1. Do We Have A Power Programmer III for your Vehicle?
Hypertech Power Tuning products are available for late model Ford
and Chevy/GMC cars and trucks, Dodge/Jeep Trucks and SUVs, as well as Popular Japanese Imports.
The product you need depends onm the type of computer in your vehicle. View from the application
guide above and click on the price to place your order, its that easy.
2. Will Hypertech tuning void my warranty?
No. Federal law prohibits a dealer
from voiding your warranty just because you are using aftermarket
speed equipment, with only two exceptions: the warranty can be
voided if the aftermarket part causes damage, or adversely affects
the emissions or the emissions system. In recent documents produced
by the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association ), a trade
association representing specialty automotive parts manufacturers,
the following quotes have been extracted:
"The vehicle manufacturer is not allowed to void the vehicle
warranty just because aftermarket equipment is installed on the
vehicle. This protection for consumers is the result of a parts self
certification program developed by the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA).
"Under the program, if a parts maker completes the EPA process of
self-certifying its parts, the vehicle manufacturer cannot void the
warranty even if the certified part has failed and is directly
responsible for the warranty claim. In cases where such a failed
aftermarket part is responsible for a warranty claim, the
manufacturer must arrange a settlement with the part manufacturer,
but the new vehicle warrant is not void under the law.
"If the failure to honor a claim involves the new-vehicle
warranty, and it appears that the manufacturer is improperly denying
a claim, the incident should be reported to the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC). The FTC is responsible for monitoring compliance
with the warranty law; the agency's telephone number is
202/326-3128."We "Xciteauto.com" will, upon request, send you a copy
of the Magnusson-Moss Act.
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here: US Code : Title 15, Chapter 50
3. Is Hypertech Power Tuning
emissions legal?
Yes. All Hypertech Power Tuning
products are 50 state emissions legal. They do not change the
emissions at all from the stock tuning chip for any Federal or local
emissions test. C.A.R.B. (California Air Resources Board) has issued
Executive Order numbers D-260-3 covering all Hypertech Power Chips,
making Hypertech chips the most complete line of high-performance
chips that can legally be sold, installed, and driven in the state
of California. Because of C.A.R.B.'s very rigid rules concerning
exhaust emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency ( E.P.A. )
accepts C.A.R.B. approval as evidence that an aftermarket part is
clean and suitable for use in all other states. C.A.R.B.
applications have been filed and are pending on our Power Programmer
III.
4. What performance increase can I
expect from Hypertech Tuning?
At Hypertech, they carefully dyno
and track test every product they sell...in fact, it is these tests
that tell when they have the best possible tuning. Of course, the
power gains are different for each engine family. However, power
gains range from about 10 Horsepower to over 50 H.P. on supercharged
or turbocharged engines, resulting in 2 to 7 car lengths
improvements in the quarter mile. Zero to 70 M.P.H. improvements are
typically about 1/2 second.
5. If Hypertech Power Tuning
is so great, why didn't the factories do it that way?
The factory program is designed for the average driver and is set
to take a wide variety of operating conditions and driving styles
into consideration. Consequently, stock calibrations aren't set to
provide maximum power because they have to accommodate drivers who
may use poor quality gasoline. For a real hi-performance person, 93
octane is all they put in their vehicle. At Hypertech, they optimize
the spark and fuel curves over the entire RPM band from just off
idle right up to the red-line for maximum power and performance from
the best gasoline.
5. Can I run regular
gasoline?
No. All tuning is designed and calibrated for 92 or 93 octane
fuel.
6. Will Power Tuning hurt my
engine in any way?
No. Best power is always made when air/fuel ratio and the spark
tuning has been optimized for maximum power, meaning maximum "push"
on the piston during each power stroke. Damage occurs if the
air/fuel mixture is too lean, meaning that there is not enough fuel
for the amount of air in the cylinder. This results in excess super
heated air which can cause burning of valves and pistons and will
also induce detonation (which can break pistons, etc.) Relative to
spark timing, too much "advance" will cause detonation which reduces
power and can also damage parts exactly as a lean mixture does. When
they finish power tuning, your engine will run at maximum efficiency
yet safely distanced from possible damage due to leanness or
excessive spark advance.
7. What happens if I have or
plan to install other aftermarket equipment?
Custom Tuning Programs are available if you have installed
headers, intake manifolds, camshafts, large mass-flow sensors,
nitrous oxide systems, or any type supercharger. You absolutely need
Hypertech Custom Tuning with these modifications for both tremendous
power gains over stock tuning, as well as to eliminate the
probability of lean air/fuel ratios and excessive spark advance
which are death to modified engines. Just call Xciteauto.com and tell us
all of your modifications. You do not need Custom Tuning for engines
that are stock or mildly modified. For example, high-flow air
filters, cat back systems, or ram air scoops work perfectly with our
Street Runner or Thermo Master Power Tuning. If you suspect that
your modifications would benefit from custom Hypertech tuning, call
us at 713-858-8095.
8. Can I use a Power Programmer
to program more than one vehicle?
No. The Power Programmer III marries itself to the first vehicle
it is connected to. However, you can program that vehicle back to
stock at any time.
9. How does Hypertech Power
Tuning change the way my engine performs?
Hypertech tuning replaces stock computer tuning inside the
vehicles computer to give maximum power and torque. The tuning can
be delivered in the form of a chip that replaces the stock computer
chip, a chip that piggy-backs the stock computer chip, a chip that
plugs into the back of the stock computer, or a device that
reprograms the stock computer with Hypertech Power Tuning. The type
of device needed is dictated by the type of computer in your
vehicle.
The tuning information is stored in the computer chip which
controls all of the engine's characteristics like air/fuel ratio,
spark advance, shift firmness, shift points, top speed, rev limit,
and axle ratio. Sensors monitor many engine and transmission
parameters like RPM, manifold air pressure, mass air flow, coolant
temperature, intake air temperature and many more. These sensors
send this information to the computer. The computer uses this
information delivered from the sensors along with the information
stored on the chip to deliver the optimum air/fuel ratio, spark
timing, shift firmness, etc. for this set of operating conditions at
that instant in time. Hypertech can tune a vehicle for the
conditions by using a dynamometer to measure horsepower output while
altering the information stored on the chip. This is how Hypertech
maximizes your vehicle's power output!
10.How will Hypertech Power
Tuning affect my gas mileage?
Hypertech Power Tuning does not alter part-throttle calibrations
in any way that would hurt fuel economy. Only high-load calibrations
are modified for maximum power and torque. Fuel economy will remain
virtually the same or may even improve ( depending upon specific
driving patterns) unless the vehicle is driven in a spirited manner
or is regularly used for towing. For trucks that tow, Hypertech's
Power Tuning is generally closer to the best fuel economy than the
stock tuning. So in addition to power gains, a vehicle that tows
with Power Tuning will often exhibit better mileage than one with
stock tuning.
11. Does Hypertech Power Tuning
remove the speed and rev limiters?
It depends on the specific vehicle. On most chips, we raise the
top speed limiter to give a maximum speed of 2 MPH less than the
speed rating of the stock tires (i.e. if the speed rating of the
stock tires was 130 MPH we would set the limiter to 128 MPH). The
rev limiter is raised when possible and is completely dependent on
the application. The Power Programmer
III, available for 1994-97 LT1 and LT4 cars and 1996-2001 Vortec
Trucks, allows the user to set the top speed limit to match
the speed rating of the tires that have been installed on the
vehicle. It also allows the user to alter the rev limiter within a
predetermined range.
12. If I use the Power Programmer
III to tune my computer can I get the stock tuning back?
Does
the computer ever automatically overwrite or undo the Hypertech
tuning?
The tuning delivered by the Power Programmer III will be the
active tuning in your computer until YOU decide to remove it. At any
time, you may plug the Programmer into the under-dash connector and
reprogram your computer with the stock tuning that was originally
present.
15. What if the dealer updates my
calibration and over-writes the Hypertech tuning that I installed
with my Power Programmer III?
After your vehicle is returned from the dealer, plug your Power
Programmer III back into the under-dash diagnostic port. The Power
Programmer III will detect that the calibration has been altered by
the dealer and will ask if you wish to reinstall your tuning
options. You will not lose the capability to program your vehicle
with your Power Programmer III if the dealer updates your
calibration.
12. Do you have a question that we
did not answer?
If you still have questions pertaining to Hypertech products, then we
want to help you. Please call us at (281) 261-6244,
and we will be able to assist you in getting your problem
resolved.
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