5 STAR TUNING
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I have 5.4L gasser, ya I know. Mpg haven't got fig's on yet once I do I'll post them. prior I was getting about 13. mind you I run 35's and a 4" lift
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You you use the "87 perf" when running 87 octane?? Pardon my ignorance on this subject! I tow every other weekend for camping. I just bought a 2011 Jayco 314BDS. This trailer dry weighs in at 7500 lbs. So I figure loaded up it be just under 9K. I have an 06 with the 5.4L and the 3.73 axle. My plan is to try a few runs and see how it does before I decide to change anything. Any negative aspects of these tuners?
There really is not much down side to 5 Stars tunes. Just make sure you match tune to octane and you're fine. Though you should go tow with the truck with the stock tune and get a feel for it. That way if (and I'd say when
) you decide you want to tune you have a good baseline.
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It's was the longest week in my life, but well worth the wait.
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I see no need for this. 5 Star's tunes are very good (and safe) and they do in house dyno/tuning and are far from the canned tunes that SCT, etc put out. There are many guys that run 5 Star tunes and have no issues. If you want to extract every last drop of performance from your engine then yes the only way to do it is on the dyno but the performance and health of 5 Star tunes are well tested.
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I see no need for this. 5 Star's tunes are very good (and safe) and they do in house dyno/tuning and are far from the canned tunes that SCT, etc put out. There are many guys that run 5 Star tunes and have no issues. If you want to extract every last drop of performance from your engine then yes the only way to do it is on the dyno but the performance and health of 5 Star tunes are well tested.
What is cheaper? $75 for a dyno run with a wideband or an engine?
All vehicles are not created equal in modifications and levels of maintenance.
Dyno tuning can accurately account/correct/pinpoint for these variances quite easily. When using "boxed tunes",the vast majority of problems comes from the customer not conveying information accurately about the vehicle's mods or conditions.
I'm not trying to say anything negative about any company. I'm trying to educate those less knowledgeable to the possibilities.
Why go cheap at this point? You spent money buy an expensive vehicle, mod the vehicle and then buy a SCT flasher with tunes. Why not finish?
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mike is awesome at tuning these fords flat out. he sent me his custom tunes for my 5.4. 87 performance, 93 tow, 93 performance. six months later i called him up and asked to have my idles turned up to 750rpm this is a very very nice upgrade and asked him to max out the WOT on my 93P tune and retune it to have better low end grunt. with in an hour i had three new tunes emailed to me i installed them into my SCT and everything was perfect. 87 performance is his tune with 750 idle, 93 tow is his with 750 idle, but 93 p is my chages and 750idle and it fits my driving style perfect! I run 93P 90% of the time its only six bucks more to fill up over regular fuel but the tune pulls and hits so much harder i love it!
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This is NOT a comment on 5Star tuning ability what so ever.
What is cheaper? $75 for a dyno run with a wideband or an engine?
All vehicles are not created equal in modifications and levels of maintenance.
Dyno tuning can accurately account/correct/pinpoint for these variances quite easily. When using "boxed tunes",the vast majority of problems comes from the customer not conveying information accurately about the vehicle's mods or conditions.
I'm not trying to say anything negative about any company. I'm trying to educate those less knowledgeable to the possibilities.
Why go cheap at this point? You spent money buy an expensive vehicle, mod the vehicle and then buy a SCT flasher with tunes. Why not finish?
What is cheaper? $75 for a dyno run with a wideband or an engine?
All vehicles are not created equal in modifications and levels of maintenance.
Dyno tuning can accurately account/correct/pinpoint for these variances quite easily. When using "boxed tunes",the vast majority of problems comes from the customer not conveying information accurately about the vehicle's mods or conditions.
I'm not trying to say anything negative about any company. I'm trying to educate those less knowledgeable to the possibilities.
Why go cheap at this point? You spent money buy an expensive vehicle, mod the vehicle and then buy a SCT flasher with tunes. Why not finish?
Honestly, even many of the "canned" tunes for the V10 trucks are MUCH better than the OEM crap is.
JL
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This is NOT a comment on 5Star tuning ability what so ever.
What is cheaper? $75 for a dyno run with a wideband or an engine?
All vehicles are not created equal in modifications and levels of maintenance.
Dyno tuning can accurately account/correct/pinpoint for these variances quite easily. When using "boxed tunes",the vast majority of problems comes from the customer not conveying information accurately about the vehicle's mods or conditions.
I'm not trying to say anything negative about any company. I'm trying to educate those less knowledgeable to the possibilities.
Why go cheap at this point? You spent money buy an expensive vehicle, mod the vehicle and then buy a SCT flasher with tunes. Why not finish?
What is cheaper? $75 for a dyno run with a wideband or an engine?
All vehicles are not created equal in modifications and levels of maintenance.
Dyno tuning can accurately account/correct/pinpoint for these variances quite easily. When using "boxed tunes",the vast majority of problems comes from the customer not conveying information accurately about the vehicle's mods or conditions.
I'm not trying to say anything negative about any company. I'm trying to educate those less knowledgeable to the possibilities.
Why go cheap at this point? You spent money buy an expensive vehicle, mod the vehicle and then buy a SCT flasher with tunes. Why not finish?
Just a heads up on the OE tune for V10 trucks...the OEM V10 tune NEVER allows open loop enrichment and runs at stoich ALL THE TIME. ANY tune that enriches the mixture at WOT is FAR safer than the OM crap tune. While not "perfect", as long as the MAF and airpath are left unmodified, the transfer function of the MAF will be unaltered, and the PCM can calculate the correct injector pulsewidth to meet it's commanded air/fuel mixture.
Honestly, even many of the "canned" tunes for the V10 trucks are MUCH better than the OEM crap is.
JL
Honestly, even many of the "canned" tunes for the V10 trucks are MUCH better than the OEM crap is.
JL