i have not a clue what a tuner does but the edge sounds like a good piece of equipment. i dont wanna sound like a pest or anything but can someone fill me in? the only mods i have done to my truck is a magnaflow exhausts, si/so, and a k&n intake kit. my truck is awd with the 5.4L...so would it improve hp,etc on my truck?

thanks, anthony

 

the search feature is an awsome tool...



programmers alter your timing and shift points etc for better mileage performance etc...


some mods require cutoms tunes other do not, the key is to ensure you research before you buy anything...

 

That cheap chip is just a resistor that tells your computer the intake air temp is cooler than what it really is. Not worth the pocket change.

 

does this void the warranty on the truck? and can the settings be reset to put the truck back to its orig settings?

 

YES the cheap resistor will void your warranty

 

my fault tarajerame, i meant the edge.

 

NO, the endge isn't worth it either, a gryphon yes, but that's because canned tunes are always pwned by custom tunes

 

Anthony, please read the sticky at the top of this forum. It answers the questions you are asking and, it applies to all the "major" devices like the Edge, Gryphon, X3, SF3, LiveWire, and so on.

- Jack

 

jack, whats is canned tunes and whats custom tunes? is it the settings in the tuner?

 

Canned tunes are the generic tunes that the tuners come with for stock trucks. CUstom tunes are basically catered to your truck's mod and your needs. Like a performance tune that takes into accournt your exhaust, CAI or any other mods the truck has. There is a bigger gain from them and smoother shifting. One of the best bang for the buck mods available to us. It is on my to do list (Gryphon)

 

oh, so another words, i have an exhaust and intake, so i would want to go with custom tunes. right? now only gryphon offers this?

 

Yeah, that's how you see the most gains from your mods. The gyrphon is nice because it has the gauges in cab so you can view various parameters of our choice. PHP's site is PHPtune.com. VMP (VMPtuning.com) and Troyer (Troyerperformance.com) offer the XCal 3 and SCT Livewire. They are all good tuners but I like the gryhon for the gauges. It is $399 plus $30 for each custom tune. That is reasonable to me

 

il check that out..thx, uhm, when you say $30 for each custom tune, what you mean by that? isnt there like 3 levels that it can operate on?

 

Well the tuners (if you opt for custom tunes) allow you to decide on usually up to 3 custom tunes of your choice. AN example would be: I want an 87 economy tune for my truck on the Gryphon. I would have it replace canned tune level 1 and then it would leave me with the canned tow tune (level two) and the 91 or whatever performance tune (level 3) So I would be buying the gryphon with 1 custom tune which would be stored in the spot where the canned level 1 tune would be and then I would have 2 canned tunes that I could use if I wanted. Does that make sense?

 

so if i buy a gryphon, (canned tunes) it only comes with 1 level? if i want the other 2 i gotta get them extra. thats what i understand so far.