Help deciding what combination of tunes for my truck

[spongecop]

I am about to pull the trigger on a Pheonix chip and need some advice on tune selection.

The truck: stock 2001 F250, Auto, 4wd, CC, SRW

Mods to date: 4" turbo back exhaust, EBPV delete when I rebuilt the turbo, Early 99 wheel, Ford AIS intake.

I live in Dallas, TX and drive in stop an go traffic to work every day. Longer freeway trips on occasion and when I go to hunting lease. I am not looking for a race truck just a good combination of DD tunes and one moderate performance tune when i feel like screwing around. I do not tow very much and when I do its usually light. However, I do tow a 28' center console boat once or twice a year for a friend (approx 8k lbs). need the anti theft feature here in Dallas as these SD's are stolen daily.

Main concern is dropping the tranny after i put tunes on the truck...dont want to put myself in a hole fiancially just to have some fun. Any imput or advice is appreciated. Just not sure what tunes run best in these trucks.

Thanks,


Paul

[cj45lc]

I'm real happy with the tunes in my sig, stay in the 80dd most of the time but the 120race is fun

[spongecop]

Thanks for the quick reply. I have not spoken with anyone from PHP yet but does the 65 tow work for light towing also? Whats the difference btwn the 65 DD and 80DD?

[ticopowell]

The 65tow is for light towing I thought, and the difference between 65dd and 80dd is the hp. Maybe a little timing and shifting differences, but almost the same. I used the 120 tune on my truck I just recently sold, I got used to it and never wanted to use any other tune with it. I also seemed to get the best mileage with it.
My tune selection was:
stock
40 tow
65 tow
80 dd
120 hp(race? performance? not sure...)
no start.

I used the 40 tow to pull a 9k trailer, got decent mileage, decent meaning better than 10mpg's. I used the 65 to pull the trailer empty, the 80 was nice, but like I said, I really used the 120 the most.
I hope that helps your selection, oh and I had a MT so it didn't make much of a difference between tow and DD tunes, they were just hp levels. Good luck, oh and mine is for sale so I can save you some money. It is in the classifieds, make an offer. I am in Del Rio, Tx so shipping should be fairly cheap.

[cj45lc]

Originally Posted by spongecop

Thanks for the quick reply. I have not spoken with anyone from PHP yet but does the 65 tow work for light towing also? Whats the difference btwn the 65 DD and 80DD?

I really don't use my 65tow very often, I pull my gn horse trl in the 80dd & every thing stays good (EGT)

As far as the 65/80dd I doubt that a fella would notice any difference between the two, but then again I sure ain't no expert

[spongecop]

thanks for the advice.