adding chip to F250

DSteiner51 wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

Redwoodcamper wrote:
Plus it gets old when people incorrectly say "it will void your warranty." It can void parts of your warranty, but only related to what you changed. If you delete and tune your truck and a window motor goes out, they will have to fix it. If it's related to things you changed, then you can be out of luck. But that too depends on your dealer. I've had dealers take care of it anyways after doing many aftermarket modifications.

Tell me about it. I get that silly comment every time someone finds out my truck is tuned and yet my dealer still does warranty work on many other parts of my truck. I just look at them like "Sum B---h! I am a grown man. Do you pay my truck payment? Do I ask you why you leave your truck stock? Then mind ya business!"

Ok, so you increase your horsepower 10-20% which increases stresses on every part of the power train from the radiator to the back axle including engine mounts thus frame. I'm curious, wondering if you would feel the same if I overloaded my back axle 10-20%? It wouldn't stress near as many parts as a programmer. Just curious.

In the past when a regular here I would often shake my head at weight police who boasted about their programmers.

Okay, I'll bite. How does increasing horsepower by 10-15% stress out every part of the powertrain in these modern diesels? I can see things like the transmmission if it is not properly tuned for the added power or the line pressure was not increased, but I am curious as to why you would say that for things like the engine or radiator.