TS Chip not programmed correctly?
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From: Austin, TX
Idk if BTS still tunes trucks or not. Cale, Brian's son, used to do the tuning for BTS, but Cale ventured out on his own and started Tyrant Diesel. Last I heard, he had to quit tuning because business was so busy.
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Cargo Master
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From: Higginsville, MO
Well that is unfortunate so now I'm going to have to hunt down a tuner. I don't want excessive smoke I want power. I'd like to have one that smokes for jackasses on the highway but mostly efficient power
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Each truck is different too. You just don't know how it will react to different tunes til you try them imo. Mine loves php tunes. I've never had an excessive smoke problem, and great power. Never tried any others either, so can't comment on them.
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Gearhead tunes on my SD drive like a stock truck at the top half of the pedal. Once you get to half throttle, things start coming to life. The race tune is even extremely controllable in the smoke department. It will smoke if I purposely get on it under the turbo, but no big deal. Drive like a normal person and it drives normal. The power is there too. I have Tony Wildman and Gearhead tunes on that truck and Tony's stuff feels a little more potent, but they smoke way more. I still like the feel of Tony's tunes and usually find myself using his tunes, but when I get into town where I need no smoke and still want good power, I switch to Gearhead every time.
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Glenn or Travis, how exactly does stacking work? Is one more fuel related and the other timing? I googled it but eh, I figured I'd just ask if the OP doesn't mind..
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Cargo Master
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No this is all good info and is good to have all in one thread. My main goal is to see how many tuners there are out there to look into. Since BTS doesn't do it anymore I guess.and Tony Wildman was the only other one I knew of really. I'd like to have someone live tune it but idk if I got anyone around KC that does
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No this is all good info and is good to have all in one thread. My main goal is to see how many tuners there are out there to look into. Since BTS doesn't do it anymore I guess.and Tony Wildman was the only other one I knew of really. I'd like to have someone live tune it but idk if I got anyone around KC that does
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You don't "stack" chips on a 7.3. In the Dodge world they stack tuners and modules. When they do it, they are using a pressure box with a separate tuner for timing and other stuff.
I run a Hydra chip, so I can burn my chip with tunes emailed to me by my tuners. They are separate tunes, just like your TS. I just have 10 different tunes. 6 from Tony and 4 from Matt.
I run a Hydra chip, so I can burn my chip with tunes emailed to me by my tuners. They are separate tunes, just like your TS. I just have 10 different tunes. 6 from Tony and 4 from Matt.
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You don't "stack" chips on a 7.3. In the Dodge world they stack tuners and modules. When they do it, they are using a pressure box with a separate tuner for timing and other stuff.
I run a Hydra chip, so I can burn my chip with tunes emailed to me by my tuners. They are separate tunes, just like your TS. I just have 10 different tunes. 6 from Tony and 4 from Matt.
I run a Hydra chip, so I can burn my chip with tunes emailed to me by my tuners. They are separate tunes, just like your TS. I just have 10 different tunes. 6 from Tony and 4 from Matt.
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