Can anyone identify this chip??

[Addicted2bass]

 

Sorry for the bad picture, its from my phone. Ill try to upload a better one later. Is this a Kenny Hot Tune chip?? Just has the letters SST on it. I need to know what T-stat to run with this chip.

[RobertISaar]

no idea.

 

for all i know, it could be one of mine, i like those SST SF512s.

 

got an ALDL cable? can do a small ROM dump around the fan on/off settings and see what it's setup for.

[Addicted2bass]

The chip was installed by the previous owner, would have been around 2006-2007. I don't think you were making chips then? I do have access to a scan tool, but for some reason nothing will communicate with my cars computer through the OBD port. Also the top end of the engine is currently apart, the heads are getting redone.

[RobertISaar]

yeah, not one of mine then.

 

you COULD hook a potentiometer up to the coolant temp sensor circuit in place of the sensor, adjust it until one of the fans come on, then measure the resistance of the pot. that could then be converted to a fairly accurate *F value.

[Addicted2bass]

Any way I could tell by the t-stat itself? There are no markings on it besides MotoRad, who makes both a 160 and 180 chip. If it is a Kenny/Kaz Motorsports chip then I think its a 180. The car has always ran hotter then it should, which is why I want to make sure the chip and t-stat are matching.

[RobertISaar]

supposedly, you can stick it in a pot of water, heat it until the stat starts opening, use a kitchen thermometer to determine water temp, and then guess as to the temp rating of the stat.

[Galaxie500XL]

That suggestion took me WAY back...when I was a kid (late '60's-early 70's) I watched my dad do that tons of times. It DOES work. Bringing the idea up to date, the digital thermometers people use to test whether meat is done would be perfect.

 

supposedly, you can stick it in a pot of water, heat it until the stat starts opening, use a kitchen thermometer to determine water temp, and then guess as to the temp rating of the stat.

Edited July 13, 2011 by Galaxie500XL

[Penglii]

supposedly, you can stick it in a pot of water, heat it until the stat starts opening, use a kitchen thermometer to determine water temp, and then guess as to the temp rating of the stat.

 

YES, this works great.

Although if it never pops open and the water is a roaring boil then you'll know why the car runs hot... but won't know the temp of the tstat.

[BXX]

Its just easier to pop in a new $10 thermostat with whatever temp you want.

[Addicted2bass]

Its just easier to pop in a new $10 thermostat with whatever temp you want.

 

So it won't be a issue to run a 160 t-stat with a 180 chip, or vice versa?

[GutlessSupreme]

So it won't be a issue to run a 160 t-stat with a 180 chip, or vice versa?

 

It makes absolutely no sense to do that.

Then again I'm not totally sure that I've ever really understood the reasoning behind a lower temperature thermostat. Yea, it'll keep your car running a little cooler, but I feel like if your cylinders are really that hot, then your tune is probably shitsauce, or something is broken.

[RobertISaar]

lower temp stat = lower head temps = can run more advance before running into detonation on the same grade of fuel.

 

i don't like the method, at least not dropping all the way down to 160.

 

180? MAYBE.

 

however, all other things being equal, a colder engine transfers less power due to colder(therefore, thicker) oil robbing power from the motor due to the increased load it puts on the engine among other factors.

 

http://www.mgcarz.com/thermostats.html

http://www.importtuner.com/tech/impp_1001_colder_thermostat_increase_power/index.html

[White93z34]

based on the fact that Jeff M used original eproms, just reflashed with his code it is not a Jeff M. chip. he also wrote what it was on a label on top of the chip it is one of 3 things.

 

a Kenny K. Hot Tune chip

a Flybynite (Adam) chip

or someones own custom chip / copy of one of the other chips. My money is going on a Kenny Hot tune

[Turbo v-sick]

Not mine I still use Atmel 29C256 style eeprom's. I am fairly certain it's Kenny's hot tune. Most of Kenny's tunes incorporated the 180 stat unless otherwise specified. Find out at what temp the radiator fan comes on and that will let you know which tune you have....

[Addicted2bass]

Thanks for the replys guys! From my research it looks like the Kenny Hot Tune was the best chip you could get for these cars. Ill grab a new 180 T-stat.