need help on truck

[choupique108]

i am bout to purchase a 1997 7.3L powerstroke with 178000 miles on it and the guy wants 5500 for it and my ? is....

1. what is the best air intake for it

2. whats the best chip/programmer for it.. i dont want anything too crazy

3. whats the best size exhaust for it..

im comin from a dodge back to a and im so happy that goat is a hunk on you know what...

[nic0084]

You have alot of options here that will yield very similar results.

1. Intake... I would go with the DIY(do it yourself) style intake, lowest cost, or an AFE stage 2.

2. For tuning the truck the best would be a custom chip by Tony Wildman or DP Tuner. You can choose your settings, how many and they are adjustable on the fly. I personally like the TW tunes.

3. You can either completely straight pipe your stock exhaust, lowest cost, or get a 4" turbo back exhaust, what I recommend. Reguardless of what you choose here, replace the stock downpipe on your truck with a 3" downpipe. It is the best mod you can do to these trucks and will give you some turbo whistle

[nic0084]

...if you decide to run a chip or programmer... get gauges. I would recommend them anyways... they look sweet and are very helpful.

[Matt P]

+1 I agree that is the best combination for an OBS there

[SMKSTAX]

I AGREE TOTALLY TOO, JUST CHECK OUR SIGS!! LOL

[nic0084]

right on guys... lol

now were ready for an intercooler and injectors!

...someday

[RC51]

+ 3 that's the start to

[Matt P]

Originally Posted by nic0084

right on guys... lol

now were ready for an intercooler and injectors!

...someday

LOL yeah I got my intercooler sitting in my garage waiting to be put on when I have the time, and yeah someday injectors hopefully someday soon!