That's what's nice is you don't have to lay your foot into it to make power now. The transmission works much smoother too and the shifts are tighter so the lag is gone. Mine mpg is down a little this tank because I flashed back to the 91-93 performance tune and I've been having some fun with it. ?
Well if my transmission shifting and cold start confusion doesn’t get fixed at my next appointment, I’m getting a tune. I don’t trust my old windows computer and my wife has a Mac so I may be borrowing g someone’s computer to do the install. Just mentally adding it to my long list of items to acquire. It’s depressing always adding to the list and never crossing anything off. ?
Even if it gets fixed I'd still consider one at some point. It really does make a huge difference in the way the truck shifts and performs with one. Keep an eye out in the Members Marketplace as there's usually some up for sale often.
Awesome. Will do. I’ll keep an eye out.
Well that’s good to know. I’ve already slowly mentioned this to my wife so I’ll let it stew for awhile and let her subconscious normalize the idea of me getting a tune. I just drop little hits every so often and then slowly mention them more and more. It works. Now to go look at my Bilsteins suspension and leaf springs sitting in the garage waiting for install. ? She doesn’t understand truck upgrades but she doesn’t have to. Think I’m going to start waking up in the middle of the night to play recordings mentioning truck upgrades and let her subconscious listen. If you ever don’t hear from me you’ll know I’ve been caught in my scheme and probably buried somewhere in the woods.
I have been in the I don't want a tune Camp but considering it more. My main concerns are: mileage, I get great mileage currently with my 4x2, any issues with annual emission checks, and any concern with the transmission handling the added power.
Brian, we don't have to do emissions here on newer vehicles but IIRC it doesn't effect it if/when you have to. Livernois has been tuning these transmissions for years in the Mustang and F150 and I haven't heard anyone saying there's has issues from it. IMHO I feel it might help seeing as the transmission isn't always lugging now and shifts so much better.
Brian, In case you're interested a member just put his tuner up for sale today. You can buy his MyCal tuner and then have Livernois tune it to your Ranger for $200.
The soft shift skips for sure. I think the performance and towing do not.
