Bought my ford expedition 2011 on dec 1 2011, loaded superchips on it with the 87 tune a few days later, drove it roughly 300 miles, the superchips definitely improved the daily driving, more preppy, no gear hunting, good tune in general. read around and got scared by people saying that canned tunes kills cars bought a sct x3 with tunes from 5star, got it a few days past new years installed the 87 perf tune from 5star, found problems 93 tune had some problems too, with and without a cai on, at ~1000-1500 at speeds under 30 mph, every now and then it would make a WOT sound. idle rose ~100 over stock tune i believe maybe more, 13mpg combined on this tune used that tune for 3+ months, and 3000 miles later, walked away from it somewhat unsatisfied. yesterday, i updated my superchips cortex 1950, and loaded the 93 performance tune on, and viola, all the pep, and none of the problems i've had. there was always some soft of gear hunting issue with the 5star tune, was told it was normal, the wot kicking in at low speeds and city driving. canned or not, my transmission shifts super well now, and i dont get anything like wot sounds driving around town. idle at 500rpms, will need a few more hundred miles before i can comment on this tune, i only put in 35 miles today of combined driving ~13.5mpg so far, but will probably average out over time.

 

What did Mike say when you called him?

How much data logging did you do?

 

Sorry for your issues but give us a call to see if we can help. Pls do not email me call me so we can get your specifics.
thanks
Mike

 

I will call you later today, i am not trying to bash you here just stating what i noticed between a canned tune and your tune, and that it was not what i was expecting. btw, that afe cold air intake lid i received from you, never did fit my ford expedition.

 

I think this should be more entitled Custom tunes vs Canned tunes. Any issues you have with a vendor and their products should be handled privately before bringing your problems to the table. Give Mike a call, I had his Xcal3 with custom tunes on my '08 F150 and it was awesome. I'm waiting for the Ecoboost testing to be complete so I can tune this new truck. I'm sure you can work something out.

Did you play with the parameters at all? With the SCT you have the ability to change your shift points, shift firmness, play with timing, ect. Its a much more versatile unit once you've learned to use it.

Good luck.

 

<loaded the 93 performance tune > ...so does that mean you have to use 93 octane with this tune?

 

I also have the superchips cortex on my 2001 f250 V10 and I am pleased with it

 

I disagree, I as a perspective customer would like to see this play out. I also think that Mike has an opportunity to gain customers and a make loyal customer out of the OP.

 

yea, what ever happened? I am looking to buy a tuner

 

I am curious about your testing. You tried Mike's dyno tunes compared to the SC canned tunes. Did you even try the SCT canned tunes to see how they compared to the SC tunes? And did you contact mike re your issues. Seems to be a shame that you come here and post before you even gave Mike a chance to resolve your issues.

 

Does your expedition have the 6.2L in it? I have a cortez in my V10 and want to try it in my 6.2.

 

Was a bit shocked to see this post, especially its title.

I've very curious whatever if anything became of the OP's issues, were they resolved?

 

me too, everyone raves about 5 STAR mines on the way, no way a canned tune can beat custom.