If I could re-ask the original question, any updates on specs (before and after)?

 

This is just a thought.

You could contact Edge and ask them for dyno sheets.

They do advertise hp and tq gains for the 09-10 5.4L. Surely they got those numbers from somewhere.

 

Glad to see a lot of trans temps here but makes me worry. I live in south FL where it is WARM.
My transmission runs hot from what I am hearing here. It takes a long time for my transmission to come up to temp, about 5-10 min longer then the eng. I have found that the ambient temp does not change them much on cooler nights after rain 75F and hot days 90-95 I have been getting the same numbers. 184-190. It takes a long time before I get there but it does. Still running Stock are your lower numbers due to going to the next level maybe? I saw that with my 06 after flashing it that the transmission temps dropped about 10deg. Will flash truck soon though just waiting for first oil change still not at 3K yet.
Love my FX4 wish it had a 6.2L

 

I've got a 09 F150 with no trans cooler, I just got back from my first drive and I was seeing 159 on the way in to town and after running around town for a bit and on the drive home I seen up to 177. My coolant temp was around 195 - 199 once up to temp.
Also I'm running the canned economy tune right now, I have a 87 performance tune coming. Was just wondering what the best tune to run until my custom comes along? should I run the canned economy or should I be running the towing or extreme setting?

 

Couldn't someone, anyone, run a 0-60 before and after programming to give at least one quantitative data point on the benefit of programming an '09 or '10 5.4? It would be even nicer to have a stock, 87 performance and 93 performance runs, but any hard data would be nice.

 

My programmer came in last night but I wont be able to install it until next week. My girlfriend has family in town and they are driving her car so she has my truck all week. Im stuck in my work car since im the only one who can drive stick. On top of that we are working 2 different shifts and by the time I get home its well past midnight. When I go to install mine I will try to do some tests for you. I did open the box and install the update for it even though its for the Chevy.

 

Was just reading this online
As a rule of thumb, every 20 degree increase in operating temperature above 175 degrees F. cuts the life of the fluid in half!
It says that 175 is a normal operating temperature. I've been keeping an eye on mine and I've seen it sneak up to 178.

 

The extreme performance setting would require that you use 91-93 Oct gas.
So if you want to do that or just keep running 87 octane and use the other 2 levels.

 

That's right, but I doubt seriously that a short duration stint at 190 degrees is going to immediately cut the life of the fluid in half. I would simply say it accelerates the breakdown of the fluid. Anyway, I change mine at 50K intervals and I DO pull the dipstick to examine the fluid fairly regularly.

As I've said before, I've never killed an automatic transmission in about 55 years of driving. But, I've had to replace a clutch in a manual transmission a couple of times (after 100K+ miles).

- Jack

 

" It only takes one occasion of overheating the transmission fluid to initiate molecule shear & start breaking down it's lubricity. Molecule shear happens quickly with non-synthetic transmission fluids, and causes lubricity breakdown & accelerated clutch wear, etc." M. Troyer - TP

In addition - remember where the sensor is - in the pan (or the next-best thing to it - the harnes in te valve body). So 190 indicated is, in point of fact, going to be higher coming out of the converter.

MGD

 

Point taken, but I tend to rely somewhat on the "bolded" word in that statement. Anything that "fails suddenly", is not sound engineering.

A spring, for instance, experiences "metal fatigue" each time it is flexed, which shortens its working life. Paint is degraded by daily doses of ultraviolet rays, and this damage leads to ultimate failure. Hell, as soon as we're born, we start to die! (But you and I are still kicking!)

So, I simply cannot accept that one 5 minute exposure to 200, 210 or even 220 degrees is going to destroy the properties of transmission fluid. Is it degraded? Hell yes! How much? Who knows, but I doubt the exposure is more serious than a severe case of sunburn on our lifespan.

But yes, after the trip when the fluid temperature reached 226, I had the transmission fluid changed.

And, we really don't know if the temperatures in the "failure" chart are indicative of actual fluid temperatures or temperatures at the sensors installed in engines. Even if they are actual temps, the total fluid temp in the transmission is not uniform - some parts of it will probably be lower (as well as higher).

- Jack

 

Once you load a tune from the Edge can you take the unit out and still have the tune installed on your computer? Reason I am asking is there were 3 cars that were broken into on my street last night, one was my grilfriends. I dont want to leave the edge sitting on my dash for a thief to come and take it. Im also glad I havent installed it yet because im sure they would of went into my truck if they saw that on the dash.

 

Yes.

 

Still no one with any updated stats? 0-60 before and after? MPG before and after (though my mileage has already dropped .5 MPG due to it getting colder). There has been lots of good conversations about transmission temperatures and such, but no one has answered the original question.

Data would be most appreciated!

 

So, It is the correct/cheapest model to buy if you plan on just using it for download as well as custom tunes from PHP?

Thanks,

Jeff