Best tuner?
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Best tuner?
I am going to buy a tuner chip for my truck soon. What is the best for our trucks? Clay at Riff Raff uses DP tuner on 99% of trucks with good results. I know there are many tuners out there, just not sure which one is best. I like the DP tuner as I can custom tune to what I want.
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Give this a read:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...rogrammer.html
Good info there on chips. All of the tuners mentioned there have some following here at FTE. I've been doing a lot of research as I'll be looking into a chip in the next few months and everyones advice is to call the tuners that interest you talk to them in person. Go with the one you like the most.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...rogrammer.html
Good info there on chips. All of the tuners mentioned there have some following here at FTE. I've been doing a lot of research as I'll be looking into a chip in the next few months and everyones advice is to call the tuners that interest you talk to them in person. Go with the one you like the most.
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I am going to buy a tuner chip for my truck soon. What is the best for our trucks? Clay at Riff Raff uses DP tuner on 99% of trucks with good results. I know there are many tuners out there, just not sure which one is best. I like the DP tuner as I can custom tune to what I want.
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Custom tunes are a huge jump up from canned tunes. Jody(our tuner) has been tuning these trucks for over a decade now, and knows tuning inside and out. He also does live tuning events throughout the year if you are ever interested in that. He drives around with you and adjusts your tunes on the fly to your liking. This happens all over the country to make it more convenient as well.
Custom tunes are a huge jump up from canned tunes. Jody(our tuner) has been tuning these trucks for over a decade now, and knows tuning inside and out. He also does live tuning events throughout the year if you are ever interested in that. He drives around with you and adjusts your tunes on the fly to your liking. This happens all over the country to make it more convenient as well.
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I run a TPS programmer that works really well, I have done a lot of research and also used a bully dog programmer which ruined my torque converter. the TPS is a banks company and gives 140 hp and 200 FT to the rear wheels and can be programmed to what you want. I love it. I now get 23 to 25 MPG on the highway so it payed for itself.
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I run a TPS programmer that works really well, I have done a lot of research and also used a bully dog programmer which ruined my torque converter. the TPS is a banks company and gives 140 hp and 200 FT to the rear wheels and can be programmed to what you want. I love it. I now get 23 to 25 MPG on the highway so it payed for itself.
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No aftermarket injectors I run stock. I drove from texas to georgia and got an average between 23 to 25 mpg all HWY.
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Was that hand calculated filling up to the exact same spot? It is just hard to believe because I have never seen a 4x4 OBS 7.3L get 25mpg. If you really did, then that is truly impressive.
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If you are running stock sticks,then you are not getting an actual 140 HP and 200FT/LBS to the wheels. The setting may be 140 HP on the chip, but your stock 90 CC injectors can only flow so much fuel....in reality, your getting maybe 70 Hp at the MAX. Sorry to burst your bubble. It will change the fueling pattern and such but your not getting an extra 140 out of it.
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if you go with the F-6 chip from DP, you can test tunes for a day or two (i forget the actual time) to see if you like them or not before you pay for them.
no one else offers this option.
no one else offers this option.
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