Single Setting Chip or Tuner??
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Single Setting Chip or Tuner??
I read many threads about the chips and tuners. I would like to get some of your opinions. I've got an early '99 PSD SC. I've done the CCV and air intake mods. The heaviest thing I tow is a '97 Seadoo GTX to the local lake and back. The reason I am looking at a chip or tuner is strictly performance. Is there such a thing as a one setting chip or tuner which is set at high performance? I don't need the extra two or three or more settings for towing.
(I know I need gauges and exhaust. I'm just trying to get my ducks in a row before I give my presentation to my wife on why my truck needs these things.)
(I know I need gauges and exhaust. I'm just trying to get my ducks in a row before I give my presentation to my wife on why my truck needs these things.)
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Their are many single setting chips out there. Superchips sells them. Or you can buy a tuner and simply leave it on one setting. Whats nice about multiple setting chips is you can have them programed many ways. High performance, down to a fuel economy setting. Also you can get a high idle setting to help warm up the truck and a valet setting to reduce power for when the wives drive the truck!!! LOL
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I have to agree, the multi setting chip is the way to go, whether you need a tow setting or not...having one can be nice just for every day driving!
Having an "economy" setting and one or two Performance settings can be beneficial as well.
Multiple parameter chips are what everyone is turning to these days, so there are all kinds of single bank chips out there on the market, but it will have to have your PCM code...or you can send it in to be reprogrammed for your particular code...usually for $50. to $75. in most cases.
What many of us like to do is have a "custom" set chip, which is set up to get the very best out of our current mods....and there are several programmers out there that can do this. I have one "single" bank chip headed my way right now, that I sent in to have it reprogrammed for my truck...as a "backup" for whenever I send my 4 position chip in for a tweak here or there.
So, you may like a single bank chip for a while, but my guess would be that down the road you would probably wish you went with the multi settings, for a few dollars more.
Dale
Having an "economy" setting and one or two Performance settings can be beneficial as well.
Multiple parameter chips are what everyone is turning to these days, so there are all kinds of single bank chips out there on the market, but it will have to have your PCM code...or you can send it in to be reprogrammed for your particular code...usually for $50. to $75. in most cases.
What many of us like to do is have a "custom" set chip, which is set up to get the very best out of our current mods....and there are several programmers out there that can do this. I have one "single" bank chip headed my way right now, that I sent in to have it reprogrammed for my truck...as a "backup" for whenever I send my 4 position chip in for a tweak here or there.
So, you may like a single bank chip for a while, but my guess would be that down the road you would probably wish you went with the multi settings, for a few dollars more.
Dale
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