Bully Dog, good or bad?
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From: somerset KY
i wish i could tell you a lot of great things, but i never had a good experience with bully dog. i used thier 6 pos chips, and the power pup tuner. some tunes on the chip didnt even work...i sent it back, then the dealer asked me to try another one, so i did, and didnt like it either. i may do better on your truck, with your application, but i experienced really high EGTS, and lower boost, coupled with less power than Edge EZ, Edge evolution, or superchip. finally i sold all that stuff and bought a custom burned tony wildman, and i love it!
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From: Melbourne, Ky
Like 2 stroke said, there are several on this site that make custom chips for your truck that can personalize it to your needs/wants. Tony Wildman is one. There also is Power Hungary Performance and DP Tuner. Any one of them will give you excellent customer service along with a product you can be proud of. If you can return your BD and get a refund, I would. You won't be sorry.
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I have the bullydog 6 position chip in my truck right now, and personally I hate it. I wasnt very impressed with it since day one. I have a Tony Wildman chip Im waiting on a reburn and then my bullydog is going in the trash!
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From: Lizton, IN
their not hard to install if it's anything like these others.
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From: scaggsville, md
i dont like mine either. but tony said that he could put his programs on it. which is why i didnt sell mine.
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From: somerset KY
actually, they are the same physical chip and **** that tony, and TS performance use. its the burns that are miles apart...
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Long shot here I know it's been a few years since this thread started but is there still anybody doing custom tunes for these trucks? I bought my 97 f250 7.3 a year ago and just started driving it. Just found that it has a bully dog 6 position chip in it. Seems That half that tunes don't do anything and sometimes high idle work work. Just want something better lol
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Gearhead reflashes them, they did mine...I am sure many others can reflash it too. Most everyone uses a Hydra which is a FAR superior platform, I am cheap so I scored a used TS6 and had it flashed with custom stuff.
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awesome thank you. I'll look into a hydra and some custom tuning
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