An Article about Bill's 6.0L FICM Reprogramming
 

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6.0L Power Stroke FICM Reprogramming from Power Hungry Performance: Gain Mileage and Performance

I read this on FTE before seeing it here. I wish I still had my 6.0 liter because it was a much more fuel efficent vehicle than my 6.4.

Interesting! Now, if I could just convince my Sister to pull the trigger on a programmer for her 6.0L.... I've ridden in it. It's a nice truck, and it pulls her horse trailer with no complaints.

- Jack

I read the article, thats how I found this forum,:yesnod:. I have a 04 PSD that got new heads under warranty a year ago (and a PCM reset), and was at the shop again for a wiring harness warranty repair thus summer, and again the invoice says "reset PCM". To be honest I dont know if it runs worse - it always seems to run fine. Over time I kept adding goodies and never got a real good MPG baseline. Would I see improvement if got my FICM reset to the original factory setting , or are these not related ? I get 14-15 mpg with my SCT on the 100 HP setting, so I cant complain.
Thanks,

Tom

so what would be the approx turn around time on a ficm to Canada?

Tom,

Most folks would see an improvement, especially in conjunction with a programmer although even a stock truck would see noticeable gains. 14-15 with an SCT still seems a little low for mileage, but then again I don't know how you drive or what you use the vehicle for. If you consistently pull a load or drive aggressively, then you're probably about where you'd expect. If you run empty and drive conservatively, you would probably expect to see some gains.

As for turnaround time to Canada? How much do you feel like spending? Unfortunately, shipping to Canada is all about money. The faster you want it, the (exponentially) more it's going to cost you. My time 1 day. What you have to decide is whether what you'll spend in reprogramming and shipping is going to pay itself off in performance and/or fuel savings.

Take care.

FICM Shipping to Ontario
 

Sonic, we have had one Canadian customer do the FICM reprogramming. As Bill said, it's really about the ridiculous cost of shipping it back and forth. I don't know how much that customer paid to get it to us, but it cost her $89.65USD to ship it back to Ontario via UPS Worldwide Expedited.

Hope that helps. :)

It is the fees you have to pay between the US and Canada. I broke out a skylight in my camper that is made in British Columbia. two hours from my house. I was told I had to buy the whole thing for 400 bucks when the only part I needed was the plastic skylight. When I got the unit, I called the manufacturer and asked them about just buying the plastic insert and they stated they only sell them to the US in bulk as a whole unit because of the transport fees. In other words, if I ordered the plastic piece from them directly it would have cost me $70 plus about 300 in fees to ship it to me. Maybe the same issue is going on here.

In most cases is the brokerage fees from the shipping company. As I understand it, they can charge whatever they want for "handling all the paperwork" when shipping between the US and Canada. With USPS, it's pretty small but with UPS or FedEx it can get pretty pricey, especially with Next Day or 2nd Day.

Thanks Bill for jogging my memory, your right, it was the brokerage fees. If I had known the thing was made in BC Canada, I would have driven up and picked one up. IT is only 3 hours from my house. OH well, if it happens again I will know better for next time.

Bill if i was to buy the FICM(new in box) from the ford dealership could i send it directly to you without having ford do any programing(that they say they need to do for it to work)? and if i send you the brand new FICM you program it i get it back and my truck will run with nothing needed from ford? last thing what will this cost me and how does shipping work if i want it fast? wwjnsndo@yahoo.com thanks for any help

Yes, Bill can program a blank FICM. He's done quite a few for me. Once he ships it back to you, you can install it and go...no need for the ford dealer.

FICM information
 

Just got my truck 06 F250 6.0L and looking to start some upgrades. I tow a 35ft fifth wheel no problem but just looking to get the most out of the truck, which way should I go ficm tuning to start with or the Gryphon programer.
If it's the FICM tuning where do I get another one to send out to PHP.

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On most 6.0L trucks, the FICM helps with fuel economy and off-idle response while the programmer helps with overall performance. If you are staging your modifications, you'll need to decide which is more important up front... economy or performance.

The only problem with getting a salvage FICM unit is that you have no idea of the condition of the unit and with all the Inductive Heating strategies out there killing FICMs, it's possible that any unit you get may be on its last legs. Sadly, new units are $800 which makes it sort of cost prohibitive for most folks.

It's a tough call. Many salvage yards do NOT offer any sort of warranty on electronic components (ECMs, FICMs, etc.) so if you get it and it's bad, then you're out of luck.

Good luck. :2thumbs:

inductive heat
 

Bill: I have reading about a lot of FICM failures lately and it may be the inductive heat flash that is the culprit. My dealer flashed my truck after they said that they wouldn't. I had told them that I didn't want the inductive heat and they assured me that they wouldn't flash it. They lied. They flashed it anyway and didn't tell me about it. I felt the difference as soon as I left the dealership. Not good.
All this to work up to this question. Can/would you do the FICM reflash without the inductive heat flash? I was OK with the buzz flash that I had when I took it to the dealer for a turbo. I have a spare FICM that I had you reflash and just got it in the truck friday. I had a short test drive and it feels good. I am just concerned about that inductive heat flash affecting the life of the module. I live in Florida so the heat flash is not really needed here. Have you considered offering your flash without the inductive strategy.

I don't believe Bill is using any Inductive Heating strategies in his FICM programs, I know the ones I have don't have it.

Jeremy: Perhaps I misunderstood this post on this site to interpret that the heat strategy was in the PHP flash. See a copy of that post below.




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Ah, well He told me I don't have it in mine, but perhaps you can get it, if needed with his hybrid programs. :shrug:

Do you have an updated link for the article? This one does not work.
Thanks!