Forget Speed - Best Tuner for MPG's

[blairian]

Originally Posted by PatsPSD

Thats sweet numbers!!!!!

ya! not bad at all...its also listed as the only tuner that is safe to tow with on highest power level, and supposedly has a built in EGT safeguard in it

(which I would believe because those fans start running whenever you come out to play!)

[PatsPSD]

Originally Posted by blairian

ya! not bad at all...its also listed as the only tuner that is safe to tow with on highest power level, and supposedly has a built in EGT safeguard in it

(which I would believe because those fans start running whenever you come out to play!)

Great info thanks.........

[Logan]

You can get eccono files for the SCT. Basicly it is a change in the timing and fuel delivery. I have picked up a couple MPG with these kinda files.

[blairian]

Originally Posted by PatsPSD

Great info thanks.........

Thank you, and its not a problem...picked mine up for $375 at a local dealer in town and the module is good for 05 to (including) the 08

[blairian]

and forgot to mention its internet updateable as well...a functionality that hypertech hasnt had in the past

[6.0Sean]

wow, I think I might go hypertech max! Do they make one of those for my 04? I could use the fuel milage over the power right now for cruising, and towing.

[Blue01F250]

if i'm not mistaken (and I could be) hypertech and those types of tuners defuel the engine to keep EGTs down - thats's their safeguard... you can get an econo tune on any custom tuner that is just as safe as those hypertech tuners

[DKR]

Eric from Innovative does have an Econo tune. I have it, but haven't had a reason to run it. Too much fun with the Xtremes!

Guess I will haveto try it and let everyone know. He told me it's a boring tune but you get GREAT mpgs outta it.

[EODguyJake]

Originally Posted by blairian

with my hypertech MAX energy tuner on my 6.0 with the air conditioner off in good weather i get 25 mpg on the highway unloaded..19-21 with a trailer

it even startled me...hand calculated over several tanks

I don't know how you pulled that off, but I wish I did...I'm running the HyperPAC, and the tunes must be the same, because it quotes the same power, and that you can run it in any stage while towing. I don't see hardly any gains in fuel economy...I do good to get 14mpg. 30 of the 40 miles (round trip) that I make to work are on the highway, and because of where I live, I would say that 70%-80% of my driving is highway. Plus, I have had some transmission issues lately, and only when running the tuner. Now, I did spend a year in Korea, so I just got the latest PCM flash from Ford last Friday...the most recent one before that would have been somewhere around Sept/Oct 05. I wasn't able to update online...I was supposed to have an SD memory card on my doorstep today, and it didn't come, so I who knows what will happen now. I can't be 100% sure the tuner caused the transmission problems, but if it didn't, I had some hokey schitt goin on before Ford got hold of it last week. Oh yeah, and the truck only has 30K on it.

[Ditty]

I know that with my Xtreme setting on my DI 6pos, if I baby it, I can get some pretty good MPG numbers. Though I hardly EVER baby it. Rollin' Coal and running 16's is too much fun.