Hi my name is Austin and I just bought an 05 ford f150 Sterling edition and am looking for a programmer to add to the truck. I'd like to increase acceleration and overall power of the truck but would still like to have to option of fuel efficiency. What types of programmers are best recommended for this truck?

 

Here ya go. Take a minute and read the stickies they are a good places to start.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=386057

In my opinion get a SCT from one our many reputable tuners on this site. (5 star, MPT, PHP, troyer, etc)
If you are running an aftermarket intake you will for sure want custom tunes to recalibrate you maf sensor so you won't be running lean.

 

This was a great document but after reading I still have a couple questions. I have a 97 f-150 and I just swapped out the 4.6 for a 1999 5.4.

- If I get an after market tuner, do I still need to get the stock PCM dyno tuned or will the Programmer take care of that?
- From reading it appears that I can get programmer and have a custom dyno tune developed through it. Is that correct???

Thanks!

 

great high jack

feel free to purchase a device that can be custom tuned (most reputable tuners use SCT devices)


while you won't need a dyno tune, a custom tune will be needed for sure


it just depends on if you can datalog and communicate or not



note: just because someone has a dyno and can alter tunes doesn't mean they are reputable