With Chips, you are not actually flashing the PCM/ECM/TCM like you would with a programmer. Now… there is one other term that primarily only goes with Early pre-2003 ford trucks and cars. Think products like Bullydog, SCT, and Hypertech.

Programing generally, is referring to the act of actually Flashing a new update or calibration to the truck/car in question via the OBD2 port hence the term “programmer” being the device that handles this job. Us “tuners” (the guys writing the ‘tunes’) refer to the work we are doing (re-creating MAPs from Hex or simply editing maps & functions within your ECM/TCM) as “Īnd for your Ricer car Guys, tuning somehow came to mean any hard part mod you add to your rig.

Is used by most to refer to the act of placing or flashing a modified file or calibration to a car/trucks brain (ECM/PCM/TCM) for the purpose of making the truck more efficient, produce more power or simply function correctly with additional parts or parts that are modified from stock. The terms “Tuning” & “Programing” are used interchangeably and, in a way, can be if we are not being technical however, they are not the same thing and both terms do mean something different at the core. What is tuning and programing is there a difference? We need answer the question… what the hell is a Chip? And How does it differ from a tuner or a Programmer? Tuning is always forefront as the first modification and also updated with subsequent modifications as you upgrade your Injectors, transmission, turbo etc.Īs a tuning company, we get to see all aspects of parts issues, truck issues and, tuning issues.īut before I get into “which chip is best?” or “is a chip best at all?”… They are old archaic dinosaurs and no one loves them.

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