7.5L OBD1 programmer question

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Sep 23, 2008 | 01:00 PM

rsmoore

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7.5L OBD1 programmer question

Does any one know of a chip or a programmer that will work on my 1997 F350 7.5L with the OBD1. I purchased a superchips 1715 only to find that my truck dont have an OBD2. Thanks for any input. Rick

Sep 23, 2008 | 01:03 PM

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it should have obd2? unless someone changed something

Sep 23, 2008 | 01:14 PM

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I found out that some have it and some didn't. My friend's dad has a 96 7.5L and it has the OBD 1 set up too.

Sep 23, 2008 | 01:18 PM

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Trucks with a GVWR over 8500 lbs weren't OBD-II until 1998.

Can't help you with a tuner, sorry. What are you trying to do?

Sep 23, 2008 | 02:00 PM

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Just trying to get some more HP and Torque. Seems like there should be more there than there is.

Sep 23, 2008 | 02:05 PM

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There are lots of different ways to get power without using a chip. Free-flowing exhaust is a big one. A speed density friendly cam will also wake up a lot of power.

Sep 23, 2008 | 02:22 PM

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As Andy stated, there is no magic pill for a naturally aspirated gasoline engine to boost HP, the tuners are really only good for turbo motors in this regard, though they do afford some transmission adjustments on OBD-2 vehicles.

The route to more power on the old motors is simple... let her breath. The best place to start on a big block is with the exhaust, drop the WHOLE thing from the heads back and install headers and a big single or duals, the computer will adjust to this all on it's own.