Thinking about a 5 Star

[treypal]

I am thinking about getting a 5 star tuner for my 5.4. Anyone have any experiences (good or bad) with them? Are they worth the 4 hundred or so bucks?

 

[SPRSNK]

Mine works great. I have run both the 93 and 91 octane tunes without issue. First canned tune ever that was worth a shit for me.

Mods: Stainless Works Long Tube Headers, dual 3" exhaust, AFE Cold Air Intake.

 

[Badrap]

I run the 93 Octane all the time, so do you set it once and forget it?
I met a guy at Basspro here with a Molten and he flashed the transmitter at me and said he had the 5Star. Is it a pain to change like when I go west and only see 90 Ocatane?

 

[modz]

Running a 93 performance tune, very responsive pedal.

 

[SPRSNK]

I run the 93 Octane all the time, so do you set it once and forget it?
I met a guy at Basspro here with a Molten and he flashed the transmitter at me and said he had the 5Star. Is it a pain to change like when I go west and only see 90 Ocatane?

Takes a couple of minutes. I keep my tuner in the glove box so I can change from 93 to 91 and back to 93. Tuner is good for checking the "check engine light" and removing the speed limiter. I've hit 125mph in my Raptor.

 

[Droid]

I too am thinking about getting one of these. I wanted to hold out for HPTuners to support 6.2Ls as I love doing this myself, but am guessing that's never going to happen. And if it does, I can always untune mine and sell it.

Do you all see any economy gain/loss with them running stock? Are they bumping timing up at cruising-type throttle/RPM? (I probably should email them directly on this.)

And knock sensors will still override the tune and send you back to 87-level timing #s in the event someone accidentally puts 87 in it, correct?

 

[Badrap]

Takes a couple of minutes. I keep my tuner in the glove box so I can change from 93 to 91 and back to 93. Tuner is good for checking the "check engine light" and removing the speed limiter. I've hit 125mph in my Raptor.

125!? You just sold a 5Star.
Wish I had bought it when they were on sale a while back.
Thanks

 

[KaiserM715]

What about an 87 octane economy tune? Anyone running that from 5 Star?

 

[HoustonRider]

I've got one I still have for my 6.2 I bought from 5Star.

According to them, you can have it reprogrammed to match your truck, not sure of the price.. if you're interested I can work you a deal.

Pm me if interested.