2002 mountaineer CHIP

[jlrapp8]

I have a 2002 4.0L AWD mountaineer. thinking about getting a Chip for it. whats a good one?

 

[CHEESYPOOFS]

Dont get a chip... Id strongly suggest getting an X3 programmer. We have a sponsor on here who does alot of tunes for alot of people (including me ^_^) The guys name is James Henson and his site is www.hensonperformance.com He can hook you up with an X3 programmer and 3 custom tunes for $389. I personally got an 87 an 89 and a 93 tune all street/performance and i love it (currently i have the 93 installed). The tranny shifts firmer, it has better shift points and definately has more power. all in all definately more fun to drive and worth the investment. His number is on his site (top right corner) just call him up and he'll help you get what your looking for and what you need to do. ^_^

 

[techieman33]

edit: looks like cheesy beat me to it.

They don't use chips anymore, they use flashers. It's a box that plugs into your obd II port and uploads a new tune, they can also be used to read check engine light codes, and datalog. The tuner to get is an sct x-cal 3, or an sct livewire. I suggest getting it from www.hensonperformance.com he's a vendor here on the site. He goes by Jah81592 if you want to contact him here. He's a great guy that does great work. I've never seen one bad word said about him because he goes above and beyond to treat his customers right.

 

[jlrapp8]

do they help improve gas mileage at all and performance at same time?

 

[techieman33]

do they help improve gas mileage at all and performance at same time?

Yes they can, it all depends on the tunes you want, from gas mileage to full on performance or anywhere in between.

 

[CHEESYPOOFS]

thats the great thing about em is that it more accurately tunes your air to fuel ratio and spark timing and stuff like that to basically give you more power using less gas.