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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 09:06 AM
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I had my truck reflashed yesterday and wow what a difference. The transmission shifts a lot better, it also seems to take off from a dead stop better also. The other good thing is my milage in one day has gone up by 5 points on the lie-o-meter. It has never been up this high before in town. By the way my lie-o-meter has only been off by 2 to 3 points from hand calculating, and I did not reset it after the reflash.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 12:58 PM
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I just got the reflash a while back. Question, If a guy had an SCT X3 tied to the truck before the re-flash, what would he have to do to get it working again?
 
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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Probably have sct send you the tunes or you might have to send it back to them to get it unlocked.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 01:55 PM
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Did you have your tune loaded or did you put it back to stock before getting the flash?
 
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 04:18 PM
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Hey what is your mpg now on the lie o meter . what flash did they give you.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by MoyockPowerstroke
Did you have your tune loaded or did you put it back to stock before getting the flash?
Stock before the flash. It had the Buzz flash before. I dont have many miles on it since so MPG is unknown. Feels like less power to me, but I need to give it time to relearn shift points etc.
So, I need to send the SCT X3 in somewhere?
 
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 05:08 PM
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You don't have to unlock the XCal3 like you did the Xcal2. The Xcal3 will do it automatically. You will need to reread your strategy and have your tuner supply new tunes for the upgraded flash.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 05:20 PM
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You don't have to unlock the XCal3 like you did the Xcal2. The Xcal3 will do it automatically. You will need to reread your strategy and have your tuner supply new tunes for the upgraded flash.
Thanks, this is what I needed to know.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 05:46 PM
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It's always been at 13.3 even if I reset it, it always goes back to 13.3 and now its on 14.1 and climbing.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 05:53 PM
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FYI--The only other thiing about the Xcal's is that you only get 5 unlocks and a reflash counts for one. Every time you change it to a different vehicle it counts for one.
 
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