Higher chance of smiles per miles! ?
Speeding tickets. lol ?
So I don't expect this can necessarily be repeated but here's what I did. My small town Ford dealer has a used car and oil change location on the other side of town. I explained to the service manager (I know all of the mgrs at the dealership and drive cars from auction for them) that I wanted to pick up the package - had them order so I could use my points - and do everything but the actual install, he agreed. I got the tool ready for the final step. Then I asked could I get the other location to put in the K/N and push the last button essentially making the install done by the dealer. They charged me the time it took to do the K/N which was 15 min or about $6....and away I went....love it. Instructions are pretty simple and if the dealer hasn't done it like mine hadn't they may cooperate and save you the hour at most it takes to get the tool ready for the final step.
No, they are 265/60/R18, same as the stock Hankooks, but heavier and with more aggressive tread. I am not complaining about the loss of MPG, as I had assumed upgrading to the Wildpeaks would give me better traction but poorer mileage. To be fair, to see how it all balances out, we will have to wait for things to get back to normal after the pandemic in order to return to daily driving to work, etc. More freeway miles will naturally bring the MPG back up; how far, we cannot say yet.
Not really a downside of the tune itself, but I will just repeat what the sales manager at my Ford dealer told me after they had flashed the tune. Keep the tuning tool "under lock and key," he warned. They have had some drivers who had had tunes done and then brought their trucks in for unrelated work but did not have the tool with them. It was a "party," he said, to work on their trucks in that case, which he meant in the negative sense of being all over the place trying to figure out workarounds! As to the tuned truck itself, I love it, much better shifting, smoother, and more powerful in both Drive and Sport. Drive now becomes what Sport used to be, and Sport moves up the ladder to make way.... I do think that MPG has dropped a bit, but this may be related to the increased urge to enjoy the turbo. No tickets so far, but the temptation is there, more so than before....
Would you say the shifting is changed at all with the FPT? Sometimes the 10 speed can be so clunky for me.
Yes, it definitely has changed. I like it better.
The transmission shift behavior now feels more refined to me. It feels most improved under light throttle and low speeds when it felt as if it lurched a bit prior to the tune.
just as I feared, the dealer is stuck saying he's getting an error message so I reached out to Ford Performance Parts on their chat and messaged them asking to call the tech at my local dealer.
What step in the process were they on when the message displayed? If you have a keyed ignition (Sport or XLT) and it was during either the read stock ECU or install tune step, the key must be two clicks forward (ON) or an error message displays. I did this on my first attempt and realized I only had it one click forward (accessory).
