Performance chips?

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:59 am

Good or bad ?

I know absolutely nothing about it or cars in general but I'm looking for some good performance chip for 2004 Mustang GT V8 4.6L
(and no it's never going to have super charger)

Something with usb or serial port so I can connect laptop to it and adjust it.

Suggestions, links, everything would be appreciated, I did use google and yahoo and there are quite a few of them I just dont know the cons and pros.

Thanks in advance.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:02 am

/lurking/

I have: http://www.americanmuscle.com/sct-xcalibrator-2.html

http://www.vmptuning.com/store/index.ph ... ent=2&pg=1

and my Son has: Diablo http://www.diablosport.com/index.php?mo ... lay&pid=85

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:18 am

MadDoctor wrote:/lurking/

I have: http://www.americanmuscle.com/sct-xcalibrator-2.html

http://www.vmptuning.com/store/index.ph ... ent=2&pg=1

and my Son has: Diablo http://www.diablosport.com/index.php?mo ... lay&pid=85

nice ones, how do you like it ?
was thinking about supercharger but I'm not sure if it's really worth the money

I replaced mufflers and air filter and thermostat to get more hp but even tho I still loose against wifes 68 mustang, she has cobra jet engine 400hp wtf.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:47 pm

Little things like that wont give you a big increase.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:17 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:Little things like that wont give you a big increase.

True.

My chip was necessary to complement the supercharger. The chip alone can do lots of good... but it's not going to get you a better 1/4 time unless your counting .05 seconds. Best to bundle that chip with a turbo or charger.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:18 pm

Rivas wrote:I still loose against wifes 68 mustang, she has cobra jet engine 400hp wtf.

Put a banana up her tailpipe.

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:34 pm

MadDoctor wrote:True.

My chip was necessary to complement the supercharger. The chip alone can do lots of good... but it's not going to get you a better 1/4 time unless your counting .05 seconds. Best to bundle that chip with a turbo or charger.

I changed the exhaust, air filter and thermostat like I mentioned before.
I can feel the difference.
Still not sure about the chip.

Not sure about the supercharger, turbo charger will give you more torque but less HP, your wheels will be spinning but you are not going to move for a few seconds, supercharger is better option, thats what they said in performance shop.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:10 pm

How many miles on the car? A supercharger on a car with lots of miles will probably shorten the life of the engine a lot. Nice thing is... you can always take the supercharger off the blown engine and put it on the next motor. Those superchargers are $$$$$$.

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:36 am

MadDoctor wrote:How many miles on the car? A supercharger on a car with lots of miles will probably shorten the life of the engine a lot. Nice thing is... you can always take the supercharger off the blown engine and put it on the next motor. Those superchargers are $$$$$$.

10500 miles.

Superchargers are around 3-4k over here.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:11 pm

Rivas wrote:10500 miles.

Superchargers are around 3-4k over here.

Miles are good. I put mine in at 9,000.

Price sounds right too. However... when you put one in, you might want to think about colder plugs, bigger injectors, better fuel pump, three core cooler, etc.

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:12 pm

MadDoctor wrote:Miles are good. I put mine in at 9,000.

Price sounds right too. However... when you put one in, you might want to think about colder plugs, bigger injectors, better fuel pump, three core cooler, etc.

Yah I know ...I'm looking for additional 10k ...
I will take a few pics later on but I want the chip first.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:14 am

Nice thing about chips is you can re-program them every time you make a changes. Very cool!

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:53 am

MadDoctor wrote:Nice thing about chips is you can re-program them every time you make a changes. Very cool!

Thanks for help Bambi

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:33 pm

Rivas wrote:Thanks for help Bambi

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:27 am

MD look at the ownage over here

http://www.mustangforums.com/m_1933544/tm.htm

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:02 pm