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Superchips Results Poll

2-me said:
Guys

Not defending Superchip, but they admitted to me they were having problems. ?And on another post, "Gluggo" said he installed sucessfully on a 5.3L.

I'm gonna hit Superchip daily with a phone call and an email till I get the results we want.

Need Chips >:D
2-me
No Problems here either... And I ran mine in July. Of course I now get 400 miles to a tank (If I'm lucky!) whereas I used to get 500. Maybe it's the fact that I'm in Florida! They don't want to tick off anyone that can actually show up at their door the next morning! :7: Anyone needing me to (eh-hem) say something in person, you just let me know! >:D
 
BigBlue said:
No Problems here either... And I ran mine in July. ?Of course I now get 400 miles to a tank (If I'm lucky!) whereas I used to get 500. ?Maybe it's the fact that I'm in Florida! ?They don't want to tick off anyone that can actually show up at their door the next morning! ?:7: ?Anyone needing me to (eh-hem) say something in person, you just let me know! ?>:D

Could we please have your version number? Also, have you tried going back to stock?
 
Well, my microtuner arrived from TBYRNE Wed morning. I jumped in the Beast, plugged it up and ten mins later it was done. Between the Magnaflow, Microtuner, and electric fans I feel the horse power and torque is where it should be for the beast.
 
Got mine on Monday the 16th and immediately installed it on my 2500HD 8.1L with NO Problems what so ever, I even went back to stock a couple of times already just to make sure all is okay. Man it sucks for all that have had problems, I hope everything works out for you guys. It is definetly worth it, I had a Jet chip in my truck and swapped it for the Superchips, all I can say is night and day difference.
 
Got mine on Monday the 16th and immediately installed it on my 2500HD 8.1L with NO Problems what so ever, I even went back to stock a couple of times already just to make sure all is okay. Man it sucks for all that have had problems, I hope everything works out for you guys. It is definetly worth it, I had a Jet chip in my truck and swapped it for the Superchips, all I can say is night and day difference.
 
Chevy_Fanatic said:
Well, my microtuner arrived from TBYRNE Wed morning. I jumped in the Beast, plugged it up and ten mins later it was done. Between the Magnaflow, Microtuner, and electric fans I feel the horse power and torque is where it should be for the beast.

5.3 or 8.1? What firmware version?
 
Chevy_Fanatic said:
5.3l not sure of the firmware version. :eek:

If you just plug it in with ignition off and watch screen a 2295 and a letter will show as it goes through the screens. Also, what is the build date of your AV? Thank you, this info is important to those having problems.
 
Chevy_Fanatic said:
5.3l not sure of the firmware version. :eek:

Well this is a first!

May I ask what your build date of the truck is?

Still trying to find a pattern here....

i get mine tomorrow
 
Well, I tried mine when I got home from work. It seem to lock up when it was trying to save my config (35 minutes with no change).

I shut it down, and trie dto start the truck. It would start and then die... start and die. I pulled the neg cable for about a minute, pluged it back in, it would start and die. I put the gas peddle down, and started it, it fought it and started up and ran fine (no programing done though).

I am trying it again with the onstar, radio, accessorie fuses all pulled and I also pulled the fuel pump relay since I think it was trying to prime the whole time it was trying to program and thus not letting the start.

I am nervous as hell.. but I guess about 10 minutes I should know!!
 
Well, I tried mine when I got home from work. It seem to lock up when it was trying to save my config (35 minutes with no change).

I shut it down, and trie dto start the truck. It would start and then die... start and die. I pulled the neg cable for about a minute, pluged it back in, it would start and die. I put the gas peddle down, and started it, it fought it and started up and ran fine (no programing done though).

I am trying it again with the onstar, radio, accessorie fuses all pulled and I also pulled the fuel pump relay since I think it was trying to prime the whole time it was trying to program and thus not letting the start.

I am nervous as hell.. but I guess about 10 minutes I should know!! :9:
 
turpincl said:
Well, I tried mine when I got home from work. ?It seem to lock up when it was trying to save my config (35 minutes with no change).

I shut it down, and trie dto start the truck. ?It would start and then die... ?start and die. ?I pulled the neg cable for about a minute, pluged it back in, it would start and die. ?I put the gas peddle down, and started it, ?it fought it and started up and ran fine (no programing done though). ?

I am trying it again with the onstar, radio, accessorie fuses all pulled and I also pulled the fuel pump relay since I think it was trying to prime the whole time it was trying to program and thus not letting the start.

I am nervous as hell.. ?but I guess about 10 minutes I should know!! :9:

Whoa! I'm nervous for you!

Let us know....

5.3l?
 
yes, 5.3 and it is on the Storing Data... screen again.. This is where it seemed to lock last time... I dont know how long to wait... I thought it should on go for about 10-15 minutes for the whole thing... but.....
 
Can anybody who has done this tell us how long each phase should take?
 
turpincl said:
yes, 5.3 and it is on the Storing Data... screen again.. ?This is where it seemed to lock last time... ?I dont know how long to wait... ?I thought it should on go for about 10-15 minutes for the whole thing... ?but..... ?

what is the build date of your truck?
 
NO dice... after 40 minutes (35 sitting on the same screen and not even the programing screen). I pulled.

Replaced the fuel pump relay I pulled as a precaution..

Truck would start... die... start die...
pulled the neg... made it spack since I was pissed off...
plugged neg back in.. tried to start truck... died.

started truck, nailed gas peddle... started up.. ran fine.

Guess I will be exchanging for a Hypertech... This makes me sad..

Truck is back together.... hell I should have spent the time installing the volant rather than the SuperChip POS
 
Sorry Dude! That does bite.... :C:

This has been one bad experience for a lot of people....

What I find interesting is that you could get it to start by mashing the gas peddle...
 
turpincl said:
Truck would start... die... start die...
pulled the neg... ?made it spack since I was pissed off... ?
plugged neg back in.. ?tried to start truck... died.

started truck, nailed gas peddle... ?started up.. ran fine.
Sorry to hear you had to go through this. I could imagine the sinking feeling you had when the Av wouldn't start right away.

Maybe your Av new you meant business when you nailed the throttle ;)
 
5.3L 2295E - immediately after starting programming, screen came up that was saving calibration settings, about 10 minutes later it beeped and changed to another screen that said please wait... storing data - waited an hour the first time, scared to unplug the POS :eek:
I finally turned the ignition off, unplugged the superchips, and the truck started... :cautious:

So, I couldn't leave well enough alone - repeated sequence above and got the same results, but then I after I turned the ignition off and unplugged the unit, truck would turn over, fire, then die. :cry:

So, rather than disconnecting the battery I decided to try it again (can anyone here say COHONAS?) >:D

Repeated the install for a third time, same results, now the truck fires right off again! ???

Being a software developer for several years, I now believe that the code behind this thing just didn't receive the benefit of proper testing with all of the different electrical configurations that are available on the AV. The unit appears to be well made from a mechanical perspective, no cheap connectors or anything. But, with all of the electrical gadgets available on the AV I think they just haven't tested all scenarios (i.e. Onstar, heated mirrors and seats, power this and that, RAP, headlights auto on in your garage, but not if you keep the parking brake on and don't release it after turning the ignition to 'run', etc.) There are even gaps in the manual: it says to turn the ignition to 'On', but there is not an 'On' position - there's a start, run, off, and lock. You'd think they could at least get the instructions right! Heck, there's even a post that Superchips asked someone if they could bring their truck over to their office in FL?!? Give me a freakin' break - this is a company that has been around for years and they should know better! :8:

Believe or not I considered testing all of the scenarios I could think of (I disabled Onstar even though the instructions say nothing about it specifically), but decided I wasn't up for playing Russian roulette with my $40K AV's PCM! The unit never recognized that it had been ran before on my vehicle so it never went into 'recovery mode' or any of that - thank God because that's probably what's fryin' those PCM's (sorry guys). I did try the DTC's and that part seems to work. This is as far as I am willing to go.

I can say that I really appreciate Tom Byrne putting this deal together and supporting us, only wish it had worked out better. Given the rave reviews from those fortunate few that have got this thing to work I can say that I am still interested in this product despite Superchip's lack of support and responsibility for the problems. BUT - if it's the best one out there and they'll make it right then I'll be willing to try it again. For now, I asked for a return authorization and refund. If you haven't tried installing it - DON'T! The only reason I did is I am too stubborn and was hungry for some chips. Instead of superchips, I had Lay's tonight. Lucky I didn't get cow chips! :D:

On the bright side - I installed Stripeman cladding and tailgate lettering tonight - so it wasn't entire loss!

 
I'm giving Superchips until Monday morning to resolve this problem. I already have the RMA number in hand but want this to work.

If Superchips is serious about their business's integrity, they will be working around the clock this weekend and should have a rev F for us to beta test for them. Otherwise it's time to bury them in the forums outside of CAFCNA. I hope they are paying attention!!!!
 
s_giacomo

Glad you survived! Does this mean your not coming with me on the road trip to central Florida?

Well I won't be going to see Superchips either. Burn me once shame on you, burn me twice same on me!
 
:C: :C: :C:

My revision was the E also. I think s_giacomo and I were following the same lines... "It wont happen to me". And then.. the dreaded "Saving Data" Screen just sits there... Hell I finished building a dog pen just to keep my mind off it just sitting and sitting and sitting..

Then when I gave up and went to start it.. it started (and in this split second I am think YES YES YES, no blown PCM), then i the next split second.. it dies.. :9:

Panic almost sets in, I am thinking, why didnt I just listen to the other members and not do it. Try to start it a couple more times and find out that yes, it really wont stay started.

Disconnect the battery.. reconnect, go to start it... same thing. Start it again and then give it gas... it runs a little longer, then dies.. do it again, keep the freaking RPMs at 4000 for about 20 seconds.. and it ran...

I tried it again later and had the same results.. (Freaking out an all)

I did have the Onstar fuse pulled, the Radio fuse, the seats, the headlight relay and the fuel pump relay's all pulled on my second try.

This really really sucks... I am so disappointed right now.
 
Johnny_D said:
s_giacomo

Glad you survived! ?Does this mean your not coming with me on the road trip to central Florida?

Well I won't be going to see Superchips either. ?Burn me once shame on you, burn me twice same on me!

I hear FL is nice in December, but I still don't plan on going down there!

turnpincl - sorry to hear yours is down. Guess I got lucky. Wait a minute - how can any of us be lucky, we just put a few bills down on something that doesn't work and sometimes kills our AV's. :8: Maybe we should measure how 'unlucky' we are, some more than others.
 
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