7.3 worhorse power chip

[zstroken]

Anybody know much about these?

Good, bad, ???

Supposed to be 75HP chip.

 

[JJeepyjohn]

prolly just a Bullydog renamed. guessing???

 

[zstroken]

prolly just a Bullydog renamed. guessing???

Maybe, not for sure. Just what I was told. Said the mileage jumped up quite a bit.

 

[JJeepyjohn]

whats "quite" a bit? most chips/programs will depending alot on the driver

 

[zstroken]

whats "quite" a bit? most chips/programs will depending alot on the driver

Went from 16.5 to 22. Take if for what is worth.

Said it has been on the truck for 60K. Truck has 162K on it. It is a 7.3 excursion anything I should look for?

 

[JJeepyjohn]

Went from 16.5 to 22. Take if for what is worth.

Hard to believe from a 7.3 ,not saying impossible.. but maybe very rare.If true. most gaines are in the 2-3 mpg range. Got a pic of the chip or link?

 

[zstroken]

No I don't.

 

[JJeepyjohn]

You looking for a chip or a miracle? I can get ya a chip. Fresh outta miracles thou.

 

[zstroken]

No, I was just curious if someone had heard of it. Looking at a 7.3 that has one on it.

 

[JJeepyjohn]

Id call BS on that mileage gain from just a chip.IMO

 

[JJeepyjohn]

read this and if you know how a 7.3 works you'll call BS on it as well the way they describe it.

SAFELY increase fuel economy power with the Workhorse

Odds are it plugs into the ICP sensor and changes values seen by the ECU not much different then an EDGE or other plug and play box.

 

[zstroken]

Id call BS on that mileage gain from just a chip.IMO

I really could care less if the mileage goes from 16-23. Was curious more of anyone's experience with it.

 

[JJeepyjohn]

Chips can change pressures,timing,pulse width etc.. along with tranny programming depending on programs/ programmer..

 

[Pocket]

Anybody know much about these?

Good, bad, ???

Supposed to be 75HP chip.

It's nothing more than a severely overpriced ICP fooler. These things have been around since before tuning became available for the Powerstrokes, and for far far far far far cheaper. It also doesn't add 75hp, more like 40 tops. You'll get a touchy accelerator pedal too.

Speaking of touchy accelerator... that's where the so-called mileage gains are seen. The mileage claim of jumping to 22 mpg's is nothing more than relying on the overhead console for mileage readouts. That display gets it's information partially from the accelerator pedal position (calculating mass fuel desired). When ICP is increased, you need less pedal to inject the amount of fuel needed. The overhead console reads that difference in pedal position, and interprets it as less fueling overall, even though it isn't. So the result is a higher reading out of the display.

There isn't really anything majorly wrong with an ICP fooler. But it doesn't come close to good tuning. In addition, that pricing for nothing more than an ICP fooler is outrageous at best. A complete rip off.