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raider57
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Tom in Tacoma
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- April 23 : 6:37p
| It you're contemplating spending $400 on a programmer - consider how much of an improvement in MPG you're going to need to repay the purchase price. It's going to take a long, long time indeed.
Generally, modifications don't pay for themselves unless you're committed to using them for an extended period of time. | |
Mark05KR
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- April 23 : 6:41p
| Short answer, probably not.
I have an Xcalibrator II for my '05. I ordered it with a 93 octane performance program, an 87 octane performance and an 87 octane mpg program. I had been running the 87 performance program which does 'feel' a little better than than OEM, mostly in shifting. nice firm shifts.
I used the MPG tune on a long trip last year and got about 3 tenths of an mpg better mileage. Not as much as I was expecting, and I did notice the difference in performance. Not worth it, IMHO.
The last time I took the truck in to the dealer for service, I returned the computer to stock. I haven't bothered to re-load the tunes since then. My mileage has gone up, just a few tenths, but still. And I have not really noticed any difference in performance.
Bottom line, I think I wasted $400 on my tuner.
If you really want to improve your mpg, driving habits can improve that much more than any tuner can. | |
raider57
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- April 23 : 7:07p
| Yeah ive looked into how long itll take to pay for itself and i think i figured it to be like a year or two and thats a good while but i will be drivin this truck until it wont run so thatll happen eventually
Driving habits are slowly changing i no longer accelerate like im racin and thats helped a little. What about that Fitch Fuel Catalyst? Anyone own one? | |
Mark05KR
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- April 24 : 10:25a
| | I don't own the Fitch. I would think that even if you did get an improvement in MPG from it, the payback period would be just as long. | |
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