then sink the island
But why is he wrong? He's only stating that there is an adjustment that has to be made for those living in higher altitudes. You're saying this is already done but it's not. The Livernois tune self adjusts so you never have to worry about it where with this 5Star tune you need to tell them upfront. I'm not sure why you have to call him a pathological liar because one phone call to 5Star will verify this. Now if you're just going into higher elevations once in a while there's probably no need for this but if you live in an area like CO or UT I think it's best to know this before we have another "I think I threw a rod" thread.
I drove mine from sea level (Houston TX where I live) to 14K feet and back to sea level on the 5* tune with not a single solitary issue. Even when running the lower octane fuel in CO. (91 vs 93) the truck performed flawlessly on the 5* 93 performance tune. I have run this tune for 10K miles now and the only issue I had was the transmission shifting was too aggressive after flashing it but that was resolved by having the dealer top it off (1.5-2 qts low from the factory) and my resetting the transmission adaptive system with Forscan. I cannot fault 5* for that since it was doing that when I bought it.
While it's not advised, the system will adjust for it by backing off peak boost pressure, spark advancement as well as possible injector pulse width. The same it will do if you run 93 on a stock tune and will see a nice little bump in power, you'd lose some power on 87 with a 93 tune. It'd be like putting a bad tank of gas in and the system will adapt to it fairly quickly. Running 87 will result in a loss of power but it wont be the end of the world if you fill a tank or two with 87. Now if it's going to be for a prolonged period of time then switching to the stock tune or a lower octane custom is the best option.
Born and raised in Arizona? Explains enough for me. Also I already have contacted them. How do you think I know this information? The fact that you are letting one person upset you so much is hysterical when I am simply giving information to someone while knowing the facts. Will said person stay away from said company just because I said so? Who knows. All I do know is that person can see the information I give them and take the time to decide for themselves.
Personally I am going to go with the Ford tune for peace of mind, I tow a lot. Maybe a CAI and some sort of exhaust (maybe not, like the sleeper aspect). Planning on just setting my truck up with lights and other items that make off-road and camping easier. Maybe if I didn't tow so much I would look at the other tuners more.
Such a nice truck. The mods on it are north of 20k and could easily hit 30k.
This may not be helpful, but if I was looking for "big" numbers, I would be finding a good Ford loving tuning shop and get a proper dyno tune. I would never run a flash performance tune without logging some roadway runs and sending the logs to whatever handheld tuner company you are using.
Oh I am sure the mods are well over $50k, I am guessing an APG kit installed is over $20k alone
Yea however that's not an APG kit. This truck had the front long travel retaining 4wd and the rear links with bed cage all made at kibbetech. Kibbetech is very expensive because they have a lot of machined aluminum parts.
