Best programmer for my '96 ?
nickdaytona
01-27-2008, 04:43 PM
My Jimmy is a '96 that did not see any winters for the first 9 years of it's life (first owner played hockey in sweden and stored it from Sept to may ) so it's in way better shape than it has a right to. I'm looking to put on a cold air as well as a programmer. My aim is better all around power hopefully better mpg . Which brand is best for me? St. Jimmy is a W 4.3.
Thanks !
Thanks !
JimmyRiggin'
05-06-2008, 03:52 PM
My Jimmy is a '96 that did not see any winters for the first 9 years of it's life (first owner played hockey in sweden and stored it from Sept to may ) so it's in way better shape than it has a right to. I'm looking to put on a cold air as well as a programmer. My aim is better all around power hopefully better mpg . Which brand is best for me? St. Jimmy is a W 4.3.
Thanks !
Get a poweraid Tb spacer. This is one of the best things you can put on your intake, for 150.00ish it's a steal.
Aviod the cold air unless its a street truck, that won't be rain driven (or even puddle driven for that matter)
Get a high flow k&n filter and stick with the sealed stock intake box.
get a gibson side swept exhaust If you can afford (400 for alum, 600 for stainless) with a high flow magnaflow Cat. Everything can be installed at a shop for around 850.00
With these simple mods for just over 1K. it'll be snorting like a hog.
Not to mention the fuel saving you will get.
Also look inside your Air plenum to see if there is alot of carbon present. If so, I suggest taking off the intake manifold and having it dipped and re machined, and make sure you intall the fel-pro gaskets after because the OEM ones are prone to failure anyway. (this is why GMC has a class action lawsuit in Canada.) Also clean up the Egr valve, and passages the best you can while your in there. A simple job that can be done in a weekend, that will end up gaining you improved mpg, power, and engine life.
I am about to install an high performance ingnition module and coil so I'll let you know how that goes.
Thanks !
Get a poweraid Tb spacer. This is one of the best things you can put on your intake, for 150.00ish it's a steal.
Aviod the cold air unless its a street truck, that won't be rain driven (or even puddle driven for that matter)
Get a high flow k&n filter and stick with the sealed stock intake box.
get a gibson side swept exhaust If you can afford (400 for alum, 600 for stainless) with a high flow magnaflow Cat. Everything can be installed at a shop for around 850.00
With these simple mods for just over 1K. it'll be snorting like a hog.
Not to mention the fuel saving you will get.
Also look inside your Air plenum to see if there is alot of carbon present. If so, I suggest taking off the intake manifold and having it dipped and re machined, and make sure you intall the fel-pro gaskets after because the OEM ones are prone to failure anyway. (this is why GMC has a class action lawsuit in Canada.) Also clean up the Egr valve, and passages the best you can while your in there. A simple job that can be done in a weekend, that will end up gaining you improved mpg, power, and engine life.
I am about to install an high performance ingnition module and coil so I'll let you know how that goes.
ZL1power69
05-06-2008, 09:30 PM
Do the basic boltons like intake, exhaust, exc before you start messing with the computer. When you are ready for a tune you could either buy a hypertech programmer, send your computer to wait4me performance or pcmforless for a custom tune, or have someone tune the computer with hptuners or efi live.
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