Definitely check out the Washington chapter when you get a chance. Sharp looking Excursion too. 
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Ok phew! That makes way more sense. ARP is the name you were so close at getting, one of the best fasteners for all things motor-vational. Also reuseable. New heads makes me slightly suspect that something went down, not a lot of our 6.0 companions have had to swap heads out. At least you have the old ones for investigating if you desire in the future. I wouldn't bother with getting work done to them though, diesel heads are a nightmare to port and flow-check.
So you've got an SCT programmer which does the engine and to some extent the transmission, a FICM programmer which supplements the engine tuner, and the SGii like I have for monitoring. Since you have some tunes, it'd be worth getting an analog gauge for EGT's just to keep an eye on them, as they aren't reported via OBDII at all.
On a side note, where is the SGii mounted? I have mine on a BlendMount (off Amazon) that places it right above the rearview mirror. It also has an additional 8' of cable and a junction block in the package so you can reach damn near anywhere, including a car pulled up beside you, lol.
Whereabouts in the PNW are you? I spent my 8 years active duty stationed at NAS Whidbey in Washington. Good times wheeling the old XJ at Walker Valley and Evan's Pass, made a few motorcycle runs up Baker and St. Helens as well. The family and I might actually be making a road trip back up there sometime in the near-ish future. Navy dropped the ball on our personal goods shipment and the window has closed, so now we have to haul it back home to Texas.
So you've got an SCT programmer which does the engine and to some extent the transmission, a FICM programmer which supplements the engine tuner, and the SGii like I have for monitoring. Since you have some tunes, it'd be worth getting an analog gauge for EGT's just to keep an eye on them, as they aren't reported via OBDII at all.
On a side note, where is the SGii mounted? I have mine on a BlendMount (off Amazon) that places it right above the rearview mirror. It also has an additional 8' of cable and a junction block in the package so you can reach damn near anywhere, including a car pulled up beside you, lol.
Whereabouts in the PNW are you? I spent my 8 years active duty stationed at NAS Whidbey in Washington. Good times wheeling the old XJ at Walker Valley and Evan's Pass, made a few motorcycle runs up Baker and St. Helens as well. The family and I might actually be making a road trip back up there sometime in the near-ish future. Navy dropped the ball on our personal goods shipment and the window has closed, so now we have to haul it back home to Texas.
VQ1 guy at Whidbey Island here! Loved it up there had a house down in coupeville. Welcome pew.
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Allow me to introduce myself a little further then, as I was once in trouble and was known as AM3(AW) Matt Jarvis. The mural in the P-way downstairs and across from QA was my EMI. Unfortunately I transferred before I could finish it, I had only just gotten to start painting and had finished the flag and the KIA. I saw a few years later that some others finished it, and added a damn flag staff... bleh. 4 years VQ1, 4 years VAQ129 at the other end of the flight line.
Hell you probably saw my Excursion and my Chevelle then. Small world.
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2006 - 2014 for me, 129 was from 2010 - 2014. Being a rag shore duty squadron we had quite a few guys on the boat dets but no cruises. Just CQ's and such.
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I meant here on the Excursion FTE side, but agreed it was an issue. Several friends had it done in real life.
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Allow me to introduce myself a little further then, as I was once in trouble and was known as AM3(AW) Matt Jarvis. The mural in the P-way downstairs and across from QA was my EMI. Unfortunately I transferred before I could finish it, I had only just gotten to start painting and had finished the flag and the KIA. I saw a few years later that some others finished it, and added a damn flag staff... bleh. 4 years VQ1, 4 years VAQ129 at the other end of the flight line.
Hell you probably saw my Excursion and my Chevelle then. Small world.
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