The main way to boost your truck’s speed is by upgrading the power of the engine. Many people using old trucks especially Fords are very reluctant in changing their edge programmer in the fear of loosing the original power of the truck. It is good to maintain the original edge programmer but eventually the truck becomes tired and reduces the speed and also becomes unreliable. If you have a 7.3L powerstroke and you feel the powerhorse has started to lose the initial power, then you need to change the edge programmer for enhancement and improvement in efficiency.
There are many different ways of increasing power to your truck especially a turbo diesel which include,intercooler addition,turbo increment, installation of bigger injectors or even boosting fuel-pump pressure. The disadvantage of these kind of power boosts is the fact that, they are expensive and have a very complex installation mechanism compared to installing an edge programmer. There are also other alternatives for increasing the performance of your powerhorse by the use of chips and modules which are similar to the programmers and are easy to install and will achieve an overall better performance for your truck to ensure improved efficiency.
The first thing you do is purchase the edge programmer you feel suitable for your truck and for this case we will use an example of an evolution with a cost of US$ 359. The evolution which is small in size and could be easily taken for a game boy usually has a cable that you plug into the car’s diagnostic connector. You will find the diagnostic connector under the dashboard especially for Ford trucks and after connecting it, the unit will display the simple instructions of reprogramming which is also known as “flashing”. The main three vehicles performance levels which are Tow, Race and Extreme are the options that are provided for you to reprogram your car. This flashing process will take about five minutes to complete the power upgrade and you will be required to do is the simple answering to yes or no prompts.
After completing the reprogramming process please remove the evolution from the connection and store it in the glovebox in case you will need to return to the engine to the factory settings. Their is an optional juice module that usually consists of a thin device the size of a cigarette pack that is usually mounted under the hood of the car. This device usually uses Y like connectors to connect to certain sensors into the top of the engine of the car and also connect to the throttle position censor situated directly above the gas pedal. This process is simple and takes around fifteen minutes to complete. The juice module is responsible for intercepting the signals from the factory sensors therefore fooling the engine control module, making it think that the operational conditions required need a change in fuel delivery, the turbo boost and timing and hence the engine develops more power very quickly.
