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anyone know about chipping an engine for better gas mileage? or tuning?
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Superchips hands down.
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Whats the difference between the 2?
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A chip is an item (basically a circuit board) that is plugged into the wiring harness between the PCM and the rest of the engine. It's functions are very limited and basically, they tell the PCM that the engine is running lean and the PCM adds fuel to compensate. It's a very poor way to make a little bit more power.
To make a distinction today between a tuner and a programmer is almost impossible. However, previous generations of tuners had canned programs and that was it. You couldn't update them and your selection options were very limited, including tire size, shift firmness, speed limiter removal and, in some cases, raising the rev limiter.
Today's tuner aka programmer, have canned tunes + the ability to hold multiple tunes and you have a lot more program options available to you now. Some of those options are adding or reducing fuel, shift firmness in stages, adjusting knock retard, timing, different gear sets, yadda yadda yadda.
To make a distinction today between a tuner and a programmer is almost impossible. However, previous generations of tuners had canned programs and that was it. You couldn't update them and your selection options were very limited, including tire size, shift firmness, speed limiter removal and, in some cases, raising the rev limiter.
Today's tuner aka programmer, have canned tunes + the ability to hold multiple tunes and you have a lot more program options available to you now. Some of those options are adding or reducing fuel, shift firmness in stages, adjusting knock retard, timing, different gear sets, yadda yadda yadda.
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Superchips? Isn't that the one on Youtube with shifting issues?
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ok so any suggestions on a programmer?
thank you for your help btw
thank you for your help btw
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Sc 3815 stacked with sct and rocking clean and true at 125k ....
Does not help since I realized this is th 4g section.
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DiabloSport Predator would be my suggestion. I have two MOPAR vehicles with HEMI's in them and both have a Predator loaded on them. Here's my truck dyno sheet showing before and after Predator install numbers.
The MegaCan runs a lot better and with the addition of an intake and exhaust, I've seen almost a 4 MPG improvement in highway mileage.
The other vehicle has the aforementioned Predator + a DiabloSport CMR tune stacked on top of that. Here's a gratuitous pic of that mod ho:
With the CMR tune, done by a DiabloSport authorized and trained tuning shop, my SRT (stock rated 425 HP @ the crank) put out 411.4 RWHP after the tuning was completed.
The MegaCan runs a lot better and with the addition of an intake and exhaust, I've seen almost a 4 MPG improvement in highway mileage.
The other vehicle has the aforementioned Predator + a DiabloSport CMR tune stacked on top of that. Here's a gratuitous pic of that mod ho:
With the CMR tune, done by a DiabloSport authorized and trained tuning shop, my SRT (stock rated 425 HP @ the crank) put out 411.4 RWHP after the tuning was completed.
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Diablo is what I'm strongly considering
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anyone know about GForce chips?
DODGE RAM 1500 G-Force Peformance Chip
DODGE RAM 1500 G-Force Peformance Chip
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Ya but the tuners are way out of my price range
and i'm not looking so much for power but fuel efficiency without sacrificing a whole lot. would it be worth the chip temporarily until i can get a tuner?
and i'm not looking so much for power but fuel efficiency without sacrificing a whole lot. would it be worth the chip temporarily until i can get a tuner?
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What does the dealer think about the programmers if you have to take your truck in for warranty work? Is the programmer something you have to leave in the truck for it to work or do you just upload tunes to the ECU and remove it?
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They have been available................for 2009 & 2010, but still nothing for 2011+
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your best bet is to return your truck to stock before taking to dealer. If they find that its tuned they might flash it on you then you are stuck with a tuner that won't work.
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