Tunes, tunes, and more tunes

[J Ski]

Looking to purchase a tune for my Ex. I want to know what you all have or have had and what tunes you liked the best. I know higher octane tunes get more power but for right now I’m running 87 and looking at 5 star. Whatcha got!?

 

[07xln]

5* 93 tunes only

 

[J Ski]

5* 93 tunes only

How did this impact your mpg?

 

[07xln]

Don't really know. I wasn't concerned with gas mileage when I bought my Expedition. I drive a few miles around town multiple times a day and the gauge reads between 14-15mpg. I went on a road trip from Dallas to Lawton, OK a few weeks back and running 80mph pretty much the whole way it said I was getting around 19mpg.

87octane tune just sounds like an Oxymoron to me

 

[J Ski]

Don't really know. I wasn't concerned with gas mileage when I bought my Expedition. I drive a few miles around town multiple times a day and the gauge reads between 14-15mpg. I went on a road trip from Dallas to Lawton, OK a few weeks back and running 80mph pretty much the whole way it said I was getting around 19mpg.

87octane tune just sounds like an Oxymoron to me

Yeah well when youve got two kids under the age of 4 and your annual income for the household is under $100,000 you save $$$ where you can. The graphs Ive seen for the 87 tune look way better than stock IMO

 

[07xln]

Yeah but the graphs for 93 look EVEN better. Not sure how much gas is where your at but where I'm at 93 is about $.30 more a gallon. With a 34 gallon tank that's an extra $10.20 at fill up. When my truck is at E and in the red a fill up is usually around 28 gallons. So in reality a fill up with 93 is only around $8.40 more. I can go close too 2 weeks on one tank of gas with the type of driving I do. $8.40 x 2 fill ups a month x 12 months = $201.60. It cost me $201.60 (give or take a few bucks) to run 93 full time and have a better running truck with a better tune. For me, my wife and 3 kids (ages 7, 5 & 1) we spend that every week at the grocery store. You're telling me an extra $200-250 a year is somehow gonna put you in the poor house.

I'm not telling you how to spend your money bro. Like me I can tell youre an enthusiast. Your driving around in a top of the line truck that's lifted, got big wheels, an intake etc on it and you're telling me its not worth an extra $200 a year to have it running badass!!!

Either way good luck bro. I'm sure it will run better with whatever tune you choose

 

[Muddy Bean]

Yeah but the graphs for 93 look EVEN better. Not sure how much gas is where your at but where I'm at 93 is about $.30 more a gallon. With a 34 gallon tank that's an extra $10.20 at fill up. When my truck is at E and in the red a fill up is usually around 28 gallons. So in reality a fill up with 93 is only around $8.40 more. I can go close too 2 weeks on one tank of gas with the type of driving I do. $8.40 x 2 fill ups a month x 12 months = $201.60. It cost me $201.60 (give or take a few bucks) to run 93 full time and have a better running truck with a better tune. For me, my wife and 3 kids (ages 7, 5 & 1) we spend that every week at the grocery store. You're telling me an extra $200-250 a year is somehow gonna put you in the poor house.

I'm not telling you how to spend your money bro. Like me I can tell youre an enthusiast. Your driving around in a top of the line truck that's lifted, got big wheels, an intake etc on it and you're telling me its not worth an extra $200 a year to have it running badass!!!

Either way good luck bro. I'm sure it will run better with whatever tune you choose

I was going to type up this exact math. I used it have twin supercharged bonnevilles that required 93 and it really didn’t amount to much extra $$$ annually. When I’m out of warranty I’ll be getting a 93 octane tune without a doubt. That being said, there are occasions when we are traveling through rural areas and 93 isn’t available. If you have a 93 tune, what happens if you have to use 87? A lot of preignition pinging?


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[J Ski]

^^this is also another issue as to why I don’t run higher octane.

 

[Black]

Is there not programmer option to have multiple tunes loaded so you can load what you need when you need?
I have not looked into tuning options for the Expedition yet. No need to fuel that fire. But most all the other vehicles I have seen or worked with that were tuned either had a switch or could quickly be flashed based upon need.

 

[J Ski]

It’s a 10 minute change between tunes and I wouldn’t feel comfortable running an 87 tune and randomly fill up with 93 and switch to that tune