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Superchips 3815 and MDS - 5/14/2008 12:57:02 PM    deerjunkie Posts: 28 Joined: 4/12/2008 Status: offline How many are having issues with the SC 3815 and your MDS on the Hemi's?? Any issues kicking in or out? Post #: 1

RE: Superchips 3815 and MDS - 5/14/2008 4:04:06 PM    djr04 Posts: 788 Joined: 7/6/2006 From: South Dakota Status: offline Seems a little bit rougher, other than that it works fine for me. _____________________________ 2006 QC Hemi Big Horn Edition Mineral Gray Metallic Luverne MegaSteps Superchips 3815 (91 tune with 93 octane) DMH Electric Cutout Nifty Products Xtreme Catchall's (in reply to deerjunkie) Post #: 2

RE: Superchips 3815 and MDS - 5/14/2008 6:09:58 PM    M15 Posts: 114 Joined: 11/18/2006 From: Temecula,CA. Status: offline YA same here. _____________________________ 2006 1500 QC SLT Big Horn 5.7L Hemi, K&N CAI Edelbrock headers custom Y-pipe Dynomax Ultraflow Catback Superchips Alpine head unit,speakers,subs and amps. Lucas synthetic oil. 65 Mustang coupe 289 V8,C4 trans 05 Yamaha Banshee (in reply to djr04) Post #: 3

RE: Superchips 3815 and MDS - 5/16/2008 2:07:40 PM    SmittyRN Posts: 135 Joined: 12/30/2007 Status: offline I took my Superchips back after a weekend of trying it out. I noticed the MDS would kick in and out a lot on flat road, and it seemed worse at 60-65 than it did at 75. I drove across Alligator Ally here in FL with it installed, and the constant kicking in and out just kept bugging me. I probably wouldn't notice it so much if I were driving on different terrain, but you can't get any flatter or straighter roads than when you drive across the Everglades. Even with the cruise control on, it was enough to keep making my head bob every time it kicked it in and out. I've been hoping Edge would come out with a tuner for the '08, but so far not yet. _____________________________ 2008 Ram Sport 5.7L Hemi (in reply to M15) Post #: 4

RE: Superchips 3815 and MDS - 5/16/2008 4:19:37 PM    M15 Posts: 114 Joined: 11/18/2006 From: Temecula,CA. Status: offline I get that too sometimes mainly around 45mph. You feel it and hear it through the intake. And when it gets old I just put it in tow/haul mode and it turnes off the MDS. The tow/haul mode is nice because it still goes into overdrive above 50mph and it's just alittle lower geared than in regular mode plus you dont have MDS going on and off. Hope this helps. _____________________________ 2006 1500 QC SLT Big Horn 5.7L Hemi, K&N CAI Edelbrock headers custom Y-pipe Dynomax Ultraflow Catback Superchips Alpine head unit,speakers,subs and amps. Lucas synthetic oil. 65 Mustang coupe 289 V8,C4 trans 05 Yamaha Banshee (in reply to SmittyRN) Post #: 5

RE: Superchips 3815 and MDS - 5/16/2008 7:48:14 PM    RedneckDodge86   Posts: 120 Joined: 5/3/2008 From: Reno, NV Status: offline Yeah MDS is quite a pain in the ass.  _____________________________ 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 QC 5.7L Hemi Flowmaster Exhuast Volant CAI 2" Top Gun Customz Leveling kit (in reply to M15) Post #: 6

RE: Superchips 3815 and MDS - 5/17/2008 12:57:11 AM    SmittyRN Posts: 135 Joined: 12/30/2007 Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: RedneckDodge86 Yeah MDS is quite a pain in the ass.  Other than the fact that my Magnaflow sounds strange when it's kicked in, I don't have a problem with the MDS; it's how the Superchips affects it that is the pain in the ass. I can't understand why they haven't fixed an obvious issue with the programmer. If I'm on a straight, level road, with the cruise control set, what kind of signal is it sending to make the truck drop in and out of MDS? It doesn't make sense to me; if the truck drops into OD and the MDS kicks in, you would think that it would stay that way until you apply more load on the motor, either by trying to speed up or going uphill. The whole issue probably offends my sense of propriety more than anything else. _____________________________ 2008 Ram Sport 5.7L Hemi (in reply to RedneckDodge86) Post #: 7

RE: Superchips 3815 and MDS - 5/17/2008 8:42:44 AM    bwhite757 Posts: 676 Joined: 10/19/2007 From: SC Status: offline MDS shifting is horrible with the Superchips...  I had it for about 2 months and finally sold it.  I couldn't take the CONSTANT MDS shifting in and out, not to mention it made it to where you could FEEL the MDS shifting, pretty hard.  I was having passengers ask me what was wrong with my truck.  Unfortunantly, the issue is there with Edge tuners as well, just not as bad...  _____________________________ Exhaust (Exterior / Interior) (in reply to SmittyRN) Post #: 8

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