Boy, am I ever late jumping in here. However, I think 88racing has covered it all beautifully! Good on you!
Welcome to the forum, mmandley!
By all means, plug the Gryphon in and try it out when you get it. The canned "tow" tune is actually a pretty good all around tune to start with, although some folks just try the Level 1 tranny tune. If you use 91+ octane gas though, program your truck with the Level 3 tune.
I think you're going to see a notable difference - I did.
I'm guessing the boat is not TOO heavy? Maybe less than 2500#? If so, any tune will work fine. But, Bill will write you a custom towing tune for it that is much better than the canned tune. The canned one is set for loads in the 5000# range.
That was good advice on the CAI. Don't install it till you get a tune written for it.
- Jack
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