Well, I now have the money behind me and am about to pull the trigger on the PHP Hydra chip for my 2000 7.3. I have read very thoroughly about this chip, and it looks like it is a very great, reliable chip, but I still had a few opinion based questions I wanted to run past you guys.
- What are your experiences with it? Good or bad?
- What tune do you recommend to run for best fuel mileage in town? Highway? Best "fun" tune?
- How do I know which tunes are the correct one for my truck?
Thanks for any help you can give!!
- Bryant :ford:
With the hydra you have unlimited access to the standard tunes library. Just buy it and load it up with all the tunes for your hex code and go see what you like for yourself.
Enjoy
only thing I don't like is that for whatever reason my truck doesn't go directly to a smooth idle when slowing down on any of the settings. Stock it is rock solid idle but with the hydra it does the "chug chug chug" for a few seconds before settling to idle.
sounds like a gas er with a cam,, pulled in the store the other day ,and got out and a guy asked if I had it in a lope tune while I was driving ,,lol, he was young
Corey, can you give me the specifics on your PHP chip and guage package deals?
I have a 2000 4x4 7.3 that is stock except for an extra tranny cooler.
I'm looking to add intake, chip, exhaust, and gauge package, with the end goal of being able to better tow my 13,000 lb 5'th wheel, and get better mpg when not towing.
Do you have any advice on what to buy? I kinda like what i see from the PHP Hydra chip that I can flash myself at home instead of paying 40 for each program change.
So far I've had everyone suggest S&B cold air intake, Diamond Eye exhaust kit 4' turbo flow through, and either TS or DP 6 position chip, and as far as gauges, I have not started researching them yet.
Does the PHP Hydra come loaded with tunes or is it empty and you have to load it yourself?
I'm in the same boat, 2000 excursion with ECU code AXD0 early 2000 and only the Hydra will work. I bought a TS6 and was going to load it with PHP tunes but apparently that won't work. I will sell the TS6 and buy a Hydra from Corey.
Pull your ECU and check it's code first.
I've changed icp and the ipr what else could cause this ????? SENSORE WISE all wires are good I'M ALL EARS !!!!!!
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