Edge and Catback
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I was all about trading my 05 fx4 superscrew in for a fuel economy car beacause I really use my truck for nothing except bringing trash to the dump.
I went to one dealer and was ready to sign on a new Malibu and they wanted to give me 14,200 for my truck
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Its listed at kbb and edmunds for around 18,500 trade in. So I don't really want to take a hit on the truck and I don't drive it that much with only 24,000 miles after 3 yrs.
So I started looking at what I can do to make this truck give me better gas mileage. So if the Edge and Bill's have the same tunes but Bill's can be customed that would probably be the way to go.
Is there a wait to get the Gryphon to the house or just the tunes?
Is there anything else to get a little better gas mileage besides keeping the foot light? Tonneau cover is just a old wives tale for gas mileage?
I went to one dealer and was ready to sign on a new Malibu and they wanted to give me 14,200 for my truck
.Its listed at kbb and edmunds for around 18,500 trade in. So I don't really want to take a hit on the truck and I don't drive it that much with only 24,000 miles after 3 yrs.
So I started looking at what I can do to make this truck give me better gas mileage. So if the Edge and Bill's have the same tunes but Bill's can be customed that would probably be the way to go.
Is there a wait to get the Gryphon to the house or just the tunes?
Is there anything else to get a little better gas mileage besides keeping the foot light? Tonneau cover is just a old wives tale for gas mileage?
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The $50 a tune was when he was allowed to tune the Edge, which is what I have. He sold me 2 custom tunes for $50 each. About the first of the year, he made an agreement with Edge that he would no longer sell custom tunes for the Edge as this put them at risk with CARB(govt). The price of the Gryphon does include 3 custom tunes of your choice whenever you are ready. You need to call Bill and discuss what you want to achieve. He and Cory are fantastic to work with.
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Just be sure to adjust for tire size and gear ratio so the MPG numbers will be accurate..
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I imagine that was before Edge stated enforcing thier retail price and before the price increase. I paid $335 from www.discountpowerparts.com. But that was 2 years ago. Knowing what I know about tuners, were I buying one now, I would not hesiate to buy the Gryphon at it's going price. I want the gauges and the custom tunes it offers. If i did not want the gauges, i would go with the XCal2 from VMP.
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Yes i did adjust for tire size, thats one of the main reasons i got it, the truck was purchased new as is except for the EDGE, from the dealership but they said they didnt adjust for tire size unless they put 35's on it since it was a very small difference. I bought the Edge at the Four Wheel parts truck show in Dallas a couple of weeks ago. They were selling them for $359.00 there.
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Yes i did adjust for tire size, thats one of the main reasons i got it, the truck was purchased new as is except for the EDGE, from the dealership but they said they didnt adjust for tire size unless they put 35's on it since it was a very small difference. I bought the Edge at the Four Wheel parts truck show in Dallas a couple of weeks ago. They were selling them for $359.00 there.
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