Programmer for 2010 F250 Diesel

jtischauser · Mar 4, 2012

Guys,

I need to get better gas mileage out of my truck. Anybody have personal experience with any of these diesel computer programmers or chips?

Wall · Mar 4, 2012

I'll bet Brian K can help you out

poopgiggle · Mar 4, 2012

Be very careful. A friend of mine was dicking around with the CAN system in his car and managed to brick his ECU.

Dieseltech09 · Mar 4, 2012

Get a hold of Matt at GearHead Performance. Order a SCT with his custom files. You will be amazed at what your truck will do with his programmer.
http://www.gearheadautomotiveperformance.com/index.php

DoctorJJ is running his product on his 6.0 and is very happy with the results.

Jeremy Moore · Mar 4, 2012

I have an '09. From factory I was getting 10mpg. After I cut out the catalytic converter, drilled holes in the bottom of the air box and isntalled the XRT Pro (http://www.hsperformance.com/xrt-pro/), I now get about 16 in the city and 17-19 on the highway. I probably could get better on the hwy if I kept it under 90!

jtischauser · Mar 5, 2012

Jeremy Moore said:
I have an '09. From factory I was getting 10mpg. After I cut out the catalytic converter, drilled holes in the bottom of the air box and isntalled the XRT Pro (http://www.hsperformance.com/xrt-pro/), I now get about 16 in the city and 17-19 on the highway. I probably could get better on the hwy if I kept it under 90!

That's the kind of numbers I'm looking for. Do u think just adding a programmer will do it or do I need to open up the exhaust and intake to get things flowing better?

Dieseltech09 · Mar 5, 2012

exhaust will help alot. On the intake side really unless you upgrade our turbo the factory intake system is going to flow all the air you need. On the exhaust side of things you can go with a DPF back system or a DPF delete system. If you delete the DPF you have be sure the programmer you buy has a DPF delete option.
Check this out if you want to do the delete
http://www.dpfdeletekits.com/sct-tsx-or.html

Jeremy Moore · Mar 6, 2012

Jesse Tischauser said:
That's the kind of numbers I'm looking for. Do u think just adding a programmer will do it or do I need to open up the exhaust and intake to get things flowing better?

Just adding a programmer will help. Don't know how much. I had everything done to mine at the same time.

Stiglitz · Mar 12, 2012

Do a SCT Tuner with custom tunes or an H&S Mini max or black max tuner http://www.hsperformance.com/

I've used both when I had my 09 F250. Both were solid but I enjoyed the H&S a little better.

Stiglitz · Mar 12, 2012

Jesse Tischauser said:
That's the kind of numbers I'm looking for. Do u think just adding a programmer will do it or do I need to open up the exhaust and intake to get things flowing better?

The stock intake is fine on that series. but opening the exhaust and a DPF delete (Depending on your warranty) will give you a significant boost in your fuel mileage