How come the V6's dont have a high octane tune?
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11-18-2005, 06:21 AM
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How come the V6's dont have a high octane tune?
I was reading my freinds manual for his Super chips 1714 programmer, And it says that there is only an 87 hi performance tune and 87 tow tune for the V6's.
Why is that? What happened to the 93 octane tunes?
If I can only get an 87 octane tune on my V6, isnt that going to make it pretty much worthless??
Why is that? What happened to the 93 octane tunes?
If I can only get an 87 octane tune on my V6, isnt that going to make it pretty much worthless??
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11-18-2005, 09:06 AM
The V6 does have a 91/93 octane performance tune
The 1714 Micro Tuner provides 3 different programs (except on factory-supercharged 5.4's - see details below for those applications) - one for 87 octane that is towing compatible, then the "normal" performance program that requires premium gasoline (91 thru 94 octane) that is towing compatible, and finally, our "MAX" performance program which requires premium fuel and is *NOT* towing compatible - it's for all-out performance!
Except for on the supercharged Lightning you get two 91 thru 94 octane tunes, one is tow compatibility and one is all out performance
The 1714 Micro Tuner provides 3 different programs (except on factory-supercharged 5.4's - see details below for those applications) - one for 87 octane that is towing compatible, then the "normal" performance program that requires premium gasoline (91 thru 94 octane) that is towing compatible, and finally, our "MAX" performance program which requires premium fuel and is *NOT* towing compatible - it's for all-out performance!
Except for on the supercharged Lightning you get two 91 thru 94 octane tunes, one is tow compatibility and one is all out performance
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11-19-2005, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Podunk
I was reading my freinds manual for his Super chips 1714 programmer, And it says that there is only an 87 hi performance tune and 87 tow tune for the V6's.
Why is that? What happened to the 93 octane tunes?
If I can only get an 87 octane tune on my V6, isnt that going to make it pretty much worthless??
Why is that? What happened to the 93 octane tunes?
If I can only get an 87 octane tune on my V6, isnt that going to make it pretty much worthless??
Also the 87 octane tune wil increase performance over stock so its not worthless.
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11-21-2005, 06:56 PM
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Hello Podunk,
If you want performance tuning for that vehicle, you will be much better off with the results from our *custom* tuning than what you will get in the 1714, regardless of what octane fuel you use.
Many of the 4.2 V6's have problems such as not even being able to go open loop, which costs significant power, and the standard tuner doesn't fix those kinds of problems, it takes our custom tuning to do that.
It's up to you of course, we sell both of those products - but if you are concerned with getting the best results, then you'll want to go with our Troyer Performance custom tuning rather than using the off-the-shelf tuner, on *any* grade of octane.
If you;d like to go over this in more detail, please feel free to give us a call at our number listed below, & best of luck whatever you decide!
If you want performance tuning for that vehicle, you will be much better off with the results from our *custom* tuning than what you will get in the 1714, regardless of what octane fuel you use.
Many of the 4.2 V6's have problems such as not even being able to go open loop, which costs significant power, and the standard tuner doesn't fix those kinds of problems, it takes our custom tuning to do that.
It's up to you of course, we sell both of those products - but if you are concerned with getting the best results, then you'll want to go with our Troyer Performance custom tuning rather than using the off-the-shelf tuner, on *any* grade of octane.
If you;d like to go over this in more detail, please feel free to give us a call at our number listed below, & best of luck whatever you decide!
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11-30-2005, 01:47 AM
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This could be due to the compression ratio for the V6. You need to have a certain compression ratio (>9.5/1 I think) to even be able to take advantage of the higher octane. I dont know what the compression is on that motor, but this could be your answer.
I just checked??
2004 compression ratios........
4.2 = 9.3:1
4.6 = 9.37:1
5.4 = 9.0:1
So now im still comfused? I guess I will just have to call Mike.
