Great post
Can you tell a difference out on the street with the different resistor in?

 

So, I put my resistors into the blue and red wire and not the grey and red. Is this a problem. I notice a boost in power but that is all I can judge it on so far.

 

IDMooseMan, I also tried to rep but .........

I learned a lot in this post. I would be very good if somebody could do the same dino tests with the ICP traditional mod (no cOOn´s) for comparison, dont you think?

 

I would like to see that as well!!

 

I would think the SuperChips is doing the same thing, (tricking the computer), as I'm doing with the resistors.

Personally, I would NOT run a resistor and a chip. That doesn't mean you can't; it just means I don't know if it's a good idea or not. That might cause problems somehow.

I think the next Dyno Day is in August. We meet on the 4th Wednesday of every month for dinner at the chinese buffet in Caldwell. The website is IdahoTurboDiesels.com - I use the same screen name there that I use here. If you want to join that site, too, use me as a referral. It's free to join and they have events of one kind or another going on all the time. They're mostly Dodges and Chevys, but there's a few of us Ford guys, too.

 

Is that with another wire or what?
I used the blue wire with red
are you all using the grey wire with red or which one?

 

Yes, there is a definate seat-of-the-pants difference in feel. She really likes the 20.3K combination.

 

I put mine in the blue/red tracer wire. I had to unwrap the tape to find the real color of the wires.

Joe said to splice into that wire, so that's the way I did it.

 

I'm very happy with this mod this way. I would be interested in seeing if there's a difference between the two setups. If I can scrounge up another ICP from the junkyard or somewhere cheap, I might give the "traditional" way a try.

I extended the wire so there wouldn't be a lot of strain on the resistors when installed. Someone added resistors to a multi-position, two-pole, rotary switch and installed that into an old prescription bottle and zip-tied inside the engine compartment.

I'm considering doing this, too. I plan on extending the wires to install the switch inside the cab. With the switch installed inside the cab I can switch resistors without opening the hood.

I'm planning on replacing my downpipe, exhaust, flexplate, TC, and tranny and adding gauges before the next Dyno Day so I can run all the resistors again.

 

i would be very curious to see dyno results of the traditional method. i am glad to see that the inline method yielded as much power as it did. geez, and some of you guys doubted me....

 

if you extend the wires into the cab would you have to account for extra resistance due to longer wires?

 

The length of wire wouldn't be that great. The extra resistance due to wire length would be minimal.

 

it would have no effect on the mods

 

Thanks for the confirmation, Joe.

 

Stock 137.9 / 310.3 16.5 MPG
4.7K 130.9 / 310.3 N/A
5.6K 142.2 / 334.5 Not calculated
10K 126.1 / 288.5 N/A
14.7K 163.0 / 340.7 17.7 MPG
20.3K 168.7 / 398.4 (16.85 MPG) <---
25K 126.7 / 297.7 N/A

Looks like the 14.7K is the best for MPG and the 20.3K is best for HP/TQ. I guess I need to build a switch and install it in the cab.