Ficm tune, is it for me ?

[Cajunrgfm]

Thanks jeremy, i have 6 psd 6.0's in the fleet, 4 f450's and 2 550's, they are under police contract all towtrucks. They are all stock 'cept my personal 550, the 450's replaced 350's for the main reason that the 450,2 wd, have a straight axle w/leaf springs and don't need near the maintenance a 350 does , pounding on junk city streets. The dana 80 rear is also a bonus. The 550's are for the ability to winch anything out of anywhere, they also run like the are on rails on heavy snow and ice. So, they may tow heavy at times, but under 20 miles usually back home, and in no hurry. Now, for other jobs that are first come first served , i need her to be able to scoot. I have ficms i can send bill, i have the cts too, i am a 28 year, retired Caterpillar tech, and my buddy is a factory trained psd tech, so we have the 6.0 mechanics covered. I don't believe in hi output canned tunes, i am quite happy with the cts level 2 but i know custom is better. I never would have installed w/out Bill saying that it does address the tranny. And it does shift well. But i know Bill has better for my engine.

[Cajunrgfm]

Ok, as i familiarize myself to the site, i have found my ecm strategy to be VXBC9PE, in further reading, "groovy chick" has this listed as not a preffered strategy. so then, my system should be rolled back.

[Jeremy]

Yes, its what PHP recommends.

[Cajunrgfm]

With the help of jeremy and many others, yes, a ficm and ecm rollback/tune is for my trucks. As for Bill and his team, everything they are doing is very positive and i believe the safety and longevity of internal parts is and has been addressed with much dyno and real life testing. I am very impressed, and still have much reading to do,and tho' I have a cts on my 6.0, am leaning towards buying the php ficm tuner and custom tunes and ecm rollback, just to not be at the mercy of edge wiping my chit away, plus having the ficm and rollback strategies at my fingertips.