Cheapest Mods for V10 ????
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Cheapest Mods for V10 ????
Just wondering if there we any free or Big Lots style cheap mods out there ???? Just bought a 1715, so anything to help lighten its cost is appreciated. Thanks.
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Ebay is loaded with a $20 mod that tricks your computer into thinking the engine is still cold and adding extra fuel. All I see in the cheap mods is lower fuel mileage. You can bypass the muffler on yours to get more sound and maybe more performance. I had a hypertech on my 99 V10 but i just put it up for sale on Ebay. You might find better mods there for less money than a new one.
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Do not do that mod. It is basically a cheap resistor that will eventually kill your cat converters. Do a search it has been talked about numerous times in the past week alone in several of the forums here. From what I have seen cheap is not necessarily good. It is either a scam or counterfeit parts that are not up to quality levels. Cheapest way I have seen to mod the truck is to get a good repoire with a merchant (buy all your stuff from one person) and maybe have a couple guys buy stuff together to get a group discount. Then install yourself.
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Sorry to say, you can try all the cheap mods you want, but you won't get hardly anything out of the current V10 - It's basically maxed out from Ford.....UNLESS.. of course you go the supercharger way, but that is far from cheap...
I bought a 1715 and wow, what a waste of $$$ - rather'd spent the money on visual or exhaust (for the sound) mods...sold it on Ebay to some other sucker...
I bought a 1715 and wow, what a waste of $$$ - rather'd spent the money on visual or exhaust (for the sound) mods...sold it on Ebay to some other sucker...
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Originally Posted by superv10
Sorry to say, you can try all the cheap mods you want, but you won't get hardly anything out of the current V10 - It's basically maxed out from Ford.....UNLESS.. of course you go the supercharger way, but that is far from cheap...
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Notice how the Superchips listing for the 1715 in motorhaven no longer lists the HP and Torque increases - that's because they are soooo small - Can't remember for sure, but it was somewhere around 20-30 HP and and I think around 40-45 lbs. of torque - whatever...I highly doubt anyone can feel 30 hp under their foot. A dyno might show the increase, but if you want to smoke that 8.1 Cheby pulling a trailer (yes, real Superduty work) with a V10 then you need big increases like the PSD can get. i.e. 100+ HP and 200+ lbs. of torque.
Sorry, but I'm just bitter that I had to blow $350 for the 1715 and plugged it in expecting a increase like I knew when I programmed my 5.7 Chev Tahoe (that was an increase) - It didn't happen not too mention that the 1715 options where not ALL available due to whatever reason (like adjusting speedo for tire size)....
This is my reason for ordering a new 05 6.0 and putting a full Banks system on it - then, Cheby and Dudge - bring it on baby!!!
Sorry, but I'm just bitter that I had to blow $350 for the 1715 and plugged it in expecting a increase like I knew when I programmed my 5.7 Chev Tahoe (that was an increase) - It didn't happen not too mention that the 1715 options where not ALL available due to whatever reason (like adjusting speedo for tire size)....
This is my reason for ordering a new 05 6.0 and putting a full Banks system on it - then, Cheby and Dudge - bring it on baby!!!
Last edited by superv10; Apr 29, 2004 at 10:40 AM.