2006 5.4L Edge CTS WOW!!!
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2006 5.4L Edge CTS WOW!!!
After doing a bunch of research on this site and others I decided a programer would be a great idea. And the overall consensus seemed to push toward either custom tunes by various vendors or the Edge products for a canned tune.
I then figured I would save up and get the Edge CTS. So I jumped on ebay to see if anything was out there in the mean time. Sure enough I ended up with one for a very good price! I wanted the CTS for the nice screen and the gauges. Also it is really easy to change programming settings. A few key cycles on and off and your changes are applied and ready to go. Its easy to use for sure.
I got it installed last night. A small problem as it wouldn't power up at first. I thought I got taken, but after a quick Google search I found my cig fuse was burnt out. A new fuse and all is well. Plus my 2<sup>nd</sup> power outlet works now too.
I love the truck. After new shocks, tires it rides like it should. Only thing is that I don’t like the throttle control. I am used to an actual cable so I know what I am going to get when I push down. The drive by wire isn't my favorite. The other issue I have is that when I hit the gas to say merge onto traffic it would downshift fine, it would just slow down just a bit first like a dip in throttle before it changed gears.
Anyway all that is gone now! This is no joke I am beyond floored with the results. I have it set up right now on Level 2 that will run with 87 gas. I have the shift firmness up 3% on all shifts. There are a lot of changes that you can make! I also corrected my tire size, so now my speedo is right on now.
Time will tell about gas mileage, but my last trip was right at 16 MPG that was 90% highway with a 20-30 mph head wind half the trip. Also my speedo was off about 5 MPH, thus netting about 17 MPG corrected. According to the little average meter, my little trip last night was half in town and half highway I was sitting at 24.5. Now that is just 40 min of driving and not hand calculated. So I have no clue if its even close I wouldn't think it is that good. But I got on the throttle last night twice and just by my seat of pants feel, this truck has got much more kick. Before it felt like it fell flat on full throttle.
I will keep up on the MPG increase or decrease. I have a long trip coming up in a few weeks and would like to see some improvement.
Anyway for those of you that maybe putting this off, I wouldn't. It really makes this truck act and run the way it should. I have only had it installed for a few hours but I am very happy with the results
I then figured I would save up and get the Edge CTS. So I jumped on ebay to see if anything was out there in the mean time. Sure enough I ended up with one for a very good price! I wanted the CTS for the nice screen and the gauges. Also it is really easy to change programming settings. A few key cycles on and off and your changes are applied and ready to go. Its easy to use for sure.
I got it installed last night. A small problem as it wouldn't power up at first. I thought I got taken, but after a quick Google search I found my cig fuse was burnt out. A new fuse and all is well. Plus my 2<sup>nd</sup> power outlet works now too.
I love the truck. After new shocks, tires it rides like it should. Only thing is that I don’t like the throttle control. I am used to an actual cable so I know what I am going to get when I push down. The drive by wire isn't my favorite. The other issue I have is that when I hit the gas to say merge onto traffic it would downshift fine, it would just slow down just a bit first like a dip in throttle before it changed gears.
Anyway all that is gone now! This is no joke I am beyond floored with the results. I have it set up right now on Level 2 that will run with 87 gas. I have the shift firmness up 3% on all shifts. There are a lot of changes that you can make! I also corrected my tire size, so now my speedo is right on now.
Time will tell about gas mileage, but my last trip was right at 16 MPG that was 90% highway with a 20-30 mph head wind half the trip. Also my speedo was off about 5 MPH, thus netting about 17 MPG corrected. According to the little average meter, my little trip last night was half in town and half highway I was sitting at 24.5. Now that is just 40 min of driving and not hand calculated. So I have no clue if its even close I wouldn't think it is that good. But I got on the throttle last night twice and just by my seat of pants feel, this truck has got much more kick. Before it felt like it fell flat on full throttle.
I will keep up on the MPG increase or decrease. I have a long trip coming up in a few weeks and would like to see some improvement.
Anyway for those of you that maybe putting this off, I wouldn't. It really makes this truck act and run the way it should. I have only had it installed for a few hours but I am very happy with the results
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