I have a 02 FX4 with a 5.4L, I tow a 19' boat allot, the truck only has 76,000 miles, well maintained. Pondering upon a Tuner from Troyer, the Superchips custom tunes. I talked to them and they could set up one with 3 custom tunes, standard driving, towing, and another.

So if you tow and have a Tuner. Let me know what you think?

 

I've heard the Gryphon is a better deal and PHP will custom tune for any mods (exhaust, CAI, tires, etc.).

PHP has their own forum. You may want to ask users their opinion.

http://dygytalworld.ehost-services139.com/forums/

 

i have a 04 5.4 van ,weighs about ~9500 lbs fully loaded, i tow my mx race trailer every weeekend -5500 lbs from april to november, have run troyer 93 octane tow tunes since day 1-182,000 trouble free miles-with this track record-he will be the only one tuning my vehicles...

 

I tow a boat that weighs around 5,000 pounds and I got the tuner just for that, not that the truck wouldnt handle it I just wanted the better shifting but got increased power as a bonus. My truck will now solidly pull my boat down the highway without shifting in and out of overdrive going up small grades.

My recomendation is Justing at www.VMPtuning.com however as I am sure you will read both PHP (Gryphon) and Troyer both seem to be very good tuners as well. Whatever your choice I am sure if you go with any of these three you will be satisfied.

 

Do you guys just run the tow tunes all the time?

 

i do as i tow every weekend-from march to november, winter time i run my 94 octane performance tune

 

Thanks I will look for one next spring

 

I got the gryphon and tow every day during the week. I have the 93 and 87 tow tune and a 87 perf tune. The 93 is night and day better than the 87 performnace wise however the milage difference between the two might be .5 to .75 better, I was hoping it would be higher with the 93. I wish I would have got the 93 performance to switch back and forth between from week to weekend, so thats why I'm running 87 so I can switch back and forth from week to weekend when I'm not pulling my 4k trailer.

 

Can you go into detail on what improvements you noticed vs stock

 

Always leave mine in towing. A noticable difference in power in the performance setting but I prefer the shift strategy of the tow tune. As far as improvements over stock.
1.Power
2.Throttle response
3.Shifting
4.Gas mileage

 

Also check out the Xcal3 from VMP Tuning.

 

with tow tune,power,part throttle tq increase=shifting,don't need to leave od off- it will not go into od based on shift characteristics unless flat and motor isn't taxed

 

I have a gryphon and have had an edge. Overall, the canned tunes on the gryphon are far better than the edge.

but, if your planning on gettin custom tunes, id go xcal3. the php wait times are awful and the lack of communication sucks

 

gryphon canned tunes are the same as edge canned tunes-it's a rebadged edge that can be custom, tuned

 

didn't they tell you how long the wait would be?how could lack of communication suck- corey is always on this webpage