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Old Jul 8, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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1997 460 Chip or tuner?

I have just purchased a 97 F-250 cc,sb, 4x4. I am interested in getting a tuner if there are any available (mostly what I am finding is diesels and newer gas) Does anyone have any experience or opinions as to a good one, or if I have to go with a chip?? Thanks....
 
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Old Jul 12, 2005 | 01:08 PM
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Go with a chip. The 460 doesn't have most of the advanced features supported with a tuner so unless you need a diagnostic code reader a chip is the best bang for the buck.
 
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Old Jul 14, 2005 | 07:18 AM
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I have a diagnostic reader, so that is not a concern. Can you not adjust the speedo (for oversize tires) and the tranny shift points? The tranny would be something I would like to do, as it seems to shift at the wrong time while towing, I know banks and a few others make a tranny controller that I could add seperately I guess. Thanks.
 
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Old Jul 14, 2005 | 09:17 AM
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tire size changes are handled through reprogramming the cluster, rather than the EEC.

Here are the instructions:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...ND_BRONCO.html
 
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