Php Hydra

Carolina444 · Mar 17, 2015

hunter scar said:
I have been running my hydra with PHP tunes for 30,000 miles! Wouldn't have it any other way

I felt that way for over a year until I started trying out tuners.. Php are good but others are better especially in the shifting

Kae006 · Mar 17, 2015

Carolina444 said:
I felt that way for over a year until I started trying out tuners.. Php are good but others are better especially in the shifting

Feel free to share your suggestions

ju015dd · Mar 17, 2015

Gearhead is best I have run so far. Tony wildman., DP, and php in the past

Kae006 · Mar 17, 2015

ju015dd said:
Gearhead is best I have run so far. Tony wildman., DP, and php in the past

For someone on a tight budget and only looking to run mild tunes (60 and 80hp daily) is there any reason you can suggest to stay away from php? Are they too rough on the transmission?

White Buffalo · Mar 17, 2015

Kae006 said:
If I'm running a Walker muffler and a mild 60 or 80 tune are gauges really necessary to monitor EGTs?

The Hydra is a great platform......wish it was out years ago. One of the great advantages of the Hydra is that you can run a combination of tunes on it from any tuner/vendor. Plus you can get your tunes e-mailed to you and loaded up in minutes compared to the old way of mailing the chip back & forth. Got one for my Excursion and will eventually get one for the pick-up.

I would recommend the gauges as others have already. In a +80 hp tune you can see 1200 degrees on the EGT gauge on a stock inj/HPOP setup when you run her hard. If you don't want to play with the hot tunes stick with the 60HP type programs or those keeping it closer to 3 on the pulse width.

White Buffalo · Mar 17, 2015

Almost forgot, I would strongly consider buying the extra cable for $20 that they offer with the Hydra. With that cable you can leave your chip hooked up to the PCM and never have to remove it to add tunes. Just plug your USB cable into it and reprogram the chip(Hydra) while its in the truck. So much easier and faster.......

Also, the tunes are the same - on the Hydra or 6 position chip. Just a different platform.

White Buffalo · Mar 17, 2015

Kae006 said:
For someone on a tight budget and only looking to run mild tunes (60 and 80hp daily) is there any reason you can suggest to stay away from php? Are they too rough on the transmission?

Not at all -