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Alright, I finally have to give in. After everything I have done and all the mods my pocket book will allow, I have to give in and buy a performance chip. Could I please get a few ideas from those who have chips. What to expect or what brands to look into/stay away from. I like the Superchips module but I was also wondering about the Diablo chip as well. Any help appreciated.
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The Diablo chip and Superchip will be very similar. In a convo with a guy that says both, he says that the main difference will be that the Diablo chip firms up the shift points on the ATX more than what the Superchip will. Both will remove/raise the rev limiter, remove speed limiter, advance timing, etc.
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speed limiter is not removed. rev limiter is not removed. the Diablo chip automatically advances timing depending on octane. 89 will give you half of what 93 will. 93 will give you 20-22hp / 25-28tq. using 105 (yes) you will get an additional 12-14hp / 18-20tq. but you have to specify if you want it or not. The rev limiter is not removed. though the car will stay in the powerband longer. the speed limiter can be upped about 5 mph or so.
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The Diablo chip doesn't get rid of the speed limiter? I've never heard of the Diablo before. I have a Superchip, and the main reason I got it was to elminiate the silly 112 mph limiter in my '97 Contour SE MTX. I verified the speed limiter was gone, of course!
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So I take it that you can get to maximum speed? Being 143 m.p.h.
Oh by the way I had one our towns local police officers clock me on a top speed run and I have discovered that my car is speed limited but farther up than other SE's. At what the officer said was around 122. But the speedo was reading above 125.
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Originally posted by James Smith:
So I take it that you can get to maximum speed? Being 143 m.p.h.
Oh by the way I had one our towns local police officers clock me on a top speed run and I have discovered that my car is speed limited but farther up than other SE's. At what the officer said was around 122. But the speedo was reading above 125. 143 is what the SVT is limited at due to drag and the power puts out. At least that's what Ford claims. Your SE probably couldn't reach that high without producing the power that the SVT makes, everything else being equal. Your speedo showing 125 is just a result of the calibration being off. The radar was right. SE's and GL's have different limiters, at least the early SE's, because of different stock tires -- the 14" tires that came on the GL weren't rated as high at the GTA's on the SE. And I still don't believe 22HP on the Zetec. Not for one second. Show me a picture of before and after dyno plots and I'll believe, but not until then.
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Sorry I was just using 143 as a reference point for Matt's post. Anyway I hate to ask how much power I'd need to get up there anyway.
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Probably 195HP, what the 98/98.5 SVT had. On a Zetec, that would probably mean forced induction or a very well built motor. On a Duratec, just some creative mods....
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I did some playing around with a G-tech last night and got 5 16.2 16.2 runs without my chip and consistant 15.7 with it in.
its an atx to.
98 silver frost SVT
custom built intake, offroad y-pipe,mystery mod,remote optimizer,short shifter,zex nitrous, lots of stereo, 17 konigs
with paradas.(bent) TOTALED do to freak electrical fire?(that started at a wireing harness ford neglected to tell me should have been recalled as they did with the 95se) I miss this car.
NEW PROFFESSION AS A TROLL.
new car. 2000 dodge dakota 4.7l v8. custombuilt intake, custom exhaust, kennebell pcm, and electric fan conversion, 180 stat, 3.55 pegleg, my old stereo system, 17x7 billets and 255-50 nitto 450 tires. next drop and traction adders. g-tech 14.5
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That's where the chips really make a difference, on the automatics. Messing with those shift points REALLY helps out. When Tim Kirk had his Zetec ATX he noticed a 1/2 second improvement in 0-60 times w/ the superchip.
That's a pretty decent time for an ATX V6, considering that SVT's seem to run around 15.2 - 15.4.
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