with so many options now, which programmer?

[TwinTurboStroker]

Originally Posted by nordberg

hey julian, if a guy uses his head when driving and leave his truck on the 125-150 or say even the 200 do think this alone would cause long term damage? the reason i ask is i want to leave my truck on the setting that i benefit the most, but dont want issues to arrise either

Well let me say first off, is that I said baby steps, because it seems that these trucks are not all the same.....I mean like at the big ordeal that happened with some of the cold air intakes, some trucks would get a CEL and some wouldn't . That being said, its all about how YOUR truck, not someone else's, will react to whatever you do it. To answer your question, if you use your head yes I do believe you will be fine. I run the 200 tune everyday and I love it, but I'm going to focus now on the rest of the truck. You know as well I know, that there will be times you won't use your head or you'll be using the wrong head I mean your getting the 200 tune for a reason........and its not to baby the truck all the time. All I'm saying is that I see a lot of guys on here on Matt's list for the 250 tune and I look at their sig and the truck is stock . It's nothing against Matt or Mike at all, but I know we are going to start seeing guys running these tunes out of the gate and something is going to happen and then all of a sudden Matt and Mike start getting bad names and thats last thing I want to see I mean they are making guys sign waivers for a reason, they don't want to get blamed for abuse......Think of it like NOS, won't you feel better with a 75 or 100 shot vs a 250 or 300 shot on something you have never tried before thats worth 50g's

[nordberg]

i hear ya. i plan on starting on the smallest economy tune and working my way up from there once i ge my afe intake and someone(caugh, caugh) gets me some shipping prices on some filter back exhaust. where are you in texas bye the way?

[TwinTurboStroker]

Originally Posted by nordberg

i hear ya. i plan on starting on the smallest economy tune and working my way up from there once i ge my afe intake and someone(caugh, caugh) gets me some shipping prices on some filter back exhaust. where are you in texas bye the way?

Oh snap .....I totally forgot man, my bad......I'm not saying you need start with the weak 80HP tune I mean the 125 tune is a good starting point, I'm just saying the 250HP is jumping the gun a little in my book

[nordberg]

no problem .

[Pahrump]

Originally Posted by TwinTurboStroker

Oh snap .....I totally forgot man, my bad......I'm not saying you need start with the weak 80HP tune I mean the 125 tune is a good starting point, I'm just saying the 250HP is jumping the gun a little in my book

I have been playing with mine....and I get about 2mpg better running my 135HP tune over my 85 and below HP tune.......plus its more fun to drive..lol

[smotrs]

Me personally, I'm not worried about blowing coal, making more noise or being first off the line, I'm looking for the mileage gain. That being said, I'm more then happy to remove the DPF, put the delete pipe on and program for the best mileage and have the same power output if that's what was available. So I'm definitely not going to be looking at the 250 for a long time if at all.

My opinion, the things plenty powerful already, but that's just my opinion.

[08strokinfx4]

Originally Posted by TwinTurboStroker

Oh snap .....I totally forgot man, my bad......I'm not saying you need start with the weak 80HP tune I mean the 125 tune is a good starting point, I'm just saying the 250HP is jumping the gun a little in my book

+1 for Julian's advice. I started mine with KEM's tow tune for about 10 days before even trying the original "race tune" 125hp. Now I run the 125hp tune all the time. I'm thinkin of getting the new tuner with 200hp for the occasional fun but i'll still prolly run the 125 daily.

[Pahrump]

Originally Posted by smotrs

Me personally, I'm not worried about blowing coal, making more noise or being first off the line, I'm looking for the mileage gain. That being said, I'm more then happy to remove the DPF, put the delete pipe on and program for the best mileage and have the same power output if that's what was available. So I'm definitely not going to be looking at the 250 for a long time if at all.

My opinion, the things plenty powerful already, but that's just my opinion.

I could give a crap about racing either.....I like the power to tow with....but other than that I wanted the milage.

And what I was saying is that I get BETTER MPG with the 135HP tune than with the lower HP tunes on my particular setup....so its a win win I suppose.

[DunesRunner08]

Personally I'm a fan of the Superchips Cortex programmer but it doesn't give a lot of horsepower. If you want that, then the RBP tuner is top notch

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[smotrs]

Originally Posted by Pahrump

I could give a crap about racing either.....I like the power to tow with....but other than that I wanted the milage.

And what I was saying is that I get BETTER MPG with the 135HP tune than with the lower HP tunes on my particular setup....so its a win win I suppose.

Great to hear I'm not the only one