Is the Hypertech programmer worth messing with? I just ordered it from O'Reilly's today.

 

not really. nelson tune is the way to go.

 

I am getting it for $310.00 how much is the Nelson. Does it give any benefits?

 

well yes it does and its about the same price, nelson tune is like night and day to the hpp3 later, kevin

www.nelsonperformance.com

 

also if you end up going with a hppIII get one used. there is probably a half dozen including the one i'm selling in the classified sect. $225 shipped. for $ 310 , i'll also give you an unused k&n drop in and a new 160 t-stat [recommended by hypertech]. much better deal and more power gain. e

 

After having a custom tune, I wouldnt put a hypertech on any vehicle I own if you paid me. I had TONS of detonation with mine and I always used Mobil 93 and the colder Tstat.

 

i agree the custom tune is better being "custom" where the hppIII is a mass tune. i personally never had any detonation, matter of fact i scanned my hpp and compared it to the stock file. it really isn't very aggresive at all. if a truck was running really lean for some reason i could see it. you should see my current nelson tune compared to the hp. on the other hand the trans line pressure increase can be a bit much. still think it works good for a no brainer application. e

 

Wheni 1st was in the market for a programmer or custom tune I saw those Hypertechs and was like hell yeah thosre are cool as sh*t and everyone was telling me that Westers and Nelson are way better and not to waste my money on the Hypertech but I think that damn commercial and ads in the mags got me. I ahd it for 9 months and it was better than stock but after you find the right settings you will never screw with it again so you I wished I had just gotten a custom tune because unless I was gonna do gears or tires I would have never of messed with it again. Well one day I started to think why did i buy this if Im never gonna screww ith it so i went to my truck and started to put some new settings in it and for some reason it didnt flash my PCM so I tried to go back to stock and it wouldnt flash the stock tune back in ad my truck wouldnt start. Well after 4 hours of steadily trying to do it off and on and talking to the great customer service at Hypersh*t-LMAO! It finally took my stock tune back and when I called Hypertech to tell them they couldnt belive it actually flasged again--Thanks for the support you know! SO they gave me a RGA# and I sent it back and lets just say 1 1/2 weeks later I had a Nelson tune and couldnt believe I just didnt listen to what evryone had said about the Hypertech not being worth a crap! Dont make the same mistake I made and cancel your order with whoever is ripping you off my charging you more than $100 for the HPP3. Once you get a Nelson tune and you want to change tires or cam or put a SC on it you will have a free updated tune in your hands in a week. When I installed my PCM from Nelson it felt like I Hyperteched my Hypertechs Hypertech!

 

sold hpp3 got nelson much better. hell even my wife noticed!!!

 

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