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Which Tuner? 99 Powerstroke

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Cylvertip:
Dealer flashed my Dyna Source chip circa' 1999.  What tuner should I get to replace it?

 I believe the chip had added 70 to 80 HP and 160 +ft-lbs of torque. 
I see good reviews of "dash" tuners from Superchip, Bully Dog, and Banks.  All in th $400 to $600 range.  It would be nice to be able to see temps and adjust for towing  and speed/ performance....I mean economy ( sure I do)

I liked the better throttle response and umph the chip gave me.  Guessing it got me some mileage too. 16 mpg most of the time just driving ( I have a heavy foot quite often). 12 mpg with camper and or boat or empty trailer.  Right around 10 pulling excavator - maybe a touch better.

I have a camper and also tow a 5k lb dump trailer and 9k lb excavator.  it is an auto (heavey duty build), 4wd, and has 35" tires. Original factory exhaust and air intake, but k&n filter. 

190 k on the truck.

Thanks for input.

HntnFsh:
Edge Evolution!

Cylvertip:
I touched base with Randy at Randy's Offroad Friday.  Diesel Guru.  They are my go to shop but unfortunately they are booked out months in advance so the truck had to go to a dealer - and this time it caused some pain.  Dealer helped on my bill so I think we are square.  Anyway.  Sounds like the 99 Superduty's and most of the tuners out there don't play well together.  Randy has one for $335 and tax that gets along with the truck real well.  I go grab it this week.  It will give me everything I had plus some and options for tune.  Plug and play and super easy.  Forget the name.  Maybe TSE? He recommended if I wanted guages, we do those separately and I would be much happier.

  I picked the truck up from the dealer yesterday and it definitely is a different animal without the chip.  Won't set you back in the seat and way rougher trany shifts.  The problem it went to the dealer for is fixed though, so in the end , I will be happy.

timberghost72:
Get yourself the TS 6 position switch. It is very easy to install and will wake up your truck! There are lots of places to buy online and info. I have it in my '97 F350 7.3l and it performs awesome.

I wouldn't buy the Edge. I had one for a couple of years and didn't like it. It is hard on the transmission by raising line pressure creating harder shift points. And you have to reprogram every time you want to change power level. The TS changes power levels on the fly.

https://www.xtremediesel.com/ts-performance-switchable-6-position-chip-73l-powerstroke

Jingles:
Do not know if it is available for a 99 but the tuner that came with my delete kit is EZlynk by Auto Agent. Is extremely easy and quick to install between doing the delete,on my 15 F250, EGR and DPF and installing the programmer took a total of 8 hrs in the garage. Programmer is plug and play and comes with A 5 position power switch, can get from 440hp stock at level 1 to 770hp at level 5.

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