Help me get more power
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Bigger injectors and a bigger turbo couldn't hurt to get more power, of course, your goin to need to get something that can custom program for you to account for that, to my knowledge the Edge can't do that.
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the edge has given me an additional 100hp at it's top end... i am happy with it. are you saying the chip is most definately the NEXT thing to do.
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Originally Posted by ryan04
the edge has given me an additional 100hp at it's top end... i am happy with it. are you saying the chip is most definately the NEXT thing to do.
Also FYI, the SCT will download your factory computer and store it on the SCT. You can always revert back to the factory. It isn't a shift on the fly tho like the Edge.. Once you program the PCM its in.. I've seen gains in MPG and Performance..
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what about injectors? should I go bigger? I mean, rather than junking the Edge I just picked up a month ago, I would rather start on another project and come back to possibly replacing the edge at a later date
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Of course.. You can always go that route.. Honestly though if your serious about bigger turbo, injectors, etc.. You really need ARP Headstuds.. The factory studs will stretch and break the gasket seals.. Thats my next mod before I go massive custom tuning with the livewire..
If I was you, I would do ARP Studs, then Injectors, then bigger Turbo..
If I was you, I would do ARP Studs, then Injectors, then bigger Turbo..
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Originally Posted by ryan04
what about injectors? should I go bigger? I mean, rather than junking the Edge I just picked up a month ago, I would rather start on another project and come back to possibly replacing the edge at a later date
I had the Edge Platinum when I first got my truck and switched to the SCT xCal2 just before switching to bigger injectors and I can tell you the SCT with a custom tune will smoke an Edge truck.
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Originally Posted by 6L PWR
The Edge will be useless when you get bigger injectors. To go with bigger injectors or a new turbo, you have to be able to have a custom written program.
I had the Edge Platinum when I first got my truck and switched to the SCT xCal2 just before switching to bigger injectors and I can tell you the SCT with a custom tune will smoke an Edge truck.
I had the Edge Platinum when I first got my truck and switched to the SCT xCal2 just before switching to bigger injectors and I can tell you the SCT with a custom tune will smoke an Edge truck.
Does the happy dance.. Does the happy dance..
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Ok for real tho 6L is right.. Anything beyond the factory injectors or turbo, the factory computer can't handle it.. You need the SCT that can be custom written to modify variables for those larger injectors/turbo's..
BTW
I am running some new custom tunes that are yielding me 0-60s in 8 seconds.. Not bad for a 4.5" lift and 35's with the 3.73 rear end gears
Now when I was without my lift my tunes were doing 0-60s in 6 and 7 seconds depending on how much weight I had in my truck and fuel..