I was just wondering tryin to learn more about what the custom tunes are specific to. Are they still the same for say any one who pulls a 7200 lb. trailer would use no matter what terrain or altitude they live in? That is say more refined in the air fuel ratio etc, or would it be a tune custom built for say me by supplying information to the developer of the tune? Also how does he transmission get matched to the engine tune is it shift points, line pressure or both? or more?

 

call Billet Speed - Innovative Diesel Re-director and ask eric or tedd.

 

They can be the same, but they can also be different depending on how the drivers like their towing tune setup. 7200 that I would be hauling(horses), might be different then the 7200 that your hauling and my tow tune might be setup different because of that(and I'm willing to bet that it is for various different reasons).


Air/Fuel ratio is not as a paramount of a consideration in the diesel tuning world then it is in for the gassers. Is it a consideration, sure, but that depends on how much or less of smoke that you want(or efficiency in other words). However, you can put as much fuel in the baby and not think of the intake side of the equation as much as you would have to for a gas job. Now in the current state of needing to squeeze mpgs out of these babies, that can be tweaked as well

Most tuners that I have dealt with(which really amounts to only 3), like to have the information of what the driver wants to accomplish and the mods(if applicapable) that they have done that need to be compensated for, so while most people stick with the usual mods(exhaust, tuner etc) and their programming might have a lot of similiar attributes, not all will be the same just by what mods they have.

It is both, however, those can be tweated to the particular driver's wants, especially for a tow tune(I said that because that to me would be the tune that would be very individual from person to person if you factor in all other mods being the same). However, you can have them make it as firm of smooth as you want. I do believe though the firmer the better especially when you start getting to the street tunes to the racing tunes.

 

Thank you guys Tex my turck is in the Ford shop as it would not start and with the codes my thoughts are something to do with the FCIM could not get my hand into where the plugs are oon it but it just quit and the coes i have put inother post. I see one of the tunes you are using has fcim tunes in it, is that mainly for injector timing and metering?wonderig what your fuel regulated return is also and what do you think of the egr delee up here a lot of people lose that egr cooler and it causes major problem up here dealer shop rates are well over 100 bucks an hour and most start out there in quest of warranty but to say do the flush and heads off etc is over 5,000 up here.

 

For the broad strokes of what that tuning does, yes you are correct. This also enables the tuner(in this case Matt) to actually put whatever strategy he wants you to have and then do your tunes based on that strategy. There are a couple of strategies that were known as being better on economy and power then others and he is able to "force" those strategies into the FICM so it won't matter really what Ford gives you as you'll have the one that is the best for him(or whatever tuner you get it from that is able to do that type of tuning) and give you the best bang for your buck.


Fuel Regulated Return provides constant fuel pressure to all of your injectors and prevents the dreaded much lemented dead-heading that is prone on this engines. I would suggest this as a good investment rather or not you upgrade to modified injectors down the road or not. I would also suggest an in-cab fuel psi gauge to monitor everything despite there being one in the kit, it really doesn't do much good for you barreling down the road going 90 to nothing and not being able to see that pressure gauge underneath the hood.


EGR delete or sneaky pipe is a good thing to do, especially if you think your going to go more with performance mods or going to run extreme tunes as it is a matter of time before that craps out on you.

If you do nothing else to your truck, headstuds, egr delete or sneaky pipe, and a fuel regulated return would give you a pretty darn good reliable 6.0 as long as you maintain it with the proper maintance schedule.