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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 03:59 PM
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Tune question

What's the cheapest way to get a custom tune on my truck? I feel like there has to be a cheaper tuner to load a custom tune with instead of buying a $500 tuner just to load one tune. Am I wrong?
 
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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 04:50 PM
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Nope sorry gotta pay to play!
 
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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 06:05 PM
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Maybe send your FICM to Ed and have him do an atlas 40/80 tune? Not sure the cost of that though.

You can find a used SCT tuner on eBay or Craigslist rather cheap. I've been running the canned tune on mine without any issues (so far)
 
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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 07:04 PM
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Atlas40 will increase the fuel duration without altering the timing, so no lifting the heads.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2017 | 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 2006powerstroke90
Maybe send your FICM to Ed and have him do an atlas 40/80 tune? Not sure the cost of that though.

You can find a used SCT tuner on eBay or Craigslist rather cheap. I've been running the canned tune on mine without any issues (so far)
We can either load up a tune on your FICM for $150 or can ship you out a tuner on loan for you to try them all out before settling on one for the same next cost. Your choice!

www.ficmrepair.com
 
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Old Apr 5, 2017 | 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by FICMrepair.com
We can either load up a tune on your FICM for $150 or can ship you out a tuner on loan for you to try them all out before settling on one for the same next cost. Your choice!

FICMRepair.com - FORD Powerstroke 6.0 FICM Repair, PHP Tuning and Truck Parts
There ya go! $150 probably the cheapest youll be able to tune it
 
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Old Apr 5, 2017 | 12:08 PM
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Let me try another route. What's the cheapest tuner I can get to load a custom
Tune into my truck. I don't see the need for a 400 dollar sct x4 if some old tuner would would let me load the same tune.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2017 | 01:51 PM
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The x4 is a handy piece of equipment, it can used to tune the engine, AND it doubles as a monitor to keep track of what the engines doing.also it can read trouble codes.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2017 | 02:24 PM
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Seems as if he doesn't want to spend any money to do a "custom tune"
 
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Old Feb 9, 2021 | 07:21 PM
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The x4 is a handy piece of equipment, it can used to tune the engine, AND it doubles as a monitor to keep track of what the engines doing.also it can read trouble codes.
Yes it is. I love the X4 for my 2004 f250 6.8l. Still messing with it. Still thinking about 5star tunes.
 
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