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My buddy has a 2000 power stroke with a 7.3L in it. He is thinking about puting a Preadator programmer on it. He sold me my wheels for a cheep price and i told him i would help him find a programer for his truck. If anyone has a different recomendation, any thing would help. Thanks guys.

i talked to one guy who has a 99 stoker, he said hes tried sct and diablo sport and he likes diablo sport the best

I Have Never Owned A Predator Product, But From What I Hear - Everyone Says The Tuner Is Built Like A Cheep Toy, But The Programming Is Great.

Most prefer the TS 6pos Chip instead of Programmers.

My Buddy Has That On His 7.3, He Loves It. Can Switch On The Fly.. No Uploading.

tony wildman 6pos :U:

totaldieselperformance.com

so far ive had...
edge evo
superchips
hypertech
banks ottomind
TS 6pos
Chris Stoner 6pos
Wildman 6pos

the wildman 6pos is by far the best chip ive ever had, it was love at first drive lol

The best programing for a 7.3... Hummmm

Dp Tuner

www.totaldieselperformance.com

Welcome to Elite Diesel Engineering

I'm with the others and second what Joe says -- a flip chip will likely be his best bet. Tony Wildman @ Total Diesel Performance and Jody @ DP and I think Tadd or Eric (one of them) at Elite are some of the best out there! Just call and discuss your options with each and pick one -- you can't go wrong :)

tony is a good man, he treated me right. i also bought my injectors from him and he burned my chip also. i will use him when ever i can.

I went with the DP tuner for mine. I love it! You can call Jody and he will program it however you want.

A custom chip is alway best. But if you want a programmer, the Diablo Sport Preadator is a good option for the 7.3. It has noticeable a difference over a Superchips programming.

Let me know if I can help,
Kenny

I am not to familiar with the 7.3 engines. But i saw this thread. My cousin has a 2000 7.3 and needs a chip/tuner for hauling. She hauls a horse trailer with two horses in it at most. And will be driving out west alot. So i want to get her something that's EGT and stock auto friendly and fairly cheap too.. Any suggestions guys?

Because Most Manufactors Don't Reccomend Towing Under The High Performance Mode... I Would Also Recomend The pos Chip To Skip The Whole Upload Downtime.

With a pos chip. You have to remove the ecu to install correct? And a downloader just plugs into the data port correct? I would like what ever is cheaper and don't want here to tear her truck up. 18 year old girl and she gets wild. I would hate for her to turn it all the way and have problems when she is over 1500-2000 miles away from home.

i would suggest an edge evolution programmer for her, ive tryed 95% of all programers out there and it was the best all a round. but if you want a custom pos chip i would suggest a wildman chip, tell him wat you want and he does it.

Ditto - and I think you can actually get some custome tunes loaded on the Evo now ... but for the price, you can't go wrong with a custom chip - just get a few (4) instead of all (6 [for Tony Wildman] - up to 15 I think with a DP) and don't let her get the extreme tune on it..

i'm currently running stock, light tow, heavy tow, and daily... no extreme here until the ole truck is ready :w2:

yea no extreme unless you want to buy a tranny along with that chip or programmer

Like was mentioned above, DP and Tony Wildman are both good chips. I know a lot of people that run Jody's (DP Tuner) and love them. I've got the DP F5 in my truck right now and it is awesome. If you are running sticks and a turbo, then live tuning is the way to go when he is in your area. He can really work some magic with his tuning.

Jody has tunes for just about everything on a stock truck. Right now I'm running:

No Start (built in alarm system, put the chip in postion 0 and pull the switch, makes it impossible to start the truck!)
Stock
60HP Tow
Deceleration Tune (opens up turbo and keeps the TC locked to slow you down pullin loads)
80HP Tow
80 Econo
120 Race
Drive-Thru Tune (pulls a lot of fuel away from the injectors and really quites the truck down for goin through fast food places)

Interesting. I like the features that has. I will check into that for sure.

Tony has all those tunes also, accept the drive-thru one, and possibly the deceleration tune... but his tow tunes automatically slow you down when you reach a certain MPH while stopping, so not sure why you would need to waste another position for just a deceleration tune.... ??

The decel tune turns on the EBPV to use it as an exhaust brake, and also keeps the TC locked. I dont have a EBPV anymore so I dont have it! But its a nice tune...

The drive thru has nothing to do with the "fuel" its timing change that makes it quite. Hit the gas in that setting and wooof, a big white cloud...

No matter what you go with for tuning, a set of gauges, and a valve body for the tranny are a must! You will cook a tranny with anyones tunes. Even stock they are junk.

Thanks for some clarification Joe :U:

I wasn't sure on the drive thru tune, just going off of some things I had read.. -- but as far as the tranny thing, you are totally correct... I'm on my second! Why do ya think there is NO Extreme/race file on my chip right now :D

and you MUST have guages almost before you do anything to your truck... unless you want to risk the expensive piece of machinery...

I'll take a quick video of the drive thru tune... and post it in a few...

cool! :rocking:

There ya go...