stoker91
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looking at both of these tuners hard,but had a '' diesel expert'' tell me that both spartan and h&s were sub-par to sct,can you guys chime in with your opinion?
dont get me started on spartan.. had one freeze while programming.. had to reinstall ford programming on pcm, have 2 keys recut because it wiped out PATS system, and customer had to buy a TCM also.. big ole hassle! but i would highly reccomend SCT like they said above..more options for custom tuning.. GEARHEAD!! FTW!!
dont get me started on spartan.. had one freeze while programming.. had to reinstall ford programming on pcm, have 2 keys recut because it wiped out PATS system, and customer had to buy a TCM also.. big ole hassle! but i would highly reccomend SCT like they said above..more options for custom tuning.. GEARHEAD!! FTW!!
All tuners will do this if the battery voltage drops down some. Ive seen sct's, dashdaqs, and H&S do it
dont get me started on spartan.. had one freeze while programming.. had to reinstall ford programming on pcm, have 2 keys recut because it wiped out PATS system, and customer had to buy a TCM also.. big ole hassle! but i would highly reccomend SCT like they said above..more options for custom tuning.. GEARHEAD!! FTW!!
Wow. Knocking the hell out of spartan...only seen one positive thing in this post about spartan n that's about the guages...
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So you assume that this was a problem related to the tuner? I couldn't tell you how many times I've heard of TCM's being fried while downloading a file with a tuner.....including SCT and H&S. It happens. The TCM and PCM are in a very vulnerable state when being flashed. The smallest thing (bumped cable, low battery voltage, etc.) could cause an issue and you end up with a control module failure. I've loaded hundreds of tunes in my personal truck with no issues. Same tuner I've always had and same TCM I've always had. I know plenty of others who have never had a TCM failure. Most people never have one actually. It's just one of those things that happens.
I'm sorry the issue happened but for you to come on here and act like the issue was because of the Spartan tuner and hurt our reputation in the process is less than respectful in my opinion. You seem to have a good reputation in the diesel community. I expect that you would handle this a little differently considering you are a sponsor.
If you have an issue, try PMing me or emailing me. I'm always willing to help out where I can.
I apologize for sounding like I'm bashing on y'all, now that I read it over it does sound like it. I'm not that type Of person to do that. I guess I was just ranting from dealing with the truck for almost a whole day. Again, the guys who know me, know I don't talk down or bash on other shops or people. So by saying that, no disrespect to y'all or yalls products. Please accept my apologies.
dont get me started on spartan.. had one freeze while programming.. had to reinstall ford programming on pcm, have 2 keys recut because it wiped out PATS system, and customer had to buy a TCM also.. big ole hassle! but i would highly reccomend SCT like they said above..more options for custom tuning.. GEARHEAD!! FTW!!