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Old Aug 28, 2015 | 03:44 PM
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Changing tunes on sct

I read a post before about switching tunes and the best way to do it. But, I can't seem to find it. I'm going from canned to srl. I think it mentioned about it idling 20-30 min. Anybody know about it?
 
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Old Aug 28, 2015 | 04:29 PM
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Some people say to do it warm, some people go back to stock then load a new tune.....

If you're batteries are good and fully charged you should have to do nothing but switch from one tune to the next and drive.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2015 | 04:34 PM
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I switch and drive, the only issue I have had is sometimes the a/c won't work. Shut the truck off and start it back all is well. Takes a few miles for the trans to settle down.
 
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That's what I have done before when changing the canned tunes. I think someone was saying the reason to let it idle is to help it learn quicker, but so far I have just changed it and then took off to test it out. Thanks for the help!
 
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I used to reload stock tune to load a new tune, but don't anymore and doesn't seem to effect anything with my truck. It's an XLT though, no fancy hvac controls etc.

Josh
 
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