hypertech pp3 a complete waste?

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Jun 9, 2006 | 03:40 PM

ground_pounder

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hypertech pp3 a complete waste?

I've done a lot of reading on this forum and various others about hypertech. I seems that everyone thinks it is complete garbage. Does this programmer not produce any power gains? I know I've seen a few episodes of Horsepower TV where they claimed the hypertech increased power and torque by x amount.

I installed mine at the same time as my headers and catback so its hard for me say if it's worth it or not in terms of power gains. I did notice a huge improvement in the way the auto shifts though.

Jun 9, 2006 | 03:51 PM

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They're good for the little things like fans, gears, tire heights, and shifts (A4s). The tune is pretty much a weak canned tune designed for a stock car. So, I wouldn't expect much on f-bodies - especially modified ones.

Jun 9, 2006 | 04:21 PM

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It's good for what it does. It's by no means a replacement for HPtuners or EFI live but it can be a very good tool. I used mine a lot for shift points, gear ratio changes, and tire sizes before I got HPT. They are a little more useful for auto cars. For as cheap as they are going for used.....it's not a bad deal IMO.

Jun 9, 2006 | 04:37 PM

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I would not pay full price for one. If you have a A-4 it does make the shifts firmer and if you change the size of wheel. Other than that I would stay away from it and just buy EFILive and a cheap notebook and then you can do it all (after a learning curve).

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Jun 9, 2006 | 05:38 PM

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wouldn't pay full price... hypertech got my car to 365HP and 385TQ w/knock retard and other stuff being wrong but thats what it put down

then i got efi live and so far from what i learned i have gotten it to 370HP and 390TQ... and thats just changing a little bit, still got power left in her

Jun 10, 2006 | 04:26 PM

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I have had one since '99 and used everything but the power tune. Definitely not worth the full price it is sold for, since you can get the basic efi/HP tuners for 'bout $100 more and get much more functionality. I got EFIlive recently, selling my HPP3.