chip or tuner
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chip or tuner
hay guys,
i just bought a 2000 s.d. cc drw with a 6 speed trany.
i drove a 93 chevy 3500 with 6.5 diesel for years with a manual injection pump.about all you could do proformance wise was turn up i.p. bigger injectors, and bigger exhaust. don't know much about the 7.3 but i always wanted one. when i bought the truck it was one owner i called the old owner to find out if it had any mods. the truck has 75k the husband was not home the wife said they had only put 4" exhaust, 4-10 limited slip,luk clutch, and chip. then before we got off the phone she said they put the controller on her new truck. my question is does this truck use a chip or tuner ? also if it uses a tuner would it help much to install one on a truck with a manual trany. because from idle off to about half throttle it feels like stepping on a over ripe plum.
thankful for any help.
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2000 super duty 7.3 c.c. d.r.w.
i just bought a 2000 s.d. cc drw with a 6 speed trany.
i drove a 93 chevy 3500 with 6.5 diesel for years with a manual injection pump.about all you could do proformance wise was turn up i.p. bigger injectors, and bigger exhaust. don't know much about the 7.3 but i always wanted one. when i bought the truck it was one owner i called the old owner to find out if it had any mods. the truck has 75k the husband was not home the wife said they had only put 4" exhaust, 4-10 limited slip,luk clutch, and chip. then before we got off the phone she said they put the controller on her new truck. my question is does this truck use a chip or tuner ? also if it uses a tuner would it help much to install one on a truck with a manual trany. because from idle off to about half throttle it feels like stepping on a over ripe plum.
thankful for any help.
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2000 super duty 7.3 c.c. d.r.w.
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Yes it really wakes up the beast. You can do a flash tuner or a flip chip. The chip is the way to go because there is a 5 min or so procedure to change programs with a tuner which is a pain. Do a search here on dp-tuner and I think it will help you make up your mind. I plan on selling my diablosport Predator for a dp chip.
BTW I have a 6 spd and it makes for a touchy throttle in higher settings with my tuner but I have not tried others programs. You get use to it and will love the power increase.
BTW I have a 6 spd and it makes for a touchy throttle in higher settings with my tuner but I have not tried others programs. You get use to it and will love the power increase.
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lots to learn
Originally Posted by dpwilson
Yes it really wakes up the beast. You can do a flash tuner or a flip chip. The chip is the way to go because there is a 5 min or so procedure to change programs with a tuner which is a pain. Do a search here on dp-tuner and I think it will help you make up your mind. I plan on selling my diablosport Predator for a dp chip.
BTW I have a 6 spd and it makes for a touchy throttle in higher settings with my tuner but I have not tried others programs. You get use to it and will love the power increase.
BTW I have a 6 spd and it makes for a touchy throttle in higher settings with my tuner but I have not tried others programs. You get use to it and will love the power increase.
if they just removed the chip or tuner would everything returned to stock settings?
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dp.
do you know how i can tell if they left a chip in ? remember i could not do any kind of electronic mods to my old truck, so i am very clueless when it comes to this stuff.
trying to learn fords and electronic mods.
do you know how i can tell if they left a chip in ? remember i could not do any kind of electronic mods to my old truck, so i am very clueless when it comes to this stuff.
trying to learn fords and electronic mods.
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Other than pulling the pcm you could drive another stock 7.3. Even a small tune would give you a significant feel in power. Pretty sure you don't have a chip in there. A chip worth having would have a **** to select between different tunes. I'm guessing you don't have one anywhere around the dashboard? If you just want an increase and leave it at that you could have dp-tuner reflash your pcm dirt cheap. Otherwise I would get there f5 chip with 4-6 programs on it.
Try this http://dp-tuner.com/73tuning.htm
If that link doesn't work copy and paste in address bar.
Try this http://dp-tuner.com/73tuning.htm
If that link doesn't work copy and paste in address bar.
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dp,
thanks for the clue i will check into this. you answered my question i don't have a **** or any kind of controls so i would say whatever they put on it they did take off.
thanks for all your help
thanks for the clue i will check into this. you answered my question i don't have a **** or any kind of controls so i would say whatever they put on it they did take off.
thanks for all your help
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