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Old May 2, 2012 | 01:56 PM
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Hello all. I have a 98 f250 light duty 4x4 4.6l I am looking in to getting a programmer so I can pull a 25 ft pull trailer. Anyone out there have one that works or have any brands I should look in to? Some thing that gives more then 15 hp and I don't have to use 91 octane?
 
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Originally Posted by roddog101
Hello all. I have a 98 f250 light duty 4x4 4.6l I am looking in to getting a programmer so I can pull a 25 ft pull trailer. Anyone out there have one that works or have any brands I should look in to? Some thing that gives more then 15 hp and I don't have to use 91 octane?
IMHO, if you live near any major city there are excellent tuning specialists with dynos who for the same price (if not less) will tune your vehicle taking into consideration your specific needs including environmental conditions, for your specific vehicle. IMHO, the best bang for the buck!

If you are comfortable and understand how to tune a vehicle, you can also do this yourself. There are several software programs available, that “Speak Common English” that will allow you to tune your vehicles ECM. One company is HP Tuners, they have a website….they offer two core programs, one for those who are doing dyno tuning and one for the home-garage mechanic (which is priced at about the same as most of the “canned tunes on the market) …this version limits the span of adjustments as a safeguard against doing something outside of the oem scope……basically, keeps you from doing something “too stupid by accident” (grin).
 
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