first drive yesterday with it. about 50 miles. 90% hiway. my jeep/ 07 2d rubicon. auto. stock. afe dry flo filter. 17K miles. yep. some more power there. subtle, but noticable. seemed to "wake up" the 3.8. very noticable on hills. running the 87 tune. if that includes a tranny program? it works. shifts are much more percise. sweet spot seems to be about 2k rpm. overall just more power and throttle. a good thing. very satisfied with the max energy.

 

Good to hear. I'm leaning toward the Superchips version, but am waiting to see if they get the bugs worked out first. Either way I'll probably spring for one of these things this summer.

 

I just got my Superchips yesterday. It worked perfectly.

I think JPop has run both the Hypertech and the Superchip. He'd be a good one to get a comparison from.

 

Yeah, I've been following his thread on it. I have seen a few others have had some issues with the Superchip though, but that is of no surprise this early on with a software oriented product.

 

In watching the threads too, I think Superchips has done a good job in explaining these so called "issues". No jabs intended, but I think it is a misrepresentation to consider these issues as software problems or as anything against the Flashpaq. It's actually the opposite.

Our JK's have factory tunes, but not just one-size-fits-all tunes, but instead we may have one of several tunes. Each time Superchips learns of a new factory tune, they roll it up into their next Flashpaq release. So, each time a Member has to wait for his specific tune to be produced, then the next release will be good for many more of us. When I programmed my 09 Sahara, I was expecting it to fail, but to my surprise it had a program tune for me. The success hit rates will continue to increase as Superchips learns more of these factory tunes.

Again, this should not be taken as a hit against the product as they are doing "due diligance" instead of doing a "one-size-fits-all" approach.

Take the plunge and don't look back. I'm sure you will be happy.

 

after a week i like it. more throttle and response. i pulled 17.8 mpg with the 87 tune. at some point i would like to try the prem. tune.

 

my hypertech sucks bizzalls.
for that kind've money, it should do more than it does.

understand that getting any kind of increased mpg is good stuff.
i too am waiting to trade mine in for the superchips...

 

What I learned with my Hypertech experience through my own experiences and what I saw others mention on this and other forums is the closer your JK stays to stock on the air intake and exhaust side of things, the better bump in performance people have seemed to get. Additionally, the automatic transmission users seem to benefit from shift points and firmness.

With my JK I have more than the norm as far as intake and exhaust upgrades, including CAI, Headers and a cat back exhaust. I experienced lean conditions and was told the likely culprit was the headers and that the Hypertech tunes were based on a stock JK, although some intake and exhaust upgrades were palatable. For others who experienced similar conditions, CAIs had the finger pointed at them as the culprit. I did get a work around from Hypertech, using a higher octane fuel then what their tune called for which relieved my lean condition, but perhaps out of frustration I just couldn't find the performance I expected.

I do think it is very important for users of the Hypertech with intake and exhaust upgrades to communicate with them exactly what you have installed on your JK. A poll here suggested that the most prevalent JK/Hypertech owner had both some type of high flow filter/intake and an upgraded exhaust. I believe that needed to be the basis for one of their tunes but my pleas fell upon deaf ears and it was stated a third party who needed to fund the venture to make this happen.

JK Forum hypertech users poll http://tinyurl.com/ozseso

I'm more than happy with my decision to switch to the Superchips. There were a few bumps in the road, but I received help when I encountered them and the Flashpaq never seemed to have a problem with my intake/exhaust upgrades. The future also holds some additional benefits which I am uncertain that Hypertech will be allocating resources for on the MaxEnergy platform.

Also it appears most of the Superchips kinks have been worked out and the database seems to be out of the box supporting the vast majority of JKs. The turnaround for updating vehicle profiles seems to be down to a couple days with several people claiming overnight service. That's not bad at all for a product that's 6 weeks out from the first shipping units.

 

For all that kinda money, "subtle" is not one one of the words I wanna hear in the description.

 

While I tend to agree, for most they are also employing the utilitarian features such as tire and gear swap calibration to get their speedo corrected, leaving the other 2/3s of the cost for performance/efficiency gains.