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Old Nov 22, 2019 | 09:55 AM
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Which SCT tuner is the best for monitoring truck? Truck is used for commuting and occasional towing. Engine has 20,0000 on it from full rebuild. ARP studs , KKD o-ringed heads,stock om injectors,BPD 58 v FICM, blue spring kit and adjustable fuel return regulator.
2006 motor in 2004 truck
 
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Old Nov 23, 2019 | 07:39 AM
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If you don’t plan on running tunes I’d skip the SCT tuner and use Forscan or TorquePro on your phone or tablet. I bought a Samsung Galaxy 8 tablet that stays in the truck and is using a bluetooth dongle (BAFX Products Bluetooth Diagnostic OBDII Reader) and TorquePro.


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Old Nov 23, 2019 | 08:00 AM
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Thanks for the feed back. That is a good option
 
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Old Nov 23, 2019 | 09:50 AM
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Why waste good money on an obscenely overpriced SCT?

Go with Torque Pro -- $4.95
 
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Old Nov 23, 2019 | 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by SmackDaddy
If you don’t plan on running tunes I’d skip the SCT tuner and use Forscan or TorquePro on your phone or tablet. I bought a Samsung Galaxy 8 tablet that stays in the truck and is using a bluetooth dongle (BAFX Products Bluetooth Diagnostic OBDII Reader) and TorquePro.


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The current (and fastest) version of Bluetooth only runs around 2Mbps.............if you can find a decent WIFI 802.11 adapter you'll be running nominally around 162.5Mbps and you'll notice a dramatic difference in performance on any number of WIFI-enabled scan tools.................
 
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Old Nov 24, 2019 | 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by SmackDaddy
If you don’t plan on running tunes I’d skip the SCT tuner and use Forscan or TorquePro on your phone or tablet. I bought a Samsung Galaxy 8 tablet that stays in the truck and is using a bluetooth dongle (BAFX Products Bluetooth Diagnostic OBDII Reader) and TorquePro.


Coolant Temp (ELC) Delta Oil Temp Battery Voltage RPM Boost VGT FICM Voltage IPR %open ICP Voltage HPOP (ICP) Transmission Temperature
I agree with Smackdaddy but I side more with Forscan over Torque. And here are baseline numbers from my 05 at hot idle via Forscan to give you an idea. The app was about $5 for android and the elm327 bluetooth was about $15 on Amazon.
You wouldn't normally need to monitor all of these while driving but for diag they are handy.

 
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