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Old Jan 21, 2021 | 04:27 PM
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Keep SCT livewire or get Hydra

I bought a 2000 excusion with the 7.3 a few months ago. And it came with the sct livewire ts+. Should I keep the sct and get a few custom tunes or sell it and get the hydra with custom tunes. Im new to diesels and not sure which is better. Im just looking for a good daily driver tune and towing tune. Thanks
 
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Old Jan 21, 2021 | 04:51 PM
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I would stick with the SCT, they have a tried and true system, and tons of diesel shops support them, if your looking for a better heads up display with gauges, there are better options, i use an SCT X4 to tune, and use a 10 inch android head unit as a dash display running torque
 
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Old Jan 21, 2021 | 08:25 PM
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Ok so I guess I will stick with the sct and looking into custom tunes. The sct does give me some numbers that seem to be pretty far off. Like oil temp runs about 130 degree. And coolant temp is all over the place. Also I cant find trans temp anywhere on the sct. Im looking into getting a android tablet for the truck, what brands would you suggest? And does the torque app show trans and egt temps. Or would i need to get gauges for that. Thanks
 
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This is this one:
https://xtrons.com/double-din-android-8-0-te103ap

They have a lot of choices:
https://xtrons.com/head-units/double-din-car-stereo

Also get one of these, so you can make 2 of the USB ports on the back of the unit, available on the dash to load flash drives, transfer stuff from your phone, charge your phone, whatever, the unit has 3 USBs, so 1 is left for the OBD adapter.
Amazon Amazon

Get a USB OBDLink EX to connect it to your OBDII port, the USB cable is 4x faster than the bluetooth/wireless dongles to get gauge readings.

Torque has trans temp for ford excursions, not sure on EGTs since im in a V10 not a diesel.









 
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