Eric,
I'm holding out for the moment, but weakening somewhat over the question of whether to chip my truck. I like the idea of more thrust, of course, but I also like the idea of a long lived and healthy drive train. Of the power boxes and programmers I've become familiar with, the California tune Juice and the Stealth tuner have the most appeal. I like the Juice's ability to ease the stress on the transmission, but it seems to suffer from hot breath, which might challenge the valves and pistons. I like the Stealth's cooler temps, but don't know whether its use of fairly advanced injection timing will have any ill effects on the ultimate durability of the engine, and, I guess, it doesn't defuel when shifting to protect the tranny. Recognizing that this Board does not have sensitive vendors lurking in the shadows, from your candid perspective as someone intimately familiar with the bowels of these marvelous trucks, do either of these or any other similar performance enhancements offer a better combination of benefits over risks of engine or transmission damage? My principle interests are long term durability while towing, more than rippling the pavement with mighty bursts of speed, well, except for on ramps ... and occasionally keeping yappy little economy trucks in their places....
Thanks,
TC
I'm holding out for the moment, but weakening somewhat over the question of whether to chip my truck. I like the idea of more thrust, of course, but I also like the idea of a long lived and healthy drive train. Of the power boxes and programmers I've become familiar with, the California tune Juice and the Stealth tuner have the most appeal. I like the Juice's ability to ease the stress on the transmission, but it seems to suffer from hot breath, which might challenge the valves and pistons. I like the Stealth's cooler temps, but don't know whether its use of fairly advanced injection timing will have any ill effects on the ultimate durability of the engine, and, I guess, it doesn't defuel when shifting to protect the tranny. Recognizing that this Board does not have sensitive vendors lurking in the shadows, from your candid perspective as someone intimately familiar with the bowels of these marvelous trucks, do either of these or any other similar performance enhancements offer a better combination of benefits over risks of engine or transmission damage? My principle interests are long term durability while towing, more than rippling the pavement with mighty bursts of speed, well, except for on ramps ... and occasionally keeping yappy little economy trucks in their places....
Thanks,
TC