Hey guys, a buddy of mine just bought an 04 D-max... He's looking to make some decent power but more than anything fuel economy is important. I don't know what way to steer him with programmers for it being a Cummins guy, I told him if I were him I would just spend the money on EFI Live, cause thats what all us Cummins guys wish we had for our trucks , but not being very experienced with the DMax's figured I'd ask you guys. Thanks for the help!
PPE or EFI. It depends on what kind of programmer he wants. PPE plug and play out of the box. EFI has never ending options but you have to take the time to learn it. They are both worth the Money.
__________________ Craig
2001 Chevy, 4 door, short bed,D-Max, 2 wd.
Mods.. straight piped exhaust,
Custom dent and scratch in passenger side rear panel..
Special Thanks goes to the person in the WAL-MART parking lot for installing it for me,
PPE or EFI. It depends on what kind of programmer he wants. PPE plug and play out of the box. EFI has never ending options but you have to take the time to learn it. They are both worth the Money.
I couldn't have said it any better!
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EFILive is the ultimate but a PPE or ATS tuned Duramax is a force to reckon with but not sure if that well be quite enough to beat a 700+RWHP Cummins(nice setup)i take it by the tuning you have it's a CR Cummins..pixs would be nice.
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2006 LBZ GMC SLE C/C S/B,sold the truck to my dad for a business truck
My Truck now,1987 Chevy 2500 350 tweaked,6" SuperLift,350 V8 bored 60 over,Elderbrock headers Cam and Titanium Rockers,750 Twin Pumped Holley Carb and some other goodies.crank dynos over 400HP.
Yeah my vote goes for the PPE if he doesn't want to mess around with it too much. BTW let us see that truck of yours.
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35in. MICKEY ATZ's, 20in. KMC's,
6000K HID headlights & fogs,
PPE Hot Xcelerator, 4in straight exhaust, Afe stage II intake, Resonator block-off,
PPE boost controller, aeroforce scan gauge
Killerbee Compressor Mouthpiece
PCV reroute courtesy of Tony Burkhard All Seasons Service
Upcoming mods: Lift pumps, Fully built tranny
On the Way: PPE intake manifold w/EGR delete
hey guys sorry about the lack of pic haven't gotten a pic of it clean after i added a couple things... and yeah its a CR '03. Thanks for the input guys, i'll definitely get some pics up
And oh yeah i let him borrow my Bully Dog tonight, it moves pretty good w/the Crazy Larry, the Duramaxes have always impressed me, i remember getting beaten by a bone stock LBZ when i had just the Bully on mine, made me feel like a loser
Anyways look forward to talking to you all in the future, glad there isn't any band bashing around here, never like that blind bashing of "other" diesels on some of the Cummins forums i'm on...
ya im on the cummins site and they bash me bad, i used to have a cummins though like motor hate the body and auto trans my 02 had
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oh ya Meyer i remember seeing that thread... what a joke...people can't seem to understand that competition among brands benefits us all, if one brand never outdid another, we'd all be driving 6.5 chevys and 12-valve cummins still... I just bought an 08 Tundra longbed with the 5.7 for work and LOVE it, and the guys at work rag on me for not driving a domestic, but it far outperforms the other gassers i looked at from all the other manufacturers... plus i can smoke any one of their trucks in it
I just don't get the ignorance from some guys...
This is a good bunch of people. I dont think I've seen a single flame war on here. Of course everyone has their opinions and preferrances, but I believe all will respect yours too.
__________________ 2001 Club Cab 2500HD 4x4 D/A
Banks 6 Gun with speed loader, Diablosport Predator for speedo correction, PPE boost valve, PPE lift pump (soon to be installed), Grille guard, Moon visor, Leveling kit, 285-75-16 A/T TA's, Grand Rock stacks, spray in bed liner
1993 Z28 M6
Lloyd Elliot ported heads and intake, LE 1.6 cam, 1.6 RR, 52MM BBK TB, 30lb/hr injectors, PCMforless tune, K&N FIPK, Pacesetter longtubes, Pacesetter ORY, Magnaflow catback -the cat Dynaspark billet optispark, RAM kevlar clutch, 275-45-17 pirellis on 17x9.5 ZR1's up front, 315-35-17 on 17x11 ZR1 rears
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, but not being very experienced with the DMax's figured I'd ask you guys. Thanks for the help! 
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