First cross country trip in my truck. Which tune?

[derrick36]

Been running Spartan's 275 on my 08 250 ever since they made it free. What I'm concerned with is that I'll be hauling a bit of stuff on my trip from New Orleans from Seattle.

Everything in the bed should weigh around 1500-1700lbs at the most. I'm not towing anything.

Should I stick with the 275 or drop down to the 210/tow? Do I still have cruise with the 275? Lord knows that I want to drive as fast as I can through the most boring parts of this country(TX, OK, KS, WY, CO, ID). If I don't have it-it's not too big of a deal. It just makes things easier.

 

[Sequential6.4L]

I havnt run the 275 in a while so I cant remember if it has cruise but im 90% sure it does. youll be fine running the 275..over a long trip like that the 275 is gonna save you some cash over the 210 tow which I find to get not much better mileage then stock.

 

[BFT]

cruise control helps out a lot IMO. you should be fine with the 275, i cant remember if it has CC or not? you will get better mileage out of the 275 vs the 210TP

edit-beat me to it

 

[Jeff@Spartan]

All of our tunes have cruise control.

 

[derrick36]

Awesome.

I was really hoping to make the trip empty to see what the 275 would do MPG-wise but we couldn't fit everything in the Penske truck.

I'm glad hear about CC. It's really a pain to drive that far without it.

Thanks everyone!!!

 

[BFT]

All of our tunes have cruise control.

no, they dontoke:

 

[derrick36]

I'm not studded nor have I removed the EGR. Does that change anyone's answer? I probably should've mentioned that in the first post.

Sorry.

 

[BFT]

you should be fine, the EGR is disabled on the updated tunes i believe?

 

[Jayz]

Lord knows that I want to drive as fast as I can through the most boring parts of this country(TX, OK, KS, WY, CO, ID). QUOTE]

im REALLY concerned bout the tx part....:cursing:

 

[Dustball8504]

Lord knows that I want to drive as fast as I can through the most boring parts of this country(TX, OK, KS, WY, CO, ID). QUOTE]

im REALLY concerned bout the tx part....:cursing:

I'm not, just driving through all those states is pretty uneventful LOL

 

[BFT]

i like driving cross country. texas has that huge cross...its pretty crazy

 

[derrick36]

Lord knows that I want to drive as fast as I can through the most boring parts of this country(TX, OK, KS, WY, CO, ID). QUOTE]

im REALLY concerned bout the tx part....:cursing:

If it makes you feel better, of the states I listed TX is the least boring of the bunch.:shrug:

 

[Jeff@Spartan]

no, they dontoke:

Care to elaborate? Every tune I have ran has cruise control. That is every tune 210 and up.....

 

[BFT]

the 310 tune doent have it, at least mine doesnt have it. not too sure about the 275 but i think it has it.

 

[6.0dirtworker]

If it makes you feel better, of the states I listed TX is the least boring of the bunch.:shrug:

I cant stand driving up there, actually most parts of TX really.

 

[SEABEE08FX4]

Biggest tune you have and go easy on it and you should get the best return in mpg.

 

[David S.]

:whs: the general rule of thumb is the bigger the tune the better the mileage

 

[derrick36]

I get the bigger the tune the better the mpg part. I just wasn't sure how "safe" it was with weight in the bed.

Thanks you guys!

 

[Jeff@Spartan]

the 310 tune doent have it, at least mine doesnt have it. not too sure about the 275 but i think it has it.

Have you updated to the latest tuning files?

 

[BFD99]

Hey now, I'm from Oklahoma and live there, but i'm working in SE Ohio, Cambridge to be exact. I CANNOT wait to get back to Oklahoma, this place sucks big time!!!! LOL