I have 2000 e450/v10 engine. If put the super chip to monitor engine would I notice better gas mileage & horsepower. I sure the engine was manufactured in 1999.
SuperDave178 wrote: IMO, the most enthusiastic "chip" people are those that are selling them. Save your money.
Dave
Ditto Dave.
With gassers, any gain is so small, not worth the coin. Although my 460 is chipped, Can't tell you if it made any difference. Wish I could report otherwise
I used a Superchips tuner on our 5.4L Expedition when we were towing a trailer. The biggest improvement was how it reprogrammed the transmission - that was a real noticeable improvement on hills. It only made a noticeable improvement in power when running the premium fuel program. There was no change is mileage, with either program.
I think (but I haven't done it yet, so I don't know for sure) the cheapest horsepower improvement you can make is with a low-restriction muffler.
Efforts to make gains with chips only seem to affect power, not mileage, and I don't know if they work well on non-turbocharged gas engines. Chips do work on turbo diesel engines, but at the expense of greater stresses on the engine.
Was the 2000 V-10 one of the model years with the spark plug issue? If so, I'd stay away from a chip.
Scrib wrote: The biggest improvement was how it reprogrammed the transmission - that was a real noticeable improvement on hills.
How so? If all it did was downshift sooner, just use your tach and save your money. When I had a 460, I never let the RPM fall below 2K pulling a hill. The engine was "happier" and I could pull grades like Beartooth Pass (elv. 13,100 ft) in Montana w/o straining.
Scrib wrote: The biggest improvement was how it reprogrammed the transmission - that was a real noticeable improvement on hills.
How so?
You got me, but my guess is that they unlock the converter a lot sooner than the stock programming. The net result was the ability to keep the RPM's up, without downshifting, on small hills and to carry speed further up large hills.
btw - this was great for a marginal TV. I have no idea what, if any, benefit a V10 E450 might see.
Then you're talking an eletronic transmission not a coventional one. I'll need to re-think my reasoning on that. With a "differential" torque converter in place, converter "lock up" ocurrs automatically rather than depend on driver input ("downshifting"). Hmmmmm......
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