Recent content by cleatus12r

Does it still have the orange intake tube on the compressor inlet?

More power for far less time. The duty cycle of a 7.3L making 400+ RWHP is much shorter than a better breathing, more efficient 6.7L that can do that kind of thing ALMOST all day long without melting down.

Who's still trying to make big power with a 7.3 when EVERY option since 2011 makes way more reliable power (and has at least 62.75 cup holders)?

Poorly filtered air mixed with crankcase vapors makes a great lapping compound. I I have lots of intake valves floating around here that look like that.

Once your key is turned on, bang on the dash above the instrument cluster above the tachometer (not so hard as to break the dash of course). There is a small relay soldered to the circuit board of the instrument cluster that controls the retained accessory power-related stuff like windows and...

Tunes the exact same as anything else. Not "harder" to tune.

NOT A THING. Yes, there is an anomaly that exists but it DOES NOT have any effect when "fixed". It's a non-issue.

It's not really that hard to copy portions of one calibration and add them to a different one with better traits elsewhere. I do it with TS calibrations all the time for people. The calibrations run fantastic but as you're probably well aware, there were zero ****s given for driveline safety...

I use an XLE4 PCM in my 2000 2wd in my signature (250/200%) and 4R100. I love it. As for your questions, to PROPERLY tune a PMT2 calibration, a VRAA7 definition MUST be used. However, there is no reason that a PMT1 base file cannot be used and written to mimick a PMT2/3. It's not about...

Not sure why that's in the discussion. Yes, fewer things to futz with arbitrarily for sure though. TEE5 is garbage. Everything about it is garbage. Forget it exists.

Another thing to consider is that there is nothing differently "tuneable" between the two calibrations I mentioned. For all intents and purposes, they are equally as tunable from one to the next but since most people (and those who sell tuning) only buy one definition for each hardware code...

Let me see how easy I can make this. The definition file is used by the tuning software to decode the hexidecimal values in each calibration file. Ford changed the addressing of the data in the calibrations (the data determines every aspect of what makes everything happen and when) so it takes...

Not true. If that were a real issue, MANY people would be super upset about having to buy more PCMs after a year or three. The only time a chip can damage the PCM is when it is removed from the J3 port while the PCM is powered-up. The PCM itself doesn't get "confused" but if certain...

I know where you got that information! I had to re-count the definition files....I have 36 (not sure where I came up with just 20 although I really haven't opened any tuning software for many months so I kind of lost track). I think the issues that are described in this thread are more along...

Heck, why not? PM me your paypal info and I'll get money headed your way.