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Quickerthanu
Mon, April 25th, 2011, 06:49 PM
Hello all,

Just got around to finally having time to test all my tunes and WOW they are quite an improvement over my stock PCM.

I purchased a 40hp tow, 80hp daily driver, and the 140hp xtreme. The 40hp tow is awesome when I pull our 28' enclosed race car trailer, and the 140hp xtreme tune makes the truck feel like the an 2003 Cobra.

However when I loaded the 80hp daily driver I didn't notice any more power over the 40hp tow tune. I ran thru the following to check to hopefull make sure it wasn't something I did by:

#1 Swapped file positions on the SCT flash tuner; i.e. tow on #1, 80dd on #2....then resaved them to 80dd on #1 and tow on #3.
#2 Deleted the files I download and re-downloaded them thinking there was something with those file downloads.
#3 Re-updated the firmware on my SCT tuner, downloaded files again....still the same.


To give you a little background of what my truck has is:
67k on the odometer
2006 F-350 shortbed
4x4 dually
Swamps 58v FICM w/ PHP tuning
PHP rolledback PCM
SCT flash tuner
5" exhaust, EGR gone, headstuds

I have sent a e-mail to Bill asking if there is something I did wrong, or if my expectations are to high, or if there is truely something with that 80 daily tune.



Cliff notes:
I my question is: What should I expect in power differance when switching from 40tow to 80 daily driver?



Thanks all for the help.
Andy

HeavyAssault
Fri, April 29th, 2011, 11:59 AM
What is the current strategy for your PCM?

Quickerthanu
Fri, April 29th, 2011, 01:03 PM
What is the current strategy for your PCM?

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Quickerthanu
Tue, May 3rd, 2011, 05:20 PM
Bill, Corey, Cody??? Can you help???

ebusa
Wed, May 2nd, 2012, 07:09 PM
Sounds to me that the 40hp is a heavy tow tune while the 80hp is probably an AggTow tune, only adding alittle more hp. SOTP is probably hard to tell.

I know I run an AggTow 65hp (diff vendor) and when I run a (100hp) Street it only feels alittle strong in the upper rpm range. Both with absolutely no smoke.

You might consider trying some other vendors. I bet you'd be real happy with a 100hp Street tune for a daily driver. Great power without stressin everythign out to the max.

Right now I'm running an AggTow tune and a FICM tune and it's just perfect for a daily driver and towing. The big race tunes are fun, but my truck has always run better with a little milder tune. I'm not racing here...lol

Hopefully you can get an answer from PHP.