| If you are looking for information on | | | | that you can adjust and disable on the fly. |
| increasing the horsepower, torque and fuel | | | | |
| mileage on your diesel pickup or medium duty | | | | Diesel Performance Chips are easy to install |
| truck, please take a moment to read this | | | | with torque gains up to 200 lbs/ft or add up |
| article.A performance chip or power | | | | to 171 ponies under the hood depending on the |
| programmer may be what you are interested in | | | | specific vehicle.For simplicities sake, we |
| learning about. A programmer, or a | | | | will just call them all chips. They work by |
| downloader, is a hand held tuning computer | | | | adjusting the vehicles timing curve, shift |
| with the capability of reprogramming the | | | | point, the rev, and speed limiters, and the |
| vehicles onboard computer by plugging into | | | | fuel rate. They are to use and do not void |
| the underdash diagnostic port . Some are even | | | | the warranty. However if you take you truck |
| code readers in the some unit. A chip is a | | | | to the dealer, it is a good idea to remove |
| replacement part that upgrades your stock | | | | the programming just in case they have a |
| component. There are also modules and chips | | | | factory software upgrade for your computer. |
| that plug into the vehicles wiring harness | | | | |