Can anyone tell me which chip is best for my 2000 F350 4x4 PSD? I see that Superchips offers 3 different versions (standard - 60 hp, Offroad - 80 hp or performance - 110 hp). My intention is not to go offroading with this vehicle. Likewise, on occasion I will be towing a 4,000+ boat over the Washington State Cadcade Mountain range.

I look forward to hearing from anyone.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Tom

 

Hi Prostartjh,
My advice would be to call Mike Troyer and speak with him.
You will get a faster response rather than using this thread as the means of getting your info.

Here you go and good luck.

Mike Troyer
Performance Products, Inc.
Truck & SUV Performance Specialists
National Distributor of Superchips
National Distributor of JDM Engineering Performance Parts for Lightnings
National Distributor of Magnaflow
(540) 862-9515

 

Hi Tom,

Thanks for dropping by & touching base!

We just released our new Superchips Micro Tuner for the Ford Powerstroke diesel. It contains both the CARB (emissions) certified program that adds 60 HP & 115 lbs./ft. of torque, as well as the more aggressive "Off Road" program, which adds 80 HP & 150+ lbs./ft. of torque. You can use your choice of either of those programs.

The +60 HP program, which we refer to as the "CARB" program, for it's 50-state emissions certification, does not require any other modifications to the vehicle and you still have your full rated towing capacity.

The Off Road program requires an EGT (exhaust gas temperature) gauge, as well as doing something to open up both the intake and the exhaust (S&B air filter & a turbo-back exhaust works nicely), so the engine can breathe as it needs to with that more powerful program. This program reduces your towing capacity to 4000 lbs., though as long as your EGT's stay in line, you can tow more. Some people have been able to tow 8000-10,000 lbs. on that program, it's all a matter of the EGT.

The Micro Tuner allows you to upload your choice of either of the performance programs in about 6 minutes, very quickly and easily, just connect it to the OBD-II port under the dash, and 6 minutes later you're running on your choice of the stock factory program, the CARB program, or the Off Road program. You can change back and forth as you like, in just 6 minutes.

The Micro Tuner is new, but the programs are not, they are the same programs that have been offered in the Superchips module for years, but now available in a much easier to install device for the Powerstroke diesel.

The Extreme program requries substantial additional modifications to the vehicle, is a custom program, and can only be had in the Superchip module, not in the Micro Tuner. Since you can't tow anything at all with that program, I doubt you'd want that, less than 1 tenth of 1 percent of our PSD owners use that Extreme program, as it's intended strictly for racing.

The Micro Tuner is the way to go for that PSD, as it gives you 2 different performance programs in a very easy to install device, and will give you all the power you'll ever need (or want, likely) in that PSD.

if you'd like to go over this in more detail, please feel free to give us a call.

To place your order for that unit, you can either call us, or you can use our online ordering system, and there is a link to take you there just below in our signature line.

Good luck with your PSD!

 

Mike -

Thanks for the reply. I have some additional questions.

1) I plan on installing a 6-inch lift with 36-inch tires. Will the chip re-calibrate my speedo?

2) When you refer to opening up the intake; is installing a K&N filter in the stock filter housing acceptable?

3) The exhaust I am thinking of is the Jardine, but I don't think it includes a new downpipe. Is a new downpipe required?

Thanks for all you help.

Tom

 

Hi Tom,

You're very welcome, of course!

Though that seems like just a few simple questions, it gets into far more than we can cover properly here, so we'll need to cover all the details by phone.

Briefly................

1.) No, we're not doing speedo calibrations on the PSD's, as there are very few PSD owners overall making those changes, so there is extremely little demand for us to do that, and a significant amount of R&D requried to do it in a code-specific manner as we do. However, Superchips just recently made us aware of someone that has a working solution for that very application, so that shouldn't be a problem & we can go over that with you. If this is an automatic, then we may have to do a custom program to correct the shift points for those huge tires, and that would put you into the regular Superchip module, instead of the Micro Tuner. And at this point, you can quickly see why we say we have to cover these kinds of things over the phone, as these issues are too detailed & this isn't the place or the medium to do that.

2.) For the Off Road program, yes, that would do. A proper intake kit that eliminates the restriction in the factory air intake tract would do a much better job, but that is not *required*. We carry all of those parts as well.

3.) You don't *have* to, however, replacing the exhaust but leaving the factory downtube in place on any Powerstroke diesel is not a really smart move, and it just doesn't cost that much more to replace the downtube when you're already replacing the rest of the exhaust. You should do all of that together, in a properly integrated & flow-engineered system. Any exhaust for a PSD needs to be only T-304 stainless steel, and we use the Magnaflow systems for those. The Magnaflow is offered in both a turbo-back configuration, which includes the larger downtube, or in a downtube-back configuration, which retains the factory downtube. We strongly recommend replacing the downtube if you're going to replace the exhaust, it's just common sense being the initial point of restriction coming out of the turbocharger, and not that much more expensive. We recommend not changing the exhaust **at all** unless you're going to "do it right," so to speak. If you're on a budget, and most of us are, sometimes you're better off waiting to do the exhaust until you can do it right, with a T-304 stainless system that includes the larger downtube. The reality is, this is just our recommendation, and is not actualy *required* to use the Off Road program, it just makes good sense and is the way to do it, we feel. What you choose to do is strictly up to you.

One thing you might want to consider is having us work up a package deal on everything for you, to get the best total price for the best parts. Again, that is certainly not required, but if you're going to do several modifications so you can use the Off Road program, there are several things you'll need & so it usually pays to do a package.

Obviously there are things that need to be covered in more detail, and to help you arrive at your decisions, so we'd suggest giving us a call sometime & go over all of this when you get a chance.

 

If your thinking of replacing the factory exhaust system I STRONGLY recomend any banks system. They are by far the best performing systems you can buy for the Power stroke. I have banks on both of my Super Duty's and from what I understood from Mike, Super Chips works closely with banks. So with the Banks & Super Chip Micro Tuner combonation, I think youd be more than pleased.