hey guys around december i well i have money to put into my 7.3L and i was wondering if yall could provide some feed back on programmers and exhaust etc... to help me make my decision, i dont need 500 hp and 2,000 pounds of torque haha but i would like to give my truck some attitude, i have all ready have a aftermarket intake. thanks for the info

 

Any 4" exhaust will do, just shop around and find a good deal from any of the vendors... I know Riffraff always has some good deals and Clay has the best service around, but all the vendors are pretty good too...

Now before we talk about chips, you will want to get some gauges. Most get boost, pyro and trans temp (if you have auto trans) However the most important is the pyro or EGT gauge. So make sure you get a good set of gauges..

As for a chip, you want to get a TS chip with custom tunes on it. Whether it be from Swamps, Beans, Tony Wildman, PHP, Gearhead, DI... It's kind of a pick your poison, they are all really good tuners...

Welcome to the site by the way, glad to have ya!

 

ok thanks for the info, i was considering programmers like edge because it displays all of the info like egts and trans temp, but ill look into ts chips and oh umm if i go ahead and get a chip do i need to worry about the transmission?

 

No prob..

How many miles on the truck? Has the trans ever been rebuilt or is it the factory trans? It really depends on the current condition of your trans... Some guys have smoked transmissions with just a chip, others have run a stock transmission with bigger injectors and a chip. It's one of those questions that is tough to answer. If you haven't had any problems with your trans and it has been maintained, then I don't think you will have any problems with adding a chip. Just get yourself a trans temp gauge and keep an eye on it...

 

thr truck has 140,000 miles on it im told my truck is still a baby mileage wise the trans is factory and never rebuilt , but my truck is sitting on 38inch tires and i dont want to burn up my trans

 

tranny's is a tough thing to say yes or no. i smoked a stock E4OD in my old 96 at 142,000 miles. then my buddy has a 96 ford with the E4OD and 258,000 on the original tranny.

 

edge is good i got it on mine tons of power n mpg gains like 2mpg that or ts is realy good too or u could do both edge heads up dash unit n ts

 

ok thanks for the info fordornothing and artic fox

 

Id go with a custom ts style style over the edge

 

damn alot of people are liking the ts chip, i like the fact you can pick like six different settings and i like most of them but when it comes to the lope and stuff i dont even know if things like that are beneficial or is it just for show? i like edge because the cts checks codes and the gauges are built in, im just afraid to buy a programmer that will kill my truck and with me being 19 i wouldnt have the money to replace it