Superchips? Anyone know about them?

[MickyB]

Hi, today my dad had ratter look over his car to attempt to find a stalling fault, and he found a blue 'Superchip' thing plugged into the ECU. I assume it was plugged into the J3 port and is something like a Powerchip.
Just wondering if anyone knows anything about these, and what they do? The only info I have found is that they are for foreign cars, basically no Australian info.

Thanks
Michael

[JC]

Powerchip use the superchip, reprogrammed for Oz cars. They are next to useless.

[XR6-VCT-2000]

Originally Posted by JC

Powerchip use the superchip, reprogrammed for Oz cars. They are next to useless.

Hey thats not nice comparing it to a regular member in these threads (Useless)! .. hehehe j/k ! .;)

[JC]

Originally Posted by XR6-VCT-2000

Hey thats not nice comparing it to a regular member in these threads (Useless)! .. hehehe j/k ! .;)

So you got the double entendre?!

[XR6-VCT-2000]

Originally Posted by JC

So you got the double entendre?!

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[xr8ute]

Superchips are a chip manufacturer in the states, like Autologic.

I would expect that the CAPA Eliminator chip, aka E-Series edit, uses Superchip hardware as well. (SCT stands for Superchips Custom Tuning)

I am not sure what chips Chiptorque use?

BUT the chip hardware has makes no real difference wether its a good chip or a bad chip. The thing that makes the difference, for better or worse, is the calibration/tune that is loaded onto it.

As has been said, the quality of the calibrations from Powerchip are not exactly brilliant...lol.

So anyway, back to the question. Chiptorque and/or CAPA should be able to load a tune onto that chip for you. And as always, a custom tune is better than an off-the-shelf tune.

[MickyB]

Thanks guys, quite interesting feedback. I didn't realise that they were reprogrammable, as it was installed a few years ago, before my dad bought the car.

[ratter]

Superchips is different to SCT (superchips custom tuning)

The piggy back was removed not due to a performance problem, but to a cutting out and failing to restart problem which several other workshops including dealers have not been able to locate.
There has been some weird problems happening with the computer information and even access to the info in the computer.
Several unrelated problems were found unrelated to the piggyback, but access to the computer was available and several undefined codes all disappeared when the pigyback was removed.
The car may not be rectified at this stage, but after the long period of trouble MickeyB's dad has been having, we have removed this to take it out of the equation, but as mentioned computer access is totally back to where it should be so trouble shooting may be more precise if the problem reoccurs.

[MickyB]

Originally Posted by ratter

Superchips is different to SCT (superchips custom tuning)

The piggy back was removed not due to a performance problem, but to a cutting out and failing to restart problem which several other workshops including dealers have not been able to locate.
There has been some weird problems happening with the computer information and even access to the info in the computer.
Several unrelated problems were found unrelated to the piggyback, but access to the computer was available and several undefined codes all disappeared when the pigyback was removed.
The car may not be rectified at this stage, but after the long period of trouble MickeyB's dad has been having, we have removed this to take it out of the equation, but as mentioned computer access is totally back to where it should be so trouble shooting may be more precise if the problem reoccurs.

Thanks for clearing that up ratter, Dad was happy to get down to Wonthaggi and back today without any problems So he's a pretty happy person at this stage.

[jimt3te50]

Grab that chip and hurl it as far out the window as your arms will allow.

I've had one before and it did **** all- wouldn't even give me dash lights. That experience was awful- car off the road for three weeks, 2 chips, sending the ECU to Melbourne, stuffed the first chip and at the end of the day i was down $550 and ended up with nothing to show for it- not even the second chip, nothing.

Don't get me started on those things- god they ****ed me off.

Good luck with the problems, sound like someone knows what's going on anyway- just an opportune moment to vent, sorry.

[MickyB]

Originally Posted by jimt3te50

Grab that chip and hurl it as far out the window as your arms will allow.

I've had one before and it did **** all- wouldn't even give me dash lights. That experience was awful- car off the road for three weeks, 2 chips, sending the ECU to Melbourne, stuffed the first chip and at the end of the day i was down $550 and ended up with nothing to show for it- not even the second chip, nothing.

Don't get me started on those things- god they ****ed me off.

Good luck with the problems, sound like someone knows what's going on anyway- just an opportune moment to vent, sorry.

Yeh Mick (ratter) definately knows his Falcon's, so we are happy that we have the best man for the job.
And we have basically come to that conclusion for the chip too, was yours for your TE50?

[jimt3te50]

Originally Posted by MickyB

Yeh Mick (ratter) definately knows his Falcon's, so we are happy that we have the best man for the job.
And we have basically come to that conclusion for the chip too, was yours for your TE50?

Yeah it was mate. The chip would have been more effective if it were made of chocolate

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by jimt3te50

Yeah it was mate. The chip would have been more effective if it were made of chocolate

mmmmmmmm chocolate.......

[ratter]

Hey MickyB

Hows your dads car going or should I say is it still going?
He came in a few weeks back and said all was well but would keep me informed, just curious as whether we got to the bottom of the problem

Mick