Svashtar
09-04-2004, 03:41 AM
I finally got around to running the install of the Superchips 1725 tuner I got from Wes. The car definitely is more responsive on the shifts; it's hard for me to tell the exact shift points, especially when the car is pulling like hell clear up to 85 or 90, because I normally would expect a shift earlier, but it is pulling in second evidently clear up to at least 85. I know that seems high, but that's what it feels like. There also used to be an annoying lag when I was in OD and punched it at 55-65 before the tranny kicked in, and now that is gone.
In getting the 1725 I THINK I got the right tuner setup for my car. It does have the gear change option for when I get the 4:10's in, and the superchips performance default is for the 91 octane CA gas which is all we can get here.
I'm hoping I got the best bang for the buck, but understand that Dennis sells a custom tuner that has both race gas and premium gas options. (Which I think is the 9100 with the computer cable and I'm sure costs more.) I'm not racing, so the question is what is the diff between his 91 octane premium gas setup on a basically N/A car and that on the SC 1725? Hopefully I'm not losing too much. If I could get 92 or 93 octane I'm sure I would be missing out, but I think I'm getting the most out of the car. Wished I could drive in and get a custom tune, but that ain't gonna happen around here.
Final question: the 1725 has an "activate fan" option. I think the choices are like 175, 180 and stock. When I put in the new 180 stat I have on order, should I change the fan option also to 180, or is that something different?
Thanks as usual for all your good info!
Regards,
Norm
P.S. Forgot to mention: the car's idle seems slightly higher, and I am definitely driving it (just slightly!) faster since the re-tune, but my mileage jumped a full 2 mpg! Hard to believe, and maybe it's just coincidence, but it seems to correspond exactly to the re-flash. (?)
Tnx. N.
In getting the 1725 I THINK I got the right tuner setup for my car. It does have the gear change option for when I get the 4:10's in, and the superchips performance default is for the 91 octane CA gas which is all we can get here.
I'm hoping I got the best bang for the buck, but understand that Dennis sells a custom tuner that has both race gas and premium gas options. (Which I think is the 9100 with the computer cable and I'm sure costs more.) I'm not racing, so the question is what is the diff between his 91 octane premium gas setup on a basically N/A car and that on the SC 1725? Hopefully I'm not losing too much. If I could get 92 or 93 octane I'm sure I would be missing out, but I think I'm getting the most out of the car. Wished I could drive in and get a custom tune, but that ain't gonna happen around here.
Final question: the 1725 has an "activate fan" option. I think the choices are like 175, 180 and stock. When I put in the new 180 stat I have on order, should I change the fan option also to 180, or is that something different?
Thanks as usual for all your good info!
Regards,
Norm
P.S. Forgot to mention: the car's idle seems slightly higher, and I am definitely driving it (just slightly!) faster since the re-tune, but my mileage jumped a full 2 mpg! Hard to believe, and maybe it's just coincidence, but it seems to correspond exactly to the re-flash. (?)
Tnx. N.