tow truck blues

firebird · 10-30-2011, 11:35 PM

i have a 98 chevy 3500 454 ci tow rig .my problem is its lack of power ---are the computer chips the answer? i don't want to put a lot of money in it --thanks

Alan Roehrich · 10-31-2011, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by firebird

i have a 98 chevy 3500 454 ci tow rig .my problem is its lack of power ---are the computer chips the answer? i don't want to put a lot of money in it --thanks

Evidently, you own a race car, a trailer to haul it in, and a truck to tow it all with . Define "a lot of money". A year's worth of truck payments on a used late model truck would probably run $6K, and a late model used truck would take more than a year or two to pay off. You could probably do a lot for your truck for that amount or less.

It does not have a "chip". Ed Wright (fast chips) can program your computer for you. He's a member here.

treessavoy · 11-01-2011, 01:01 PM

Short answer might be to move up to a 502.

JimR

Rob Petrie E395 · 11-04-2011, 08:49 PM

[QUOTE=Alan Roehrich;290818]Evidently, you own a race car, a trailer to haul it in, and a truck to tow it all with . Define "a lot of money". A year's worth of truck payments on a used late model truck would probably run $6K, and a late model used truck would take more than a year or two to pay off. You could probably do a lot for your truck for that amount or less.

It does not have a "chip". Ed Wright (fast chips) can program your computer for you. He's a member here.[/QUOTE

I had my (98 GMC K3500 454 at the time towing a 44' Haulmark GN)done by Ed when I was down at his shop getting my bracket car dyno tuned a few years ago. It made a hell of a difference so much so that a hour into the trip home I called back to his shop to thank him. I dont know if he still has it on his site (fastchip .com) but he had dyno graphs on there comparing before and after. I know we dont tow with or race dynos but I love mine now and wish I had done it alot sooner. I had the hand held deal before it and it seemed to do nothing.

10-30-2011, 11:35 PM	#1
firebird Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 52 Likes: 1 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	tow truck blues i have a 98 chevy 3500 454 ci tow rig .my problem is its lack of power ---are the computer chips the answer? i don't want to put a lot of money in it --thanks

11-01-2011, 01:01 PM	#3
treessavoy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dunnellon,FL Posts: 1,103 Likes: 0 Liked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: tow truck blues Short answer might be to move up to a 502. JimR __________________ Jim Rountree

11-04-2011, 08:49 PM	#4
Rob Petrie E395 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Woodlawn IL Posts: 1,093 Likes: 162 Liked 219 Times in 79 Posts	Re: tow truck blues [QUOTE=Alan Roehrich;290818]Evidently, you own a race car, a trailer to haul it in, and a truck to tow it all with . Define "a lot of money". A year's worth of truck payments on a used late model truck would probably run $6K, and a late model used truck would take more than a year or two to pay off. You could probably do a lot for your truck for that amount or less. It does not have a "chip". Ed Wright (fast chips) can program your computer for you. He's a member here.[/QUOTE I had my (98 GMC K3500 454 at the time towing a 44' Haulmark GN)done by Ed when I was down at his shop getting my bracket car dyno tuned a few years ago. It made a hell of a difference so much so that a hour into the trip home I called back to his shop to thank him. I dont know if he still has it on his site (fastchip .com) but he had dyno graphs on there comparing before and after. I know we dont tow with or race dynos but I love mine now and wish I had done it alot sooner. I had the hand held deal before it and it seemed to do nothing.