Differences in early 99's bad?

[77 powerstroke]

i heard the early 99 powerstrokes had smaller oil pumps so ive been nervous about chipin mine i was thinking more along with the dp- tuner

[alabamafrog]

E99s have a smaller HPOP, same as the 94-97, but chipping will not hurt a thing, its only when you go to the really big injectors that there is a problem.

[cvdenson]

Definitely get a DP tune, it really woke mine up.

Chris

[southmike]

i chipped mine with a ts chip..eventually I get some reburns.
there is one flaw in an early 99.
if you get technical the cruise control light does not work....big deal.

if you go to a pmt1 or 2 pcm it does work, and the tranny shifts a lil better.

the brakes a re a lil diffferent to, but only matters when you order new rotors and such...
someone actually has the conversions for that too. but I never bothered.

a surge free turbo, and forged rods are perks of an early 99.
oh yeah..the cup holder really stinks on them too.
don't trust them to hold around any turn.

[Dirk]

Originally Posted by southmike

i chipped mine with a ts chip..eventually I get some reburns.
there is one flaw in an early 99.
if you get technical the cruise control light does not work....big deal.

if you go to a pmt1 or 2 pcm it does work, and the tranny shifts a lil better.

the brakes a re a lil diffferent to, but only matters when you order new rotors and such...
someone actually has the conversions for that too. but I never bothered.

a surge free turbo, and forged rods are perks of an early 99.
oh yeah..the cup holder really stinks on them too.
don't trust them to hold around any turn.

Cruise light does not work in all early 99's with a later pcm.

[binder man]

I would not trade my Early bird special for anything.....I'm glad alabama frog said something about sitting higher. because thats the first thing I noticed on mine was the lean to the front, my blocks in the back are 1.5" higher than my dad's late 99.....People say that the turbo won't make as much pressure either from what I've read on here but I have no problem hitting 30 PSI in mine....If I had to do it again I would shop for NOTHING BUT a early 99 but coming in buying this one I had no idean there was a early and late and I became one of the few and one of the proud

Luke

[strokin_early_99]

Originally Posted by binder man

I would not trade my Early bird special for anything.....I'm glad alabama frog said something about sitting higher. because thats the first thing I noticed on mine was the lean to the front, my blocks in the back are 1.5" higher than my dad's late 99.....People say that the turbo won't make as much pressure either from what I've read on here but I have no problem hitting 30 PSI in mine....If I had to do it again I would shop for NOTHING BUT a early 99 but coming in buying this one I had no idean there was a early and late and I became one of the few and one of the proud

Luke

Well said. I too love my early bird.

[Dirk]

Originally Posted by binder man

I would not trade my Early bird special for anything.....I'm glad alabama frog said something about sitting higher. because thats the first thing I noticed on mine was the lean to the front, my blocks in the back are 1.5" higher than my dad's late 99.....People say that the turbo won't make as much pressure either from what I've read on here but I have no problem hitting 30 PSI in mine....If I had to do it again I would shop for NOTHING BUT a early 99 but coming in buying this one I had no idean there was a early and late and I became one of the few and one of the proud

Luke

I have a hard time trying to NOT hit 35-40psi.

I love my early 99. I like to think it's tougher than the late 99+.

[binder man]

I'm guessing with your dyno numbers you have more than just a 10K mod though lol

Luke

[Dirk]

Originally Posted by binder man

I'm guessing with your dyno numbers you have more than just a 10K mod though lol

Luke

No, It's the 10k mod...



10k in cash...