OH! A Livewire. Yeah, more expensive than a X4. Can actually be used on more than one vehicle with additional vehicle kits. Also has gauges and stuff built in and a bigger display.
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OH! A Livewire. Yeah, more expensive than a X4. Can actually be used on more than one vehicle with additional vehicle kits. Also has gauges and stuff built in and a bigger display.
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joethefordguy
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nothing it offers is worth the price of admission.
I'm not sure what a "vehicle kit" is, but as i bought it, it can only be use on one vehicle, and it can only be switched between vehicles 5 times total.
the display interface is crap, the gauges are mostly useless.
i try not to show it, but i am very unhappy with SCT.
TheDoug
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SCT finally got a tune to flash on my vehicle. Only took a week 
The 5 star tune is pretty sweet. Took the expedition for a 50 mile drive today and the extra power is quite nice.
I will have to say the first tech I spoke to at SCT left something to be desired, but after I didn't have to deal with that person everyone else was very pleasant.
The 5 star tune is pretty sweet. Took the expedition for a 50 mile drive today and the extra power is quite nice.
I will have to say the first tech I spoke to at SCT left something to be desired, but after I didn't have to deal with that person everyone else was very pleasant.
joethefordguy
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SCT finally got a tune to flash on my vehicle. Only took a week
The 5 star tune is pretty sweet. Took the expedition for a 50 mile drive today and the extra power is quite nice.
I will have to say the first tech I spoke to at SCT left something to be desired, but after I didn't have to deal with that person everyone else was very pleasant.
I'm confused. are 5 star and SCT the same company?
TheDoug
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No SCT is the flashing device brand...
5 star did the tune
5 star did the tune
joethefordguy
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sorry to be so dense - the older I get the more i need crayons.
so, 5 star wrote a tune that SCT flashed onto your livewire tuner? really stupid question - I thought the tunes were something we loaded onto our devices without vendor assistance? using the vendor software, like the SCT Updater, but essentially on our own. ??
The Doug is using an XCal 4. A different device than the Livewire. Work basically the same. Both come with preloaded tunes from SCT. The Doug got tunes from 5 Star instead of using the preloaded tunes from SCT.
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Excellent choice in comparison. Not as good as the RTD for logging, but MUCH better than the X4!
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MxRacer965
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Awaiting my tunes from 5 Star, using the SCT X4. Honestly I don’t intend to have it sitting on my dash doing data logging, etc. I just need it to load a tune, primarily looking to change the transmission a little. I’d like the same firmness/quickness shifting as normal mode but I’d like it to be in less of a “rush” to get to 10th; let he engine rev just a little. Something between normal and sport. I don’t like how harsh shifts are in sport, and I don’t like that it never shifts into 10th in sport unless going pretty fast. HP gains on top of that are just a bonus to me. Am I really going to miss the features of the HP? Especially considering it was $200+ more?
FWIW the SCT X4 is still light years better than the Diablo Sport DCX tuner I used to tune my 2011 Grand Cherokee. That thing took FOREVER to boot and was slow AF. It did what it needed to though, loaded a tune from Hemifever and loved the results. I don’t know that it made more HP, but it dramatically changed how the transmission shifted. Loved the vehicle even more after that.
FWIW the SCT X4 is still light years better than the Diablo Sport DCX tuner I used to tune my 2011 Grand Cherokee. That thing took FOREVER to boot and was slow AF. It did what it needed to though, loaded a tune from Hemifever and loved the results. I don’t know that it made more HP, but it dramatically changed how the transmission shifted. Loved the vehicle even more after that.
