Whipple Stage 1 here. I used their CAI, but I didn’t use their intercooler. My front bumper required a different intercooler.
No complaints about the Whipple tune itself. Quite happy with it. Same for the quality of their parts.
I didn’t want the most aggressive tune. I wanted more power, while still maintaining reasonable reliability and durability. I still want the truck to function as an only vehicle, run in the extreme cold, and in the desert heat as it was designed to. I felt that Whipple was the safest bet for that.
At times their customer service response times have not been the quickest, which leads to my only concern...
You’re kind of stuck with Whipple once your truck is tuned by them. I’m not an expert on the subject, but if you read the threads you’ll find info on it. For example, you can’t just roll up to a Ford dealer and get your PCM updated with the latest Ford iteration. Ford won’t even recognize your stuff anymore. In that case, if Ford releases some update PCM tomorrow, my Ford dealer can’t even tell if I have it, and couldn’t give it to me if I was dying to have it. I’d have to get Whipple to send me an updated tune file specifically for my truck. Maybe that’s not a big deal. Time will tell. I’ve also read it’s no so easy with Whipple to flash my tune back to OEM like you can with other tuners. Just something to be aware of, before you jump in.
