Spedometer calibration for bigger tires

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I just talked to a Ford dealer down here in Louisiana and they said that Ford no longers offers the spedometer calibration at their shops. I was wondering if something like a snap-on or autoenginuity cmoputer could adjust that setting? Its either that or buy the Superchip 1846....if it doesnt conflict with my TS chip:dunno
 

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I just talked to a Ford dealer down here in Louisiana and they said that Ford no longers offers the spedometer calibration at their shops. I was wondering if something like a snap-on or autoenginuity cmoputer could adjust that setting? Its either that or buy the Superchip 1846....if it doesnt conflict with my TS chip:dunno



autoenginuity, I think will do it. I would call some other dealer first I think there some smoke blowning going on.
 

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I'll check my MODIS here when I run to the barn in a few...
 

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MODIS is the model Snap-On scanner I have..
scan tool, lab scope, DVOM all in one..
I forgot to look when I went out last night.. walked around the corner and noticed more fence boards broken out, so I was fixing them untill dark...
 

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MODIS is the model Snap-On scanner I have..
scan tool, lab scope, DVOM all in one..
I forgot to look when I went out last night.. walked around the corner and noticed more fence boards broken out, so I was fixing them untill dark...

Thats cool, I just got back from the transmission shop that has one of those and they could not do it. However.... when I was fixing to pull out (I was in drive rolling a little bit) I flipped my chip to 100...just to see how it would do when I took of with my new exhaust on. When I flipped it, the engine sounded like it died for a split second.....it didn't lose all the rpms and I think the wait to start light and another orange light came on. It was so fast I couldn't be sure what it was. After that I noticed that takeoffs were sluggish, so I flipped the chip to stock then back to 75. Take-offs are ok now, but when I'm going about 50 I can get about 3/4 into the throttle and it takes about 5 secnods for it to start accelerating. Any ideas? Oh, it doesn't act like that when it is in the stock position that I can tell. Not like the truck was fast to begin with anyways
 

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this isn't for the 6.0

just 7.3

see if it makes sense

First, you'll need to know the actual height of the tires, not the
nominal height of 35" that's printed on the sidewall. To get that,
make a mark on the edge of the tire at the ground, and mark the ground
directly under the mark. Now, roll the truck far enough for the tire
to have made three revolutions. When your mark on the tire is at the
very bottom, near the ground, mark the ground again, and measure the
distance between the two marks on the ground. Divide that distance by
three, since there were three revolutions of the tire, then divide
that number, (which is the circumference of your tire,) by 3.14. The
answer you have is the true height of your tire. Write that number
down, because you'll need it for the next step. Divide 30282 by your
actual height. If your true height is 34", the math goes something
like this: 30282/34=891. That would be your speedometer calibration
code."

"To set the calibration, ground the single wire connector under the
glove box it says PSOM (Programmable Speedometer Odometer Module).
"Yes there is only one and it has a spade type plug on the end". I
used a wire with clips on both ends to ground the plug to a screw
under the dash or try a test light and use the clip end to the PSOM
and the other jam in a door hinge. Now look at your speedometer on the
face of your dash while sitting in the drivers seat and there should
be a "reset" button and a "select" button. While holding the reset
button in on the trip meter, turn the ignition to 'on' while the wire
is still grounded. Let go of the reset button. The speedometer display
will sweep once and will show a code of some kind then push in again
the "reset" button and the existing code will be displayed with
RECAL?, mine said 976 RECAL? Now you enter your new code you came up
with by dividing the rolling measurement by PI or 3.14 by pushing the
"select" button until it gets to the new calibration code number. You
may have to push "select" a whole bunch of times until you get to your
code. If you turn off the key at this point the original code will not
be changed or any of the 6 lives will not be used. To store your new
code press "Reset". Turn off the key. Unplug the ground wire."

there you go just saved you a hundred bucks.
 

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Stolen from AZPSG

this isn't for the 6.0

just 7.3

see if it makes sense

Oh my head:doh: that reminds me of geometry. The guy at the transmission shop did say something about something like some dip switches or something to change it manually. I might try that out....whats the chances of screwing something up lol
 

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I here ya ! I have a 6.0 and mine was already calibrated when I got it ,, find some one with an Automotive Enginuity the dealer used to want 100$
and I think i Would call BS that they don't do it anymore
 

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