Which Tuner???
Postmaster
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: round rock, tx
DP Tuner
I am like all the rest, I bought a DiabloSport Predator programmer. It worked on my truck, I kept it at the 100HP tune. After I bought the DP Tuner from Jody Tipton, with 60-80-120, I couldn't believe what a huge difference his tuner was at extracting the MOST POWER from our 7.3 engines!!!!!
buy the new F6 chip that Jody is offering.
It offers a lot more tunability via a USB interface to add and chage tunes from a large database of power tunes.
I am like all the rest, I bought a DiabloSport Predator programmer. It worked on my truck, I kept it at the 100HP tune. After I bought the DP Tuner from Jody Tipton, with 60-80-120, I couldn't believe what a huge difference his tuner was at extracting the MOST POWER from our 7.3 engines!!!!!
buy the new F6 chip that Jody is offering.
It offers a lot more tunability via a USB interface to add and chage tunes from a large database of power tunes.
Lead Driver
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From: Hartford, WI
IIRC, they are setting it up so you can download it from their library itself.
Lead Driver
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From: Hartford, WI
Several choices here. All of them good. There is DP-Tuner, DP-Tuner, DP-Tuner, and DP-Tuner. If you are feeling brave and want a different but good one DP-Tuner.
Oh, I forgot, have you given DP-Tuner any consideration? I have heard they might be good.
Oh, I forgot, have you given DP-Tuner any consideration? I have heard they might be good.
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Post Fiend
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From: Dallas-Ft. Worth
Yes -- extra cooling and a shift kit of some kind. If you've done a shift kit before, get the TransGo -- it's a no brainer. If you think you might not like drilling holes in your expensive tranny parts, or doubt your mechanical skills, get the aftermarket VB. I put in the TransGo and love it!! I recommend it to anyone that has good mech skills, even if they haven't done one before.
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From: IOWA
Yep, you got it. You can get a VB from BTS instead of a shift kit, it'll cost more but will probably be better. Or you could go the extreme route and have a new tranny completely rebuilt to handle most any amounts of HP. That's what I did, but not by choice and not when I wanted to.
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From: Hartford, WI
Yep, you got it. You can get a VB from BTS instead of a shift kit, it'll cost more but will probably be better. Or you could go the extreme route and have a new tranny completely rebuilt to handle most any amounts of HP. That's what I did, but not by choice and not when I wanted to.
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The Tugger is ~$100 delivered, but the heavy duty kit is only $65. I would do it again in a heartbeat. What's $65 or $100 when you (might) be spending $4000?? There are more mods than just the Accumulator VB in both kits, BTW. It's actually a fairly substantial mod, and the tranny feels GREAT with them done.
I let a guy that drives a 6.0 Ex drive mine and I asked him how it felt. He specifically mentioned the tranny...
