I stopped reading this a while ago and just skim over it now and i'm no expert, but saying sct with or without custom tunes is not as good as quad is like saying bullydog is better than EFI Live for the Duramax, end of story, maybe your quad works good for you, I guarantee an SCT will work better

 

yeah i planned on takin the banks off just havent got around to doin so. i have a exhaust temp gauge and another boost gauge and i do plan on the egr delete as soon as the egr starts to go bad. i have heard of alot of ppl gettin new headstuds. how hard is that and what is the price range on that? it's just a pain to have lift the cab to replace the head gaskets. i use ford motorcraft oil. is that good enough?

 

Oil choice is a huge can of worms, Im using Rotella T6. The Motorcraft is fine. The cost for studs I think is around $2000.00-2500.00? I'm not sure. I would not worry unless you blow a gasket, then deal with it. You can get custom tunes for stock headbolts.

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This thread just keeps coming back to life! There will always be people that can't be convinced of the obvious, like I know this guy that still bets on the Detroit Lions...go figure.

 

These guys just can't take it if you bad mouth there SCT, man it's a sin to like something else. I'll still stick with my Adrenalin and Amsoil. I just wonder if half even know what there talking about.

 

Your transmission may already be suffering from having an inferior tuner on it for who knows how long. Try the custom tuned SCT, it will certainly firm up your shifting without a doubt.

Yeah what he said.

Yeah what he said too.

What basis do you have to bad mouth SCT? I didn't realize you were actually trying to bad mouth them, I just thought you were using another tuner for now? Please explain, I'm interested to see what bad things you have to say about SCT.

We bad mouth the other "programmers" because we hate to see fellow diesel enthusiasts using inferior products.

Wonder if half even know what they're talking about? Kind of calling the kettle black there aren't we?



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Still waiting for those dyno sheets too. What is even funnier about that is you're getting dyno sheets from Quadzilla. Why not put your truck on a dyno and see what it will really do? I have dyno sheets on my desktop at home of what my truck did with a custom tuned SCT.

 

I think it has been stated and stated again: Go with what you want, it's your money. But do some research FIRST!!! This guy clearly should have asked for dyno sheets to back up the claims of the company selling him something BEFORE he gave them his money. He stated himself their customer service sucks and he is still waiting for dyno sheets. This does not suprise most of us being they already have his money and they have nothing else to sell him. As long as you are happy and satisfied with the money you have spent, then I for one am happy for you!!!!
This thread is like 8 months old, it keeps dying and coming back to life without any real new information. For the new guys, if you look where it says "posts" in the upper rh corner you can click on the number and it will show all the posts made by any given poster, this can give you a good look at their "big picture" some just keep posting the same dribble without any real knowledge to back it up. You will have to make up your own mind.
This is me in a nutshell:

https://www.dieselbombers.com/6-0l-b...tml#post684622

 

05KingranchSd wrote that His Tech said that SCT burned a bad code into his FICM. You then trash his Tech with out even knowing him. He apparently found the bad code in the FICM when he checked it. I didn't see that 05KingranchSD even said anything about it having a SCT. The SCT must have left a footprint,appairently the tech was good enough to find it in the FICM. If you cant bad mouth the product then you trash the Tech. Show me your computer credentials. You don't know for sure if it burned the bad code or not, it must have or his Tech wouldn't have fond it.

 

The SCT doesn't "burn" any code in the FICM, you can take it out of your truck and send in and it can be reworked then sent back to you and put back in. It would be like saying you need a new alternator because the SCT reprogrammed the polarity. The fact is the FICM does just go bad and Ford had a stratagy awhile back that was killing FICMs.
I don't have any computer credentials or typing skills, my spelling is only ok and I work hard on punctuation but my speciality is "preachy know it all"
I apologize to the OP for offering an answer to his question, but then maybe he should just ask his tech, for he says it, so it must be so and I see he also has a Quadzilla which shows his knowledge of these diesels is already way ahead of everyone else, except you of course!
My original advice is still and will always be the same: do the research. check the other forums, ask the vendors, ask for proof. Don't be afraid to ask questions, but be prepared to wade through all the responses-good and bad and don't get frustrated, you will figure it out. You are going to be the one spending money, lots of money so educate yourself first.

 

05KingranchSd said nothing about the it having a SCT so there for the SCT must have burned the bad code or the TECH wouldn't of found it mister no it all. I accualy think your full of s**t. Don't say that it didn't happen because you really don'y know. If he found it it must have been there. You just don't get it, he said nothing about it having the SCT. The preveous owner must have used it and it left a footprint.

 

I am full of s**t!
I'll type this real slow so you can get your mind around it, I don't care what the tech says and I don't care if the OP cares what I say, I'm not trying to sell him anything. Once again my advice is this: Educate yourself before you spend your money! Do some research into what you want before you spend your money! Don't give anyone free-reign to throw parts at your truck to fix any given problem, they will NEVER come back and say " I replaced alot of expensive parts that were really ok so no charge for that" Know what the issue is and why it needs to be replaced.
This guy already said he has had the truck for about a year and he didn't have the SCT and the truck was fine. He said it had the Banks on it but it was unplugged and when he plugged it in the truck quit, his tech did also say the Banks was at fault so which is it? You believe that the previous owner may have had a SCT, its possible. But do you really believe that a SCT programmer that may have been on the truck over a year ago, a truck that had been running fine for a year has come back and changed its programming and ruined 2 injectors and then the FICM? Have you been watching Transformers?
Seriously, I get it. You got the Quad and you are happy with it and I'm glad, I just don't want to see someone make uninformed choices and wind up disappointed.