyone know if the horsepower or torque will be affected with this update? or will it retain its current level with smoother shifting?
thanks
Funny I have called them twice about the same concerns and all they tell me is send them back the chip and they will reprogram it in about 3-4 weeks.
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From: 3rd Rock
Originally Posted by VegasSuperDuty
Funny I have called them twice about the same concerns and all they tell me is send them back the chip and they will reprogram it in about 3-4 weeks.
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Originally Posted by VegasSuperDuty
Funny I have called them twice about the same concerns and all they tell me is send them back the chip and they will reprogram it in about 3-4 weeks.
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My SCMT smokes like a frieght train too...You said in another thread yours is enough to cover two cars, i would say mine is pretty much equal. I have both the EGR disconnected and the converter gone. Alot of chipped diesels smoke that bad, even some of the higher fueled 7.3's. It is not a problem unless it is enough fuel to damage the motor; NONE of these programmers or chips come anywhere close to that; assuming your not towing.
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From: 3rd Rock
Originally Posted by supernewguy
Sorry about that, they didnt specifically say that it would be back next week. I kind of assumed it would be, cant be that hard to reprogram it could it?
Call them and find out if it can be done same day and out the next.
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I see a very small amount of smoke only at WOT with my SCMT in Economy mode. I haven't tried it in performance mode yet. With this beast at WOT you don't have time to be looking behind you for very long!
As for the shifting, it is not a problem, just a preference some folks asked for and Vic at SC promised to change. Where else other than the FTE Forum can you get results like that! Thanks all!
As for the shifting, it is not a problem, just a preference some folks asked for and Vic at SC promised to change. Where else other than the FTE Forum can you get results like that! Thanks all!
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From: Dallas
Originally Posted by Robber80
so are you guys saying that my truck will smoke like crazy with any of the programs loaded from the superchip??
I have a Predator and it smokes a lot at WOT in both the 65 HP and 100 HP modes. It smokes significantly in both modes with agressive throttle use (over 30% applied quickly)
It smokes NO MORE than NORMAL at low throttle, non agressive driving styles in all settings.
If yours is smoking a lot, ALL THE TIME, something is wrong with it.
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Originally Posted by Tim Lamkin
Call them and find out if it can be done same day and out the next.
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From: 3rd Rock
Originally Posted by supernewguy
Okay, called them and they told me it should be reprogramed within one to two days from reciept of my tuner and it should be on its way back next week
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From: Washinhton
Originally Posted by VegasSuperDuty
I am so glad to see this. I have the same feeling about the harsh shifts and "hanging" onto gears to long before shifts. I will call Superchips for a RA# and to find out more.
On a side note, is there any limit to how many times you can program the trucks tune?
Thanks,
Mark
On a side note, is there any limit to how many times you can program the trucks tune?
Thanks,
Mark
Originally Posted by Tim Lamkin
I am relatively confident the answer is no limit
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From: 3rd Rock
Originally Posted by vellingapa
A little computer trivia for you, actually most flash memory chips do have a 'limit' in the number of times they can be flashed. I haven't checked for a while but a couple years ago the norm seemed to be around 10,000 times, I'm sure newer chips can be re-flashed more. I presume no one will ever have the need to re-flash their truck that many times - Hope not anyway else Ford really has a big problem:-)
Cool info, I did not know that.
Tanks
Hay guys check this out a bunch of four letter words a couple of fives and not one finger screw up.
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I just loaded the SCMT performance file (I've been running the economy file). I can now produce a nice cloud of black smoke at WOT for a few seconds. Normal driving produces no noticable smoke. Tires will now produce a lot of white smoke![