Chipping a V-10 is a Waste of Money ?
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Not to dive right in the middle but here is same truck 5 months later on 87 octane gas.
Peak to Peak gains are good but the torque down low over stock is the best part over stock. My opinion of course. The key to this is there are goods gains over stock that can be beneficial.
Peak to Peak gains are good but the torque down low over stock is the best part over stock. My opinion of course. The key to this is there are goods gains over stock that can be beneficial.
Some people will argue that earth isn't round too.
Thanks Mike,I figured you'd have more dyno sheets out there.
JL
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Not to dive right in the middle but here is same truck 5 months later on 87 octane gas.
Peak to Peak gains are good but the torque down low over stock is the best part over stock. My opinion of course. The key to this is there are goods gains over stock that can be beneficial.
Peak to Peak gains are good but the torque down low over stock is the best part over stock. My opinion of course. The key to this is there are goods gains over stock that can be beneficial.
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Yes chipping or putting a tuner on a gas engine super duty is a waste of money. You don't get the power you are thinking you will be getting, you don't get the mpg you think you will get. I had a 08 f-250 5.4 with a SCT tuner, AFE CAI, and dual exhaust and I didn't pickup anything. It was all a waste of money. Just keep your truck stock if you have a gas engine. There is no point of spending hard earn money on stuff that you won't get the gains that you want out of it.
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Yes chipping or putting a tuner on a gas engine super duty is a waste of money. You don't get the power you are thinking you will be getting, you don't get the mpg you think you will get. I had a 08 f-250 5.4 with a SCT tuner, AFE CAI, and dual exhaust and I didn't pickup anything. It was all a waste of money. Just keep your truck stock if you have a gas engine. There is no point of spending hard earn money on stuff that you won't get the gains that you want out of it.
CAI=WORHTLESS
Dual exhaust=WORHTLESS
SCT Tuner-if it was a generic cookie-cutter that 99% of the population purchases-WORHTLESS.
Don't let your bitterness over ignorant purchases spill over where facts and hard data have been presented.
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Oh and getting a gas engine in a super duty=WORTHLESS
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Yes chipping or putting a tuner on a gas engine super duty is a waste of money. You don't get the power you are thinking you will be getting, you don't get the mpg you think you will get. I had a 08 f-250 5.4 with a SCT tuner, AFE CAI, and dual exhaust and I didn't pickup anything. It was all a waste of money. Just keep your truck stock if you have a gas engine. There is no point of spending hard earn money on stuff that you won't get the gains that you want out of it.
Originally Posted by Johnny Langton
CAI=WORHTLESS
Dual exhaust=WORHTLESS
SCT Tuner-if it was a generic cookie-cutter that 99% of the population purchases-WORHTLESS.
Dual exhaust=WORHTLESS
SCT Tuner-if it was a generic cookie-cutter that 99% of the population purchases-WORHTLESS.
Dual exhaust - don't have it - and if you are not full dual, with an H/X pipe, it's worthless.
SCT tune. With Mike's 5-star SCT X3 tune, I brought my 0-60 from 10 seconds down to 9.02-9.04. Engine/tranny/whatever, it worked. Maybe I could tune it for a few 100th's of a second better on a dyno, I don't have the patience for that.
Suffice to say, the tune I have DOES help - a LOT!
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I had the SCT SF2 on my 6.8l first and there wasn't much of a difference. For those of you who don't know the SF2 is an Xcal2 with SCTs canned tunes. Later got some custom tunes from 5 Star and converted my SF2 to Xcal2 software. The difference is huge and you really have to have experience with it to understand.
It really helps to have the vehicle tuned with the aftermarket parts you are putting on in mind.
Pick up some custom tunes for that predator or get an SCT Xcal with custom tunes. You will like the difference. The Diablosport canned tunes really blow, a lot worse than SCT's canned tunes in my experience.
It really helps to have the vehicle tuned with the aftermarket parts you are putting on in mind.
My 2008 V-10 has been on the DiabloSport Predator 91 octane "middle" setting since it had 4,000 miles. Now has 66,000 miles and runs great. Big difference over stock, towing and solo. Mileage at 12 mpg around town and never below 9 when towing, no matter how heavy.
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Yes chipping or putting a tuner on a gas engine super duty is a waste of money. You don't get the power you are thinking you will be getting, you don't get the mpg you think you will get. I had a 08 f-250 5.4 with a SCT tuner, AFE CAI, and dual exhaust and I didn't pickup anything. It was all a waste of money. Just keep your truck stock if you have a gas engine. There is no point of spending hard earn money on stuff that you won't get the gains that you want out of it.
your diesel fuel guzzling 6.poor is a waste of money, you really should have waited for the 6.7, and before you talk about my 01 V10, the bottom line is i am satisfied, i will likely never sell my truck, that's not to say a 2011 or 2012 6.7 isn't in my future, now that is a truck that interests me, so i will have two SDs, let us know when you trade in for your next truck in two years
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funny thing is, that this is probably your 1st diesel, is it? and probably you have only been a truck owner since 2008, but hey, your the expert, you would NEVER make the mistake of buying a gas SD, or would you? with that being said, your statement above is useless