I am going to take advantage of 5 Star tunings Labour Day sale and purchase 3 tunes for $150, Now I just have to figure out which tunes I want.

I have a 2011 5.0 4 door long box with 3.73's, truck is all stock, I drive normal and don't horse around to often, but I do like speed.
I tow light loads occasionally and take long road trips often...

Any advice?

 

I run a modified (slightly lowered transmission shift points do better work in traffic) 5* 87tow/perf tune in my 2009 5.4. It runs like a top and the transmission shifts so much nicer(same 6r80 transmission as your 2011). I would suggest the 87perf/tow, 89perf/tow and 91 perf. Keeping your foot light in any of them will actually produce better MPG than stock...again, if you can keep your foot out of it.

 

Thank You, Mike actually suggested those 3 tunes, I think I may get the 93 Perf though...

 

Or possibly the 93 Octane "Race"...

 

Yeah try one of the "race" tunes, MPT uncorked my 5.4 nicely with a 93 octane race tune.....obviously 5.0 on perf tune would crush me but there is a big difference between tow and race tuning.

 

I did 87 perf/tow, 87 Economy and 93 race. Should be sweet! I wonder how long till I get my tunes, ordered on Tuesday...

 

I also just took advantage of the labor day sale and ordered my X4 from 5 star I ordered with 87 performance/ tow. 87 economy. 91 performance tow. 93 performance tow. And 93 race. I ordered it Friday afternoon and should've here tuesday . seems like really fast shipping. Can't wait

 

Ive only tried the 87 perf/tow, and she goes like a scared rabbit now, haven't tried the 87 eco or 91 race yet...

 

I made the biggest mistake ever when I did mine and got all the 87 octane tunes. Does anyone actually go to the economy once they've used the performance ones? I should have and have debated getting a single 93 performance one to test out on my 2010 with the 5.4. Just hard to swallow paying the extra for the gas. I know once I try it, I wouldn't want to go back.

 

Ya im kinda thinking the 87 Eco tune was a waste of money, like how much better can the MPG get with the tune? I will probably end up getting a 93 race tune...hopefully the truck doesn't grenade...

 

Yea, With my 5star tunes I got 87 eco, 87 perf/tow, 91 perf.. I ran the 87 perf/tow for 2 tanks then switched to the 91 performance and havent looked back.. I havent even loaded the 87 eco, but some report 1.5 to 2mpg's better on a highway run

About 4 months ago i got 3 more tunes from MPT and went with the 87 tow, 91 performance and 93 performance and we dont even have 93 around here, the closest station is about 150 miles away. But figured on a trip i could fill up with 93.. Have heard the 93 tunes are simply badass

 

My X4 came in today from 5 star. Really fast shipping! Loaded my 87 performance/ towing and wow what a difference feels like a completely different truck. Can't wait to throw a tank of 93 in it and run the 93 performance/ tow tune!

 

Just loaded the 91 Race tune, after I filled up with 93oct, and man let me tell you, she pulls hard, so hard that Im afraid to keep it on the floor...

Has anyone ever heard of a catastophic failure caused by tuning?

 

Datalog and send it to your tuner.. That way they can see how the engine is doing and make adjustments if needed

 

I've only ever loaded my 87 performance tune from vmptuning. Using 87 in colorado it is great. I threw 91 in it a few times and my scangauge registered about a 5 hp difference. That's not all octane tho but at 6000ft my trucks scangauge2 is registering 195 to 201hp. That's on my v6 with cold air intake and 87 performance tune. Today with 87 octane in it, it registered 196hp. 6000ft is supposed to be about a 18% power loss.... stock is 202hp on my truck so mine isn't losing the 18% thankfully.