just wanted to say hi. i have been reading other post for a while trying to learn. i just bought my frist diesel truck a 2000 F-350 regular cab with a 7.3 turbo diesel. i have a 8" lift with a edge juice with attitude chip and programmer in it. otherwise its stock. looking forward to getting to know people and learning about diesel trucks. hope everyone had a good holiday.

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Welcome to FTE!

Be careful with that Edge and the lift. What size tires do you have? The Edge is known to be kind of rough on the trans. Bigger tires makes it worse.

 

i have 37x13.50x16 on it right now. i was thinking of putting 39"s on my truck this spring/summer. how is the edge hard on the tranny? what do i have be looking out for or be concerened about ?

mic

 

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He can't have a sig unless he ponies up to be a member or gets to 25 posts...

The trans is controlled by the PCM, and your PCM is controlled by the Edge now. The extra power can be very harmful to the transmission, unless steps are taken to help the trans out in tuning. Also, the larger tires will definitely stress it out, unless you re-gear for them.

 

i was planning on putting in lockers and new gears ( 4.56 ) when i put the bigger tires on this comming year. what are some things i can do the tranny to help from causing any damage to it ? im from Eau Claire Wi. ( west central wi ) is there any good diesel shops that are good or people would recommend ?

mic

 

The gears, first & foremost. Then look at getting CUSTOM tuning. Canned tunes from Edge won't make nearly the power you'll get from a custom tuner. Plus, they'll help with the trans. Next, look at a larger trans cooler, and a mod'ed accumulator valve body. If you're reasonably mechanically inclined, look at the TransGo kit. I absolutely LOVE mine, and it wasn't all that hard to do.

 

Welcome to FTE BigTires.

Joe will take good care of you.

 

Welcome to FTE. Looks like Joe is steering you straight already. You're not too far from me, if you need help with anything let me know and I'll gladly help.

 

Welcome to FTE. You will get the information you need here.

 

X2, welcome.

 

Welcome to FTE bud...were here to help!

 

The gears, first & foremost. Then look at getting CUSTOM tuning. Canned tunes from Edge won't make nearly the power you'll get from a custom tuner. Plus, they'll help with the trans. Next, look at a larger trans cooler, and a mod'ed accumulator valve body. If you're reasonably mechanically inclined, look at the TransGo kit. I absolutely LOVE mine, and it wasn't all that hard to do.

thanks for the advice i will look into the custum tuning and tranny stuff.

mic

 

thanks for the offer and will do. nice to find a place with some much info and where people are so friendly and willing to help out others if needed.

mic

 

Oh, and if you're going to mod the VB, do it first, THEN get your custom tuning. The reason is that the tuner will take into account the new VB with the tunes. I got my tunes first, and have to have my chip reburned for the VB mods. Sucked. LOL