Yea true, that does make sense. Never really thought of it that way. Thank you!!

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So would autometer be the best guages or is there other ones out there that are comparable for cheaper?

 

Autometer makes great gauges, and has a HUGE selection of styles to choose from. I have Dipricol Optix, which are no longer around... and started gettin ISSPRO EV2's now, which are really nice as well.

Where in PA are you from? You can contact the guys at upstatedieselperformance, they're sponsors on here, that's who I get all of this stuff through, Jim and Chad have been a pleasure to work with and give me great deals on everything!

 

I'm near Allentown, PA. I'll take a look at those guages as well. Thanks!

 

Ok, I found a guy selling an SCT X3 with custom tunes from innovative. He has an 2005, would these tunes work for my 2007.
"Unlocked SCT X3- Innovative tunes + Xtreme tune. For strategy-
VXCF9N4. HEX*
TQCI1NA. HEX"
What does strategy and the numbers mean? Sorry, fairly new to diesel.

 

The VXCF9N4 is the strategy the tunes were wrote for. You would need to go to Ford, or borrow a buddys SCT to read the strategy. The strategy is basically the "flash" Ford put's on your truck specifically.

If your strategies don't match (which is a very good possibility) then those tunes don't really do you too much good. The TQC bla bla part doesn't mean much to the tuners, they never ask for it.

If the price is good, get it anyways, you can get custom tunes for YOUR strategy pretty cheap anyways. I just got some tunes from Doug @ GoGo for a pretty good price. It was like $100 for 4 tunes. I know others sell them from $25-$80 depending on where you go, per tune.

 

Ok. Will the canned tunes still work for mine then and just not the custom tunes? I have the diablosport predator right now, on that it says mine is VXCF4HBHEX? I'm guessing the same ones will not work then? Also, I offered him 300.00 for it, but that was with all of the tunes working.

 

The X3 doesn't have canned tunes, the X2 and X3 only hold 3 custom tunes, nothing else. They actually come empty when you buy them new.

Your strategies are different so you would need new tunes. Just explain that and see what he says. Still not a terrible deal, you can get 4 good tunes from Doug for around $100 or so, or at least that's what he charged me. So for $400 you can have your X-cal 3 and 4 custom tunes for your truck.

The Diablosport predator aka the "pukinator" can always be sold off to some unsuspecting victim on ebay or craigslist too to recoup costs...

 

Oh ic. So that is the difference between the X3 and the SF3. I think I would rather go with the SF3 then I have pre-loaded tunes and custom tunes to run. Thank you!

 

Correct.

I wouldn't turn down a good X-cal if you get a deal on one. It kind of defeats the purpose of getting an SCT if you don't get custom tunes... and once you have them, there will be no need for the canned stuff.

I think I saw an SCT in the electronics section on PSN for $200 brotha... might want to check that out. When the server comes back up.