02' 5.4 poor performance

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Old 03-19-2004, 01:28 AM
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02' 5.4 poor performance

My 02' supercrew has a 5.4 that gets 12.5mpg highway and doesn't have nearly the power of my 98' 5.4. I've installed flowmaster exhaust, K&N air intake system and used a superchip microtuner. Any help to these issues?
 
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Old 03-19-2004, 02:19 PM
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What type of fuel are you running with the tuner? and have you tried to reprogram.
 
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Old 03-22-2004, 09:08 PM
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I have tried all grades of fuel, 87, 89 & 91 octane. I started out stock with 12mpg on a trip from las vegas to denver CO. I then installed the exhaust and K & N. The last step was the supertuner. I also noticed that it has minimal power going through the mountain passes compared to my 98 F-150 or even my 2000 F-150 work truck.
 
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If I'm not mistaken you need a min of 91 or 92 octane for the tuner. I would try to return the program to stock, fill up with high octane, run that tank out, refill, and reprogram with the performance tune.
 
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