6 pos tuner???
 

I have a 1999 f-450 6 speed.
I want to tune it with a 6 pos tuner. but I don't know which one to go with a which tunes. The truck does some serious pulling. So if anyone can give me some advice that would be great!!
It currently has a straight pipe and intake.

What size straight pipe?
If you do any towing you are going to need a 4" turbo back at the least.

What kind of intake?
To keep your EGT's from skyrocketting, you need to be able to breathe.

Gauges?
While towing, gauges are the cheapest insurance you can get to make sure you arent burning up your transmission or engine.

Chip--- when it comes to buying a TS chip, it doesnt really matter where you get it because there are so many good tuners out there and they all sell the 6pos chip. Some good options which you have to pick from are: Tony Wildman, PHP, Beans, BTS... any a few others. All do custom tuning and with a quick call would be very glad to hook you up with exactly what you need for how you use your truck.

It has a 4" straight pipe and idk what kind of intake

Okay, so you are covered for exhaust. Find out what kind of intake it has.

The intake is an airaid

Hmm okay, you should be good there as well depending on the condition of the filter itself.

Any other modifications?

No other mods it has a fresh set of injectors

Have you looked at gauges at all?

Not yet I'm just getting an idea

Okay, I suggest that you invest in gauges before a chip. You dont have to. As in its not necessary but its kinda stupid not to. My dad refuses to spend the $500 it costs for a good set of gauges in his chipped truck and has paid dearly for it (he is on his 3rd transmission in 150k). He is a contractor so he uses his truck to tow very heavy loads. So instead of $500 invested into gauges, he has burnt up 2 trannys costing him about 3k each. :ouch: You decide what you want.:humm: And that was just for his tranny, he has also melted a couple turbos and im sure that his cylinders dont look to pretty either. :argh:

What kind of guages do you suggest?

Isspro or Autometer. You pay for the name for the Autometer ones, but they have some really cool styles. Isspro are just as good of quality as Autometer, but cheaper.
I recommend getting your gauges from Clay at RiffRaff. Great prices and customer service.
Riffraff Diesel Performance Parts: Ford Powerstroke Gauges | 7.3L Powerstroke Gauges | Diesel Gauges & Accessories - Gauges & Mounts
^ that is a link to his gauges page. Click on the package option and it will show you some really good priced options. Boost, pyro, and trans temp are the most common three. There are a ton of other options for gauges such as oil temp, fuel pres. and coolant temp. But they really aren't necessary unless you want to know exactly what your truck is doing at all times.

As you can see in my signature I have gauges from banks, they work fine. My pyro makes a buzzing noise, dont know why. But i bought them before i knew anything about them and over payed quite a bit for them. :dang:

We deal mostly with Isspro. We can set you up.


Luke

There you go, vendors knocking on your front door. :tu:

Just ordered a set of gauges. i went ahead and got the autometer cobalt digital set.
so now that that is done what are the best settings for a php 6 position?

Ahhh! :jump:
congrats, you just saved your truck from doom, if you watch the gauges and listen to them anyways haha
So settings... what all do you use your truck for?

It pulls a 40 ft gooseneck with either a backhoe dozer or a skidsteer and mini excavator.
the skidsteer and mini ex are on the trailer together a lot .
but i would love to smoke some prius owners out lol :)

Alright, so alot of heavy towing.
I would suggest the following tunes.
1. Stock
2. Extremely Heavy Tow
3. Heavy Tow or Moderate Tow (you decide, or talk to the guys at PHP)
4. 80DD
5. Whisper or High Idle (also a decision that depends on what you want)
6. 140 Extreme (for the Prius owners :bat: )

Idk if you saw it, but they have a whole list of their tunes on this page: Power Hungry Performance - Phoenix™ Chip

Ps. Dont tow in your 140 tune, you will screw your tranny before you can blink. :scare2:

Will the 6 speed trans hold up to the 140 tune pretty well?

It should, I think your clutch will be fine with stock injectors and no load. But bump up one or the other, and you probably better look into an upgraded clutch. I aint got no advice for you there though, Iv never owned a stick diesel, just a little audi and an old gasser. But just running your 140 unloaded will be fine. Pick a high gear and let the coal roll :w2:
But expect to pay the difference in fuel and watch your pyro. Never shall you let it exceed 1300. 1200 is pushing it.

Ok yeah I'm thinking about the southbend dual disk clutch.

Southbend is good stuff. What my Audi had, loved it. I have no idea what kind of quality their diesel rated stuff is though. I would start a new thread related to that specifically and see what other people with zf6's suggest for clutches.

My dad has a 1200 hp pull truck. and all he runs is southbend triple disk clutches and they last.
I really appriciate all of your advice and help.

:tu: Yeah, I think that you have your answer then. That's impressive. :s:

Any time, I have had so many people help me that the least I can do is help others.

I do the same towing you are doing and I had Power Hungry Performance install a 6 position chip and stage 1 injector for me. Milage when up from 13 to 17 completely empty and no trailer. Completely loaded down on 10 ton gooseneck milage went up from 9 to 11. Not much but every little bit helps.

My truck is a E99 F-350 Dually with intake and exhaust mods, gauges, injectors and chip. Just got the CoolMist Water/Meth injection and will install in the next two weeks.