Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications General Mods Diablo chip......should I invest in one???

Guys a chip is a chip is a chip, just EPROM memory plugging into your EEC, it doesn't matter who makes them they all do the same thing. Some mount differently ie. diablo inside EEC and superchip outside, but thats where the diference ends. What does matter is who knows how to program them CORRECTLY. Find that person/company and use what ever chip you please. I reccomend www.fordchip.com they have helped me with my SC 3L and are still trying to perfect it but reburns are free until I get the thing dialed in.

sure, if you get custom program, than theoritically any chip will be good. though the basic programs that come on a chip when you buy it vary between makers, as do circuitry and quality of the chip. this is why superchips often cost a little more, but have better results more often. though it's sorta car specific, one car will take good to superchip, another to diablo, and some take good to none of them.

Go with the superchip.

you said that a superchip is more expensive. just a ballpark: what are the prices for each of these and the possable power gains?

Go to SP MOTORSPORTS.COM They charge the same price for Both chips.....225$ for either one.

Originally posted by kinger:

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Guys a chip is a chip is a chip, just EPROM memory plugging into your EEC, it doesn't matter who makes them they all do the same thing. Some mount differently ie. diablo inside EEC and superchip outside, but thats where the diference ends. What does matter is who knows how to program them CORRECTLY. Find that person/company and use what ever chip you please. I reccomend www.fordchip.com they have helped me with my SC 3L and are still trying to perfect it but reburns are free until I get the thing dialed in.

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Ummmm I don;t doubt your knowledge...but I believe you are mistaken on the whole "Chip is a chip" thing. If you compare Diablo to Superchips, you would notice that the power gains are different....Diablo pushes your car to the maximum thresh hold...and in some cases the car doesn't repond favortivly to that.

Super chip gives you more power, and more caompatability but its less than what Diablo pushes becasue they don;t want your car to "reject" the program. Thus super chip is better than diablo....less likly to be rejected by your car.

But Im not saying that there arn't better chips out there....that would just be stupid.

But all chips are different...they push diffrent power outputs, and some even push what your car can take...Do your reasearch and find the one you think is best for you.



But he is very right about one thing....SOME ONE WHO TUNES IT IS THE KEY TO A BETTER CHIP. Every chip is not the same...but who tunes it is what makes the difference between a contour....and a Street Machine.

Hey Kinger, Im not trying to bash you...im just expressing my opinion from the knowledge i ave gained form all the different chip manufatures I have tlaked to and people who use them...please do not take offence.

A chip isn't desgined to 'push' anything, if anything the programming on the diablo might be more aggresive, that's it. I'm telling ya the programming is the ONLY difference in chips, not the hardware.

so, your telling me that every chip is made exactly the same??? there are obvious differences that can be seen just by a quick glance. i'm pretty sure they use different circuitry. and go to performance fords superchip=$215, or get used and reprogrammed by KKM and save some money.

Looking at both, I know prefer Diablo..the chip fits more securely in EEC (less likely to come lose), and seems better made (looks like it anyway). Chris Wang did a side by side comparo on his car and Diablo made more power than Superchips in that particular application. But I would bet in other cases, superchips comes out on top. But as Kinger said, this will vary from car to car, mod to mod. Really depends on how well the chips programming matches the car...some cars will be close to perfect match (by luck) others will be way off. So, whatever chip you get, get it custom programmed while your car is on dyno with A/F measuring..

Originally posted by Kremithefrog:

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so, your telling me that every chip is made exactly the same??? there are obvious differences that can be seen just by a quick glance. i'm pretty sure they use different circuitry. and go to performance fords superchip=$215, or get used and reprogrammed by KKM and save some money.

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re-read my first post, your skimming