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programmer ?
I just got some 4.10s put in my truck and the etech said there was not a Ford Factory 4.10 gear set to recalibrate it to, they only went up to 3.73s.
He suggested I get a tuner/programmer (or whatever you call them). What would be the better or most beneficial out of the bunch and why. I have seen Hypertech, SuperChips. What others are available. I was going more towards Superchips.
Any info would be appreciated
Thanks
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M V
He suggested I get a tuner/programmer (or whatever you call them). What would be the better or most beneficial out of the bunch and why. I have seen Hypertech, SuperChips. What others are available. I was going more towards Superchips.
Any info would be appreciated
Thanks
Later
M V
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From: Monroe, Michigan
Originally Posted by MyVersion
I just got some 4.10s put in my truck and the etech said there was not a Ford Factory 4.10 gear set to recalibrate it to, they only went up to 3.73s.
He suggested I get a tuner/programmer (or whatever you call them). What would be the better or most beneficial out of the bunch and why. I have seen Hypertech, SuperChips. What others are available. I was going more towards Superchips.
Any info would be appreciated
Thanks
Later
M V
He suggested I get a tuner/programmer (or whatever you call them). What would be the better or most beneficial out of the bunch and why. I have seen Hypertech, SuperChips. What others are available. I was going more towards Superchips.
Any info would be appreciated
Thanks
Later
M V
heres a quote from Mike Troyer...save him some time typing
You will get better performance all around, as yo have an extremely heavy vehicle there - 3 tons with a tank of fuel and you on board, easily - so even when not towing, it's a real pig, especially with the extremely poor throttle response that is part of it's ETC (electronic throttle control) system.
What will get you th every best result is to have us do our Troyer Performance custom tuning in the XCalibrator 2 - we have specialized in the tuning of the F-150 platform longer than anyone else, and have tuned more of them and are well known for our results - which is why most people here use us and rave about their results, as you will see as you read more & more posts here.
We take care of all of that, more power, much better throttle response (getting rid of that terrible throttle lag present in all 2004 & up F-150's), and so much more, including much better automatic transmission shift characteristics that help it to last longer as well. You will have as much hp & torque as possible with our custom tuning, and not just at full-throttle, but all the time, at any throttle position or rpm or vehicle speed - and *that* is the real key to satisfactory towing performance, is the increased torque on part-throttle. This reduces the number of downshifts going up those grades, and tends to help fuel mileage a little bit as well feeling so much more responsive and more fun to drive no matter how you operate the vehicle.
Spend some time treading any of the many posts from customers of ours here who rave about our tuning, & of course, please feel free to give us a call at our number listed below to go over all of this in more appropriate detail.
We cannot discuss any specific pricing here, but because you are a registered member of F-150 Online, you do get a special discount from us on all of our tuning products - and proper tuning is the single best bang for the buck performance enhancement - whether you are towing, daily driving, or actually drag racing - that you can get for these vehicles. Feel free to give us a call at our number listed below to go over all of this in proper detail.
What will get you th every best result is to have us do our Troyer Performance custom tuning in the XCalibrator 2 - we have specialized in the tuning of the F-150 platform longer than anyone else, and have tuned more of them and are well known for our results - which is why most people here use us and rave about their results, as you will see as you read more & more posts here.
We take care of all of that, more power, much better throttle response (getting rid of that terrible throttle lag present in all 2004 & up F-150's), and so much more, including much better automatic transmission shift characteristics that help it to last longer as well. You will have as much hp & torque as possible with our custom tuning, and not just at full-throttle, but all the time, at any throttle position or rpm or vehicle speed - and *that* is the real key to satisfactory towing performance, is the increased torque on part-throttle. This reduces the number of downshifts going up those grades, and tends to help fuel mileage a little bit as well feeling so much more responsive and more fun to drive no matter how you operate the vehicle.
Spend some time treading any of the many posts from customers of ours here who rave about our tuning, & of course, please feel free to give us a call at our number listed below to go over all of this in more appropriate detail.
We cannot discuss any specific pricing here, but because you are a registered member of F-150 Online, you do get a special discount from us on all of our tuning products - and proper tuning is the single best bang for the buck performance enhancement - whether you are towing, daily driving, or actually drag racing - that you can get for these vehicles. Feel free to give us a call at our number listed below to go over all of this in proper detail.
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HI My Version,
You just found out what many other owners have discovered, that Ford dealerships can ONLY program gears & tires that were originally offered by Ford on that vehicle, and in that model year - so no, they can't do 4.10's if they weren't' offered as a factory option on that vehicle, in that model year.
We can easily take care of that for you.
I wanted to drop you a quick note simply to let you know that right now, (and as usual), our email load is tremendous, and it can take a couple of weeks to get a response back.
So the hot tip is to just give us a quick call at our number listed below - if need be, if you have to call after hours and leave us a voice mail with your name & number, we['ll even return that call - but that is by far the best, easiest & the absolutely quickest way to communicate with us - I just didn't want you to shoot us an email and then think we might be ignoring you because our email load is so heavy, is why I wanted to drop you a personal note here.
Thanks for your post, & rest assured we can not only get that speedometer corrected for the 4.10's, but we will also give you a significant power & performance gain from our tuning for that vehicle as well.
Good luck & Merry Christmas!
You just found out what many other owners have discovered, that Ford dealerships can ONLY program gears & tires that were originally offered by Ford on that vehicle, and in that model year - so no, they can't do 4.10's if they weren't' offered as a factory option on that vehicle, in that model year.
We can easily take care of that for you.
I wanted to drop you a quick note simply to let you know that right now, (and as usual), our email load is tremendous, and it can take a couple of weeks to get a response back.
So the hot tip is to just give us a quick call at our number listed below - if need be, if you have to call after hours and leave us a voice mail with your name & number, we['ll even return that call - but that is by far the best, easiest & the absolutely quickest way to communicate with us - I just didn't want you to shoot us an email and then think we might be ignoring you because our email load is so heavy, is why I wanted to drop you a personal note here.
Thanks for your post, & rest assured we can not only get that speedometer corrected for the 4.10's, but we will also give you a significant power & performance gain from our tuning for that vehicle as well.
Good luck & Merry Christmas!
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I can certainly second the custom tune from Troyer. Ive been running 4.10's and a slightly larger tire for a while on my truck.. I had the Superchips tuner to fix the speedo. The superchips tuner could never get the speedo exactly correct. I fiddled and piddled with it alot to get it right and it never was. If I was driving with someone, I would call them on the cel phone and ask their speed.. usually my girlfriend. Now with the tune from Troyer, the speedo is elmost exactly correct.. less that 1 mph difference.
The Superchips tuner can get the speedo in the ballpark; within 3mph. Troyer got it right on.
PS: The costom tune rocks a$$ over the Superchips tune. The Superchips tuner can adjust shift patters (pressure and such), the custom tune really *feels* like its delivering the power.
The Superchips tuner can get the speedo in the ballpark; within 3mph. Troyer got it right on.
PS: The costom tune rocks a$$ over the Superchips tune. The Superchips tuner can adjust shift patters (pressure and such), the custom tune really *feels* like its delivering the power.
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From: Virginia
Hi Khendrix,
Thanks for your post.
Our custom tunes are far more precise in all areas, including the speedometer calibrations, compared to any of those other devices - simply because we address it correctly and have correct control over this.
For example, with off the shelf tuners, you have to enter in your tire height to the nearest 1/4", then it does a conversion to a "revs per minute" spec, and then plugs *that* in - which can be several % off. We don't do that.
We contact each and every individual tire manufacturer and get their revs per mile spec for that make, model name, & size of tire, and plug that in *directly*, an that is why ours works so much better.
Now one more point should be noted - even the tire manufacturer's revs per mile specification is only good at a certain speed - and it's usually 45 mph in these trucks, or 60 mph in a true performance tire - so even with as precise as we are, which is as precise as it can be done, as you get into triple-digit speeds you will notice still some small error - the faster you go, the more error, due to tire growth - this is why the tire manufacturers set their revs per mile spec as being valid only at one set speed.
So that's what really goes into all of this - just FYI, & thanks for your post!
Thanks for your post.
Our custom tunes are far more precise in all areas, including the speedometer calibrations, compared to any of those other devices - simply because we address it correctly and have correct control over this.
For example, with off the shelf tuners, you have to enter in your tire height to the nearest 1/4", then it does a conversion to a "revs per minute" spec, and then plugs *that* in - which can be several % off. We don't do that.
We contact each and every individual tire manufacturer and get their revs per mile spec for that make, model name, & size of tire, and plug that in *directly*, an that is why ours works so much better.
Now one more point should be noted - even the tire manufacturer's revs per mile specification is only good at a certain speed - and it's usually 45 mph in these trucks, or 60 mph in a true performance tire - so even with as precise as we are, which is as precise as it can be done, as you get into triple-digit speeds you will notice still some small error - the faster you go, the more error, due to tire growth - this is why the tire manufacturers set their revs per mile spec as being valid only at one set speed.
So that's what really goes into all of this - just FYI, & thanks for your post!