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1999 to 2003 7.3L Power Stroke Diesel 7.3L Power Stroke Diesel equipped Super Duty and Excursion. |
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Hey guys. I am sure you guys have gotten this a million times but I am fairly new to diesels and was looking for some help. I recently purchased a 2002 ford f-350 7.3 powerstroke. It has a 6" lift with 33's, bullydog cold air intake, 4" turbo back and then 5" cat back, fairly new trans in it and he said he put a shift kit in it as well. I would like to get more power out of it and was looking at getting a 6 position chip for it. I was hoping to get your advice on how you would approach this whether I need custom tunes or what not, or what you would do different and so on. From everything I have been told it is highly recommended to put gauges in the truck before putting a chip in it so one of my buddies has a bullydog watchdog that he is selling and was wondering if you think that would be okay to use or should I get something else. You guys come highly recommended so I figured I would ask the experts. Thanks for your help!
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Welcome to the forum. You will love PHP's tunes if you get them! ![]()
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02 F-350 Super Duty SCSB 4x4 SRW 7.3L TD, DIY-I, PHP-6 Phoenix, 4" Turbo-Back 409 MBRP, Glowshift 3 in 1, Fisher 8' MM2 "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." |
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Just FYI to add to that....you don't want to go over 24-25psi on a stock turbo.
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01 F350 7.3 4x4 CC SRW/3.73/315-75-16/Aeroforce Interceptor/BD Thruster II/ Bellowed Up-Pipes/4" turbo back exhaust/CCV Mod/DIY 6637/FPR Shimmed to 65 PSI/TS chip reburned with PHP tunes (Stock, 40T WITH Whsiper tune, 80DD, 100R, 140Ex, 140SS)/Replaced and Cleaned EBPS & Tube 4-6-12/Zoodad mod/Recon smoked cab lights/MM Hubs/Cowl Hood/HPx |
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02 F-350 Super Duty SCSB 4x4 SRW 7.3L TD, DIY-I, PHP-6 Phoenix, 4" Turbo-Back 409 MBRP, Glowshift 3 in 1, Fisher 8' MM2 "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." |
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Look up some sites like xtreme diesel performance and get a 3 or 4 gauge pillar set up. Transmission temp, boost and pyrometer are a very common set up. You should also consider installing a regulated return fuel system. The TS 6-pos. chip is what I like. I've used SCT and EDGE programmers. I still use an SCT to scan for codes.
Watch out for the power bug. Once it bites you, 7.3's get e-x-p-e-n-s-i-v-e!!
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2003 CCSB 4X4 Competition level 7.3L with all supporting mods, 38R trubo, BTS transmission, 250/100 injectors and Newton traction bars. 13.496 @ 100.43 mph 1/4 mile with severe tire spin (pre-traction bars) |
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My input on gauges is the AeroForce Interceptor. Yes ive been having problems with mine, but I have to give props to their customer service. It is currently sent off for warranty repair (hopefully replacement). But the concept of it is awesome. It is the size of a gauge...like the 2 1/16" gauges. But it plugs into the OBD2 port and reads available pid's. It can also take 2 aux inputs for egt and boost. Boost is available through the MAP sensor, but as mentioned it is only accurate so far. The auxillary boost gauge is mire accurate up to 100psi. You could also put the 2 aux inputs on a switch to switch to another aux input. Just change the slope and y (or x?) intercept in the aux gauge set-up screen.
It also has an anunciation (spelling) option. So if you don't want propane or water/method to be injected until 10psi, when it senses 10psi it will send current to the relay to engaged the propane or water/meth. It can pull/clear codes, run injector buzz test, and cylinder contribution test. When my gauge comes back I should have all of the aux sensors and components needed to read egts and boost.
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01 F350 7.3 4x4 CC SRW/3.73/315-75-16/Aeroforce Interceptor/BD Thruster II/ Bellowed Up-Pipes/4" turbo back exhaust/CCV Mod/DIY 6637/FPR Shimmed to 65 PSI/TS chip reburned with PHP tunes (Stock, 40T WITH Whsiper tune, 80DD, 100R, 140Ex, 140SS)/Replaced and Cleaned EBPS & Tube 4-6-12/Zoodad mod/Recon smoked cab lights/MM Hubs/Cowl Hood/HPx |
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