Does anyone use this programmer? I got mine about two weeks ago, and haven't seen any problems with it. Is it really unsafe for them? Just wondering what the best way to run them is for fuel mileage ect.. I also was wondering if anybody has it stacked with an SCT for the monitor function, and how you go about doing such a thing. Thanks guys.

Oh and BTW if anyone wants to experiment with any custom fab work, im your guy. We do a lot of cnc plasma cutting, and i've been dying to make some grilles and such, just havent had the time to tear mine apart. If you didn't notice i'm new to the diesel world, but so far i've fell in love.

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2006 Ford F-250 Supercab XLT FX4. 6.0 Powerstroke. Edge Juice with Attitude. Airaid Intake. Custom 4'' Exhaust with muffler, and DPF delete. Daystar Leveing Kit with Ranch 9000 Shocks. 35x12.50 BFG Mud Terrains. Memphis Audio 10 inch sub in custom ported box powered by Memphis 300 watt amp. Kenwood Head Unit. 5% tint so they can't see up in my windows. Lots of stickers. A couple of KC daylighters. Bull Bar. Toolbox. A few others

stacking the two will end up getting ur truck broke. 6.0 are well known for poping head gaskets with just a little added power. your edge juice will pop it if u beat on your truck on the higher settings. hope ya have luck with it

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future bombs: full billet trans, larger turbo, bigger injectors, DVs

I had the Edge system on my 04. I liked it purely for the fact that it was able to clear the codes (always had codes) I found that I got 2 mpg better when running on level 5. This seems to be a great level for everyday driving. By all means, if you are towing, do not run it on this level.

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thanks guys. i guess i'll give the 5th setting a try. I know enough not to tow with the power settings. I'm pretty cautious about egts. if they get over 1000 i usually back off real quick.

We had a 6.0 truck that was a customer's truck with a juice with attitude on it.

It ran 14.20's.

Couldn't keep head gaskets in it though.

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So... you work a lot on fords from what i've read. Is this head gasket issue that most of the 6.0s seen a lot on the newer ones? Mine is an 06 (65k miles on it so far) i had some injector issues from the previous owner (25k) ( 8 new injectors) but that was the end of the problems. I had the death wobble untill i leveled it out and put new rancho 9000s on it, now it rides like a new cadi. so here are my questions.. 1. Do i need to worry about head studs with the way i have it set up now? 2. What are the best lubricants, oils, fluids, ect for the thing? 3. Do i need to worry about blowing the head gasket out of it with my edge set on 3 all the time? I go real easy on it, egts never get over 1100, i keep it on 3 to do away with the turbo spool time. I'm real new to the diesel world and i figured you were the guy with the answers. Thanks in advance bud!

I got an 05 6.0L I have had no issues with the heads on my truck and I have a quadzilla adrenaline on level 3all the time. You have a better chance of blowing a gasket if you still have a EGR system. and you have basically the same set up as me except my erg cooler is gone and i don't worry. hope I helped.

^^^ Wrong info about the EGR causing head gasket failures.

EVERY 6.0 has the potential for head gaskets to fail, and most of them do it without a chip FWIW.

I stud almost every truck I have apart.

Your head gaskets are living on borrowed time, sir.

HGs blow on stock trucks, so no truck is safe. Its not if but when. IMO edge gives you lots of power, but doesnt do it as safley as an sct with custom tunes, which would give you more bang for your buck.

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i'm thinking about gettin an SCT and using my attitude to monitor it. Can that be done?

Im pretty you can use it just to monitor

For what it's worth, I would find a dealer that's friendly to modifications before you need any major work done. Ideally, when your truck poops out a head gasket, it would be nice to have a dealer in mind that isn't going to hang you out to dry on the tuner, as well as offer you the opportunity to upgrade to the studs instead of the stock style head bolts. I've got several sets of head bolts in my toolbox that went unused and the customer didn't want 'em after I put the studs in their machine.

I was told that deleting the EGR system the chances of blowing a head gasket weren't as high.

I run the juice with attitude along with banks intercooler,5" exhaust, cfm intake and injen/amsoil inake filter, egr plugged, all mods were made at 120k and I now have 190k on the truck/ no head studs yet/ will do them eventually though. I am like you, I don't push it too hard when towing, I use the recommended setting of 2 for that, I normally leave it on 4 for normal driving, two weeks ago I took a 460 mile trip/920 round trip, and got 25mpg staying at 5 over posted speed.the trip was to pick up a 6.0 core motor, complete, to do a complete build, fire rings, studs,head and main,billet cam,forged rods, better valve springs,,bigger injectors,,just to have something I can pound on a little more.Bob