You want your engine to be up to operating temperature before applying boost to the engine. The warm oil and coolant will help the metallic seals in the turbo as well as the piston rings to expand and properly seal as they are supposed to. If you allow for too much boost before the parts are...
I’m well aware of the JB4. I own one in my Kia Stinger GT. I even Wrote a custom map for it that I run that car on.
What I meant by robust is the amount of tables and settings that can be modified with a full ECU rewrite.
For the Ecoboost though you aren’t going to be able to remove all of the...
Based on the trip computer it took you an hour to go 11 miles. So you used about 2 gallons in an hour of use? Was this just a ton of idling or something? Or stop and go traffic?
Yeah, this isn't even close to being a tune. This simply changes throttle voltage based on pedal percentage. You get no actual performance out of this mod.
I just went out and got the NGK plugs. The bet that will help out a lot with these boost levels. I’m still utilizing the stock Timing tables since I am currently just on 91 octane. I want to have this map dialed in before I bump up to E30.
HPTuners is by far more comprehensive and robust than the JB4. But you can’t beat the JB4 simplicity if you aren’t able to do tuning completely on your own.
The JB4 is super easy to use and install. I’ve put them on and off, in about 15 minutes each way.
Does your setup have Fuel Control wires too? And are you doing custom mapping through a USB?
Are you running something other than their advertised tune? When I check out their nGauge description they are only advertising gains of 40hp/75tq. I know that the engine is capable of a lot more gains than that, so I am not skeptical at all of a 350rwhp ranger. Just curious if their tune...