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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 11:11 PM
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Edge vs SCT vs Superchips

Hey guys been awhile since I posted and figured I would hit the site to see if I could get some help. Been doing some research for a tuner for my 05 v6 Explorer. I am leaning toward the Edge Evo HT Tuner. I would be content with either of the three. I just wanted to see if anyone knew where I could get a good deal on them. So far these are the prices I am seeing

Edge Evo HT Tuner = $349
SuperChips Cortex = $379
SCT SF3 = $379

Any tips on cheaper deals would be most appreciative.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 06:39 AM
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Forget cheap.

5Startuning.com, Mike Butler, SCT XCAL3 with custom tunes.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 09:40 AM
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have a superchips cortex 1950 and a sct x3 with custom tunes from 5star
been using the sctx3 for the past few months, but i've never been too happy with the way it shifts, and the way it pulls. mike was nice enough to redo the tunes, it seemed a bit better and i was thinking it would get better over time, but i think its time i brought back out my superchips, the superchips seems to shift much better, and pulls a lot harder.

my sct x3, 87 tune seemed way more aggressive then my 93 tune, the 93 tune seemed to pull very slowly and less hard then the 87 tune.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by tinyguy82
Hey guys been awhile since I posted and figured I would hit the site to see if I could get some help. Been doing some research for a tuner for my 05 v6 Explorer. I am leaning toward the Edge Evo HT Tuner. I would be content with either of the three. I just wanted to see if anyone knew where I could get a good deal on them. So far these are the prices I am seeing

Edge Evo HT Tuner = $349
SuperChips Cortex = $379
SCT SF3 = $379

Any tips on cheaper deals would be most appreciative.
Perhaps what is important to know & understand are the parameters that can be adjusted are set by the OEM vehicle software…so there is really no “magic” in what they are doing anyway. IMHO, if you live near any major city there are excellent tuning specialists with dynos who for the same price (if not less) will tune your vehicle taking into consideration your specific needs including environmental conditions, for your specific vehicle. IMHO, the best bang for the buck! If you are comfortable and understand how to tune a vehicle, you can also do this yourself. There are several software programs available, that “Speak Common English” that will allow you to tune your vehicles ECM. One company is HP Tuners, they have a website….they offer two core programs, one for those who are doing dyno tuning and one for the home-garage mechanic (which is priced at about the same as most of the “canned tunes on the market) …this version limits the span of adjustments as a safeguard against doing something outside of the oem scope……basically, keeps you from doing something “too stupid by accident” (grin).
 
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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 06:45 PM
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Hey guys thanks for the info.

Beechkid - never thought of that. I will check around and see what the locals off. Also have you had exp with HP Tuners as that sounds like a interesting way to go.
 
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Hey guys thanks for the info.

Beechkid - never thought of that. I will check around and see what the locals off. Also have you had exp with HP Tuners as that sounds like a interesting way to go.
if you go online, IIRR, they have a vid to demonstrate.....also IIRR either carcraft or musclecar magazine did a feature on them a few years ago.
 
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