Reflash or programmer?
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Reflash or programmer?
My 2002 still doesn`t seem right. It has a new long block Jasper engine in it that I`ve put about 6,000 miles on it now. It doesn`t make the noise that the old engine did but it runs exactly the same performance and fuel economy wise. Everything I`ve read tells me that the trans should shift at 5200 rpms, mine 4700 old and new. Also the trans has been rebuilt with a mild shift kit.
Took it to a dealer to have it reflashed, they disabled my cruise control for the TSB but didn`t have the new parts to fix it. I got the "we test drove it with the computer on and everything is fine" speel.
Air filter is clean, MAF is clean, headers, flowmaster 70
Question is should I go to a different dealer and pay the $150 for a reflash or pay $350 for a programmer?
Flat land I get 14 mpg empty @ 70mph
Towing 4500#`s gets me about 8-9 mpg @70 both on flat land
Thanks for any input.
Took it to a dealer to have it reflashed, they disabled my cruise control for the TSB but didn`t have the new parts to fix it. I got the "we test drove it with the computer on and everything is fine" speel.
Air filter is clean, MAF is clean, headers, flowmaster 70
Question is should I go to a different dealer and pay the $150 for a reflash or pay $350 for a programmer?
Flat land I get 14 mpg empty @ 70mph
Towing 4500#`s gets me about 8-9 mpg @70 both on flat land
Thanks for any input.
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Check the fuel pressure too - idle at 28/30PSI, under load 38/40PSI, and engine-off-key-on pressure should be 38/40PSI.
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You'll have to contact him, give him the specs of your truck, what octane you want to run, mods on truck, computer code and etc. He'll send you a tuner with your desired tunes or can make tunes to load into your SCT tuner. He has a tune request form on his site you can fill out.
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