I've been reading some of these threads on chip settings and what they accomplish and one question came up that got me to wondering:

Is there a valid reason to have a "STOCK" setting & why?

I could understand this if your truck was still under warranty (Kinda) but I don't think that we have any OBS's under warranty.

Rog

 

maybe they wanna show the difference between the chip and like they didnt have it??

 

Several reasons.

Someone else driving your truck.

State inspection for opacity check

Quick way to gauge how your mods do on a stock program.

Towing Huge to keep the egt's down etc.

 

Yup, wait Cody said... other than that... no real reason

-Robb

 

I have been told that jody said the stock setting should be used when the truck is cold. I always start in the stock setting and when the motor warms up then Ill turn it up. Something to do with the timing..... I dont know

 

also if your having a problem with your truck you can return it to the stock setting to see if its a problem with the programing causing the problem

 

Ok, cody, the other reasons make sense, but for towing? why wouldnt you get a tow program?

 

My stock setting will run higher egts and lower boost when towing heavy. switch over to tow and the higher boost lowers the egts by a few hundred degrees

 

I really don't know, I just pulled that one out of my butt. I said several, and two ain't several. LOL Can't win them all.

 

i always run mine on stock until it warms up some to normal operating temp.

 

not to jump topics...whats better for gas? so stock is bad for towing because of egts?

 

OK guys, I asked for reasons and you sure gave me a bunch, even the made up one (s) by ProphylacticDuck LOL

Rog

 

I have my chip with one position as stock/high idle combined for best cold warm-ups... and all the other things said above.

 

Roger, I like synthetic bath toy. Not to mention, I think you've gotten more than one use out of me. Dude, your gross.

 

Humm... strange.. My truck always started better cold (30ºF out or colder) settings other than stock... Maybe just s truck fluke?

-Robb