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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 02:46 PM
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Ordered my DP F6

I ordered my DP-Tuner F6 today. Got 5 tunes. Stock, 80HP Codes tow, 100HP codes perf, 120HP codes race, and Lope idle. The installation looked fairly simple, are there any good tips or anything I should keep in mind for installation besides what the instructions say? Anyone have any other suggested tunes I should consider for the future? Thanks

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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 02:56 PM
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Congrats, alot of tunes up front, nice. The directions prolly say keep those ignition keys as far away as possible, don't forget. Just take your time, good luck..
 
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 03:47 PM
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Just take your time, especially when cleaning the contacts on the computer to ensure you get all the rubber off.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by deerslayer165
I ordered my DP-Tuner F6 today. Got 5 tunes. Stock, 80HP Codes tow, 100HP codes perf, 120HP codes race, and Lope idle. The installation looked fairly simple, are there any good tips or anything I should keep in mind for installation besides what the instructions say? Anyone have any other suggested tunes I should consider for the future? Thanks

GO COLTS!
Might want to consider the 60 or 80E later on for driving duty. I personally would have done one of those instead of the lope idle, I don't think that's something I'd want to use very often. But who knows.
My memory is not to good, what other supporting mods have you done? Exhaust, gauges, intake?
 
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 04:08 PM
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Right now I've got the Napa 6637, and muffler delete back to a 7" single stack. I really need guages and probably shouldve gotten them before this chip. I also probably should have gotten an econ tune for daily driving. Haha I'm only 16 and of course want to have the baddest truck at school so the lope tune was a must have. haha. But for all practical purposes it's a waste of money, but I'll enjoy it. I'm glad I held out and saved for the F6 though because I can always add tunes fairly easily.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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Look, take this for what it's worth, but you're asking for trouble running 100 and 120 hp tunes with a factory down pipe and no gauges. It would suck for you to hole a piston. Whether you want to show off a lope tune or have something useful is your decision.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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Here's a good set of instructions on how to install a DP chip from Guzzle - Welcome to guzzle's DP Tuner's Chip Installation Web Page


And a Video - http://www.powerstrokehelp.com/7.3li...tuner/1of1.asp
 
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 04:22 PM
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So you think I should get a bigger turboback kit? How well do the electronic gauges compair to analog ones?
 
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 04:25 PM
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I think you should get gauges first. Your choice on electric or analog, I have electric myself.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 04:33 PM
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When it comes to electronic guages what would you suggest? An Edge moniter?
 
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 05:02 PM
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I'm not going to suggest anything, I'm just going to tell you what I have:

BD Diesel 1087200 - BD Diesel X-Monitor 3-in-1 Digital Gauge Kits - Overview - SummitRacing.com

There's a ton of options out there, you'll have to research and figure out what you like.
 
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