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Old 04-07-2012, 10:40 PM
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high miles what chip should i get?

i have 200,xxx miles and brand new rebuilt tranny on early 99 not looking to smoke out the street or roast the tires off nothing to harmful basically just looking for better fuel economy and just a little **** behind it to livin it up but safe on my truck. Wondering which route i should go? chip or program? and what kind?
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Old 04-08-2012, 06:41 AM
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PHP gets my vote with the Phoenix setup.
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Old 04-08-2012, 09:18 AM
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If you do a search you'll find about 1,000 discussions on this. 200k the motor is really just broke in. any custom tunes will do good for the truck.
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Old 04-08-2012, 09:44 AM
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get custom tunes just for the trans shifting improvements!
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Old 04-08-2012, 05:41 PM
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Alot of people here run php and dp tuner idk what kind of tunes php offers I have a dp tuner on my 99. I leave it on 80 Eco.

I have 199,000 on my truck bought it two years ago with 189,000 and it never had any performance stuff haven't had a problem 200k is just broken in you can get 500,000 with good maintenance


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Old 04-09-2012, 10:16 AM
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Symple..get a TS chip with custom tunes from a tuner you like that way if and when you want to try other great tuners..you can!
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