And that is lousy IMO
I thought about going forward with the live tuning I paid for but that really turned me off. His attitude was very poor AFTER he had my money!

 

You paid for live tuning??


I still would like live tuning but he also turned me off. When I asked for a reburn he said that I changed my setup and I would have to pay again. I said that you said in a email if they weren't working right to let him know. Changing injectors threw that out the window.

 

Yep i did in a way. I would not have bought so many tunes but "x" number of paid for tunes got live tuned .

 

I love the title!

If I had to do it again I would have bought the hydra.

However after getting A reburn from Andrew (total turn around from mailing to burn to mail back was 7 days) I am very pleased with my TS-6. The TS6 canned tunes however I was not pleased.

My vote is for hydra, like Aaron said, you just can't beat the flexibility.

 

There you go using that economy word again. Lol

For me personally, I don't even think about economy or fuel mileage. I calculate it purely to see what it is. If I wanted economy I'd be driving a Honda Civic. My truck doesn't like to be reigned in. Big dogs needs to eat!

I will completely agree the TS is limited. It's an archaic technology. No doubt about it. My sole point is most people don't switch tunes often. The guys that do should go with a hydra or DP's version. I'll never own a hydra, but that's just me.

 

I have to admit I do want economy with my truck as well. I know it's not built for economy, but I want to be able to drive it as much as possible without worrying as much about fuel. I have to say, I'm getting better MPG with the powerstroke than the 302, and diesel is cheaper now as well. I'm getting roughly 17.5 MPG now (mainly highway driving), so I'm hoping to bump that up to around 20 or more.

The hydra does sound like a good idea to me though because I like the idea of not having to send the chip out. If I do buy new custom tunes, I'll probably go with a hydra then. I might have to wait a little though because it looks like its close to 500 bucks.

 

Well I was going to get another tuner but the Hydra just sounds worth it. All the tunes on the world for free? Now I just need to sell something to pay for it.

 

I don't care much about economy either. Like I told Darin, it was the first time in 11 years I got a tail wind from AZ to SD. Sure, I've had tailwinds before for a day or two but not all the way to a certain destination. It seems like the majority of the time I have a head wind. Instead of my usuall 7 or 8 mpg I actually got 10 to 11 mpg.

 

Regarding the HPX...

I have read several reviews, seems to offer significant improvement to idle quality for some trucks, only minimal improvement for others. The improvements seem to be idle noise and smoothness, not really a performance gain. I assume part of the mixed results has to do with the relative health of the rest of the injection system. I assume the HPX may kind of balance out oil for a truck that has a weaker HPOP or a couple unhealthy injectors.

I have one. It's an affordable part and I wanted to try it. My injectors are fresh and the ICR and HPOP are operating correctly. For me the improvements were very subtle at best, but I'm okay with subtle improvement. The install is relatively straightforward, remove the plugs, install the crossover. However you have to play with the alignment a but to get both sides started. For me it was easier to remove the intake tubing to get better access to the left side.

 

Okay thanks for the info! I probably will do it if it offers any bit of improvements. I'm not expecting power out of it, but smoother running or the like would be nice. I see you have an AF gauge installed. How do you like that? I really want to get one but I opted to get the glowshift 3 package gauges (Boost EGT and Fuel PSI) for the meantime instead.

 

Love the Aeroforce gauge. I think it's wise to still go ahead with some traditional gauges as you mentioned. I think some things are easier to watch with the sweep of a needle rather than watching numbers and decimals change. However if you have the normal set and want to add one, I think the AF offers a lot of value. I started with the AF gauge first because I wanted the diagnostics capability immediately. I plan to add traditional analog gauges soon enough. Install was fairly straightforward. I put mine in a column pod and was pleasantly surprised, pretty clean match to the factory column. Have not played much with the recording functionality, but the buzz and contribution diagnostic tests and code reading and clearing are fairly intuitive.

 

x2^^^^^^^^

 

Hate my AeroForce Gauge, I have the blue face and it's so hard to read. It dose do other things like codes and all but for me reading it going down the road I hate it.

 

Hmm.. I did imagine it would be a little tough to rear it while driving. I really do like that it can do the buzz test and contribution test though. If I get it, and then a 4 pillar gauge pod, I could just put it closest to me so it may be easier to read!

 

I have a hydra with swamps tunes (Smokey and hot), 4 gauge pod, and ae. I have been really really happy with my setup. It is a little more involved to read codes on the fly having to pull the laptop out, but it's not that bad. If I were to do it again, I would go with exactly the same setup but different tunes.. Maybe gear head.