programmer?
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I don't beleive they make a programmer. But they make a chip. Look at this:http://www.troyerperformance.com/cgi...alogno=SCT6600
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From: Virginia
Hi Fordracer69,
It's not just that nobody bothers to make one for your vehicle - the issue is that due o the model year of your vehicle, it *can't* be done. Your vehicle doesn't even have the type of PCM or port to be able to flash the PCM - it has an ECC-IV, and thus cannot be flashed with a modern programmer or tuner - so you'll have to use a "traditional" chip rather than any kind of "programmer."
Basically, for practical purposes the vehicle has to be a 1996 or newer model to even have the potential to be able to "flash" it with a hand-held tuner - there are a few pre-1996 vehicles that have parts of OBD-II, but none are fully OBD-II until the 1996 model year.
However, it's easy to install a chip in that vehicle, so you can enjoy all the benefits of proper performance tuning - we tune 4.9, 5.0, 5.8, 7.5, etc pre-1996 FoMoCo vehicles all the time. Just give us a call at our number listed below if you'd like to know more about just what exactly can be done for your vehicle!
Good luck,
It's not just that nobody bothers to make one for your vehicle - the issue is that due o the model year of your vehicle, it *can't* be done. Your vehicle doesn't even have the type of PCM or port to be able to flash the PCM - it has an ECC-IV, and thus cannot be flashed with a modern programmer or tuner - so you'll have to use a "traditional" chip rather than any kind of "programmer."
Basically, for practical purposes the vehicle has to be a 1996 or newer model to even have the potential to be able to "flash" it with a hand-held tuner - there are a few pre-1996 vehicles that have parts of OBD-II, but none are fully OBD-II until the 1996 model year.
However, it's easy to install a chip in that vehicle, so you can enjoy all the benefits of proper performance tuning - we tune 4.9, 5.0, 5.8, 7.5, etc pre-1996 FoMoCo vehicles all the time. Just give us a call at our number listed below if you'd like to know more about just what exactly can be done for your vehicle!
Good luck,